Senior Engineer, Space Future Technologies

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Axient is looking for an out-going, persuasive and effective facilitator for the Futures division of the USSF Space Systems Integration Office. 

Will be involved in the technology development to improve the number of successful technology plans and the eventual investments and projects that meet technology needs for Space Systems.

This position is 100% onsite with the customer (no hybrid option) and requires an active TS/SCI clearance.

What you will do...

• The candidate will work to support the Space Systems Command (SSC) Space Systems Integration Office (SSIO) in analysis of capability gaps or shortfalls and what technology need may be evident in that problem area. 
• The work products include rationales, and approaches to investigate or develop courses of actions as proposals for the S&T community.
• This technical support includes engineering evaluation of technology performance (technical performance measures), maturation timelines (roadmaps) and the criteria and mechanism to transition to technology for acquisition programs/sponsors.
• The candidate will: conduct and support overall planning for technology management activities; support the management of US Space Force Science & Technology (S&T) within DAFI 61-101; work to establish and monitor Capability Collaboration Teams (CCTs); invigorate the transition planning processes; and work with the community to increase the transition of selected technology solutions. 
• The CCT is an integrated team of AFRL, SSC, and Space Operations Command (SpOC) representatives who assess warfighter needs, derive the technology needs, potential solution paths, roadmaps of development, investment, and transition into the acquisition process.

Responsibilities are categorized into three major tasks:  technology “demand signal” identification; technology assessments; and technical support to solicitations and offerings.

• The Technology “Demand Signal” identification is assessment of warfighter needs, shortfalls in space contributions to mission effects, pacing action needed against the threat and opportunities to leap ahead in capability. The demand signal for technology is therefore related to these warfighter concerns and mission effects and derived as technical performance values, timeline when needed, how integrated into the existing and future architectures.  The technology required (demand) can be decomposed into requirements that can be worked by formal 61-101 process S&T teams, evaluated by the architecture and enterprise solution teams, and thereby achieve a vetted consensus on possible approaches for investment.
• The technology assessment role is to quantify tech performance characteristics of technology solutions and opportunities.   The candidate will aid in reviewing vendor proposals of the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II and Phase III efforts and the SBIR program’s counterpart, the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) process for opportunity and alignment to satisfy the 61-101 process technology needs (aka Book of Needs), the Integrated Tech Needs generated by SSIO evaluation of enterprise needs, needs from Warfighter shortfalls, CTIO or HHQ future S&T strategy needs.
• The Candidate will provide, when requested, experienced technical support to solicitations and offerings considered by the Commercial Space Office (SSC/COMSO) during SpaceWERX SBIR/STTR bi-annual solicitations.  The effort requires recommendations and justifications which meet COMSO deadlines and that artifacts such as draft MOUs are managed and catalogued appropriately.  Furthermore, the SSC Front Door activity generates potential opportunities that need tracking and routing to the 61-101 process Capability Collaboration teams (CCTs) as appropriate. 

Skills you will need...

Required Experience

• Knowledge of DoD acquisition processes (major capability acquisition, middle tier), technology maturation and risk reduction phases, DoD prototyping process and guidance, and AFRL technology maturation and development processes.

Qualifications

• Master's degree 10 years  combined experience in industry, FFRDC, SETA, SE&I for space systems acquisition and operations 
• Clearance at TS/SCI

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