Senior Space Program Management & Acquisition Support

Job Location:

Albuquerque, NM - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: Yesterday

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Space Systems Integration (SSI) is a fast-growing engineering company that provides aerospace solutions to a variety of government and commercial customers. Our employees are forward-thinking self-directed individuals who are committed to solving our customers technical challenges.

SSI is seeking a Senior Program Management & Acquisition Supportfor a role in Albuquerque NM.

You will work in a small highly empowered team where every team member is directly responsible for the success of the program. Engineering responsibilities span technology domains including space rated hardware software sensors and processors in an extremely fast-paced responsive development environment. This SETA candidate will provide in-depth background on satellite vehicle bus and/or subsystems to improve program office insight into state-of-the art commercial and legacy mission systems and C2 requirements and capabilities. You must apply advanced principles theories and concepts for highly classified systems while alsoeffectively communicating complex results with management and executive leadership.

SETA Roles and Responsibilities include:

Serves as program advisory lead for extremely time critical technical projects test projects or tasksrequiring appropriate level technical expertise.
Assists acquisition planning market research and drafting technical requirements and documents.
Coordinates with internal and external stakeholders to verify program needs and identified to meetproject goals.
Helps the government assess the technical sufficiency cost quality and timely delivery of programdeliverables.
Confers with engineers to provide technical advice and to assist with problem resolution as needed.
Supports management and execution of programs consisting of multiple projects ensures overall program is properly coordinated and efficiently accomplished with the best available resources.
Aids in the development of a Monthly Status Report on all support efforts including updates in status and performance major activities challenges and opportunities deliverables and subcontractor performance.
Drafts reviews and edits final program reports documents and briefings.
Supports acquisition planning and development of documents required for systems acquisition.
Coordinates with external agencies to include operational units higher headquarters CombatantCommand (COCOM) staffs other acquisition activities and research and development functions.
Coordination will include producing tracking coordinating all agreements and documentation necessary for the systems to transition seamlessly into a framework for organizing training and equipping the United States Space Force.
Supports and advises acquisition and program management functions advises government
management on design challenges delivery and integration and supports system program reviews
Work on high-visibility or mission critical aspects of a given program and perform all functional dutiesindependently.
Oversee the efforts of less senior staff and/or be responsible for the efforts of all staff assigned to aspecific job.
Translate complex ideas and data into simple actionable recommendations or easily differentiatedcourses of action.
Communicate clearly concisely and with technical accuracyoral and written.

Required Qualifications:

Minimum ten (10) years DoD/IC or relevant industry work experience.
An applicable engineering degree from a program accredited by the Accreditation Board forEngineering and Technology (ABET) or possess a Professional Engineering license.
MA/MS/ME degree.
Proven experience and/or qualifications in development and fielding satellite systems.
Understanding of operational environment and corresponding mission user needs.
Knowledge of space system engineering development and manufacturing.
Experience in DoD program management including program development and transition.
Experience with Integrated Master Schedules and risk management.
Experience with Statements of Work (SOW) and Performance Work Statements (PWS).
Active TS clearance with in-scope T5/SSBI is required along with SCI eligibility and participation in Continuous Evaluation.
Must meet all requirements for SCI and SAP access and be willing to undergo a polygraph examination.
Full-time on site in vicinity of Kirtland AFB NM and will require travel up to 30% of time within thecontinental United States.

Desired Qualifications:

Five (5) years of relevant DoD and/or Industry work experience with SAP and/or SCI.
System Engineering Technical Assistance (SETA) to Government program office.
Experience with rapid prototyping.
Experience with integrated air space and cyberspace capabilities.
Experience developing deploying and maintaining ground mission planning architecture and software.
Experience with ACAT I/II level acquisition programs.
Experience using multivariable optimization in mission planning software systems.
Experience in planning and executing test campaigns for space systems.
Fluency with IC organizations.

Space Systems Integration provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race color religion age sex national origin disability status genetics protected veteran status sexual orientation or any other characteristic protected by federal state or local laws.

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Required Experience:

Senior IC