Ground Integration Lead (PWSA)

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 Ground Integration Lead (PWSA) to support our customer in Chantilly, VA.

Responsibilities include:

• Ensure ground segment designs and implementation meet system requirements
• Ensure ground segment designs and deliverables are tested against planned testing procedures
• Evaluate and participate in integration testing across levels of the ground segment
• Support the SDA’s Ground Segment Program Management and Tranche-specific Systems Engineering teams
• May serve as the Ground Capability Test Team (CTT) Lead with/to the SDA’s test enterprise
• Review engineering documents and provide SME support
• Participate in milestones to include, but not limited to: System Requirements Review, Preliminary Design Review, and Critical Design Review activities and provide subject matter expertise
• Provide technical advice/input to customer’s leadership that lays the strategic foundation for critical, national capability and customer’s future initiatives
• Work with the development team to clarify requirements, provide feedback on code quality and ensure defects identification and resolution occurs on time
• Work with development team engineers to support integration of both software and hardware-in-the-loop development, test, and operational environments
• Evaluate software performance and assess its compatibility with new mission and CONOPS
• Participate in anomaly resolution activities
• Contribute to the development of systems- and mission-level modeling and simulation tools
• Contribute to the execution of modeling and simulation activities
• Collaborate with other teams by actively participating in cross-functional communication to ensure that all teams integrate system requirements throughout program lifecycles
• Resolve highly complex and multi-dimensional problems requiring consideration of variables that impact multiple aspects of the project/program
• Assess ground segment impacts of new hardware, software, CONOPS, and missions
• Support requirements management and analysis, interface management, architecture development, and test and evaluation processes
• Incorporate Joint Warfighter, Mission Partners, and internal SDA team’s feedback on product strategy and identify the best path to improve efficiencies
• Collect and analyze feedback from end-users, stakeholders, and other teams to shape integration processes
  
  
  
  
  

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in STEM or related discipline.
• Minimum of 8 years experience in and technical and analytic understanding of space and/or ground segment integration, testing, and evaluation.
• Agile framework familiarity.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
• Organizational and leadership abilities.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Problem-solving aptitude
• Creative thinking skills.
• TS/SCI clearance required (ability to obtain/maintain).
  
  
  
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree in STEM or related discipline.
• 12 years’ experience and specific expertise in space and/or ground segment integration, testing, and evaluation.
• Agile framework experience including the use of Jira/Confluence.
• Experience with DoD and/or IC customers.
• Recent experience with space and/or ground systems.
  
  
  
  
  

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