SIGINT Systems Engineer - (Senior Level)

Security Clearance: Active TS/SCI with CI Polygraph required

Position

The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) is the U.S. Government agency in charge of designing, building, launching, and maintaining America’s intelligence satellites.

Develop. Acquire. Launch. Operate.

Apogee's ideal Systems Engineer candidate will guide engineering teams in taking a multi-discipline approach to requirements, solutions, scheduling, reliability, resiliency, services development, integration, test & evaluation, maintainability, and analysis across the NRO enterprise and mission partners.  This senior member will be responsible for coordinating and supporting end-to-end systems integration and requirements closure to the remote sensing domain. If you live and breathe GEOINT, SIGINT or COMM then you'll love Apogee and this position!

What You'll Do

• Representing Enterprise Systems Engineering priorities at freeze boards, risk management boards, joint forums, and other on-site working groups
• Interfacing with operations, engineering, and mission partner teams
• Leading SIGINT system integration and system requirements closure initiatives for future systems through the conduct of Systems Engineering Lifecycle Readiness Reviews and System Engineering Technical Reviews in addition to Requirement Management 
• Reviewing and assessing Requests for Change/Change Requests
• Supporting Integrated Product Teams (IPT’s) and Engineering working groups that will review and assess the maturity of engineering Artifacts, CONOPS, and architecture products
• Collaborating with other engineers to develop end-to-end models of complex systems to include architecture and behavior of the system using Systems Modeling Language (SysML)
• Assessing Integrated Master Schedules (IMS) to identify integration dependencies, gaps, and risks
• Identification of Enterprise and System risks for elevation through the Risk Management process, executing risk mitigation steps, and closing risks
• Assessing Interface Control Documents (ICDs) and Interface Requirements for gaps
• Interact effectively and efficiently with government customers to determine the overall maturity of SIGINT acquisitions at each stage of the Intelligence Community Lifecycle Acquisition process while adhering to government standards and procedures
• Providing decision support, engineering process consultation, technical meeting coordination, and leading the development of initial recommendations for Government decision-makers
• Assist programs in applying Systems Engineering principles to the design, development, manufacturing, integration and testing, and operations of small satellites and experiments

Required

• Bachelor's degree in Systems Engineering or other STEM degree program or related equivalent additional experience
• Requires 10 to 12 years with BS/BA or 8 to 10 years with MS/MA or 5 to 7 years with PhD
• Working knowledge of spacecraft operations and related ground systems
• Proven core systems engineering process knowledge
• Proven communication skills

Desired Skills

• Experience with Atlassian tools such as Jira and Confluence
• Experience with Defense Acquisition
• Experience with Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE)
• Certified in one or more of the following: INCOSE (or DAWIA equivalent), OMG Systems Modeler, Agile, Project Management

What You'll Love About Apogee

• Challenging work in support of US Intel Community - a Mission that Matters!
• Access to our cool ApogeePlex facility
  
• Support for new ideas & encouragement to take risks

• Professional Development Assistance (PDA)

• Wicked smart and collaborative coworkers
• Regular interfacing with company leadership

• 401(k) with huge company match
• Paid Time Off / Fixed & Floating Holidays
• Medical, Dental, Vision
• Health Savings Accounts / Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
• Life Insurance, Disability (Short and Long Term), Accidental Death and Dismemberment (AD&D)
  

Apogee's Mission

• Be the PROVIDER of choice for government & commercial organizations with an unwavering commitment to responsiveness, accuracy, integrity, collaboration, and innovation
• Be the EMPLOYER of choice committed to an open & transparent corporate atmosphere and progressive culture that attracts and empowers world class professionals to explore cutting-edge technical solutions while fostering professional growth
• Be the preferred SOURCE for cutting-edge Analytic Products, Systems & Software Engineering, Big Data Integration, IT and Business Services that directly contribute to customer success

Apogee Integration is an Equal Opportunity/AA Employer - M/F/Vets/Disabled