What are the responsibilities and job description for the GEOINT Flight Engineer position at XMSTART?
XMSTART is seeking a talented GEOINT Flight Engineer to join our team. This position will focus on supporting the deployment and operation of geospatial intelligence (GEOINT) systems. As a GEOINT Flight Engineer, you will be integral in designing, testing, and optimizing systems that enhance our geospatial capabilities.
Your primary responsibilities will include ensuring the operational effectiveness of GEOINT systems during missions, conducting flight operations, and providing technical expertise to improve system performance. Collaborating closely with other engineering teams, military personnel, and analysts, you will help facilitate the integration of new technologies that improve situational awareness and decision-making processes.
Responsibilities:- Technical Advisory for GEOINT Systems:
- Act as the government’s technical advisor for GEOINT mission systems, covering all aspects from spacecraft bus and payloads to command, control, and processing systems.
- Support the identification of mission needs, operational concepts, and requirements to guide acquisition and budget planning effectively.
- Integration and Cross-Systems Analysis:
- Assess integration activities across technical, resource, and schedule dependencies, providing objective analysis and recommendations to government managers.
- Deliver ground truth technical assessments during project reviews, milestones, and decision gates, identifying risks, issues, and opportunities and recommending mitigations.
- Systems Engineering and Analysis Support:
- Assist in systems engineering and integration studies, process analysis, and project management assessments, offering recommendations and taking proactive steps as needed.
- Contribute to the development and assessment of system Concept of Operations, Requirements Documents, Test Plans, Statements of Work, and Systems Engineering Plans.
- Documentation and Acquisition Support:
- Support staff work requirements for the government, including action items, weekly reports, and contributions to acquisitions and source selections.
- Represent the government’s interests and collaborate with stakeholders to provide balanced analysis and strategic recommendations.
- Collaboration and Stakeholder Engagement:
- Work proactively with government personnel and contractors across multiple sites and organizational levels, building consensus and addressing complex issues with actionable insights.
- Minimum of three (3) years of relevant experience.
- Strong technical knowledge of spacecraft systems, including bus, payload, subsystems (e.g., attitude control, propulsion), ground communications, mission data processing, mission planning, and command/control systems.
- Proficiency in orbital mechanics and related analytical tools.
- Experience with GEOINT mission systems (ground and space) and familiarity with mission readiness processes and control gates.
- Real-time operations experience as a spacecraft operator, spacecraft engineer, or ground systems operator, with knowledge of space operations and policies.
- Self-motivated and proactive problem-solver who can define solutions for broad and abstract topics.
- Excellent communication skills (written/verbal), with a track record of collaboration, consensus-building, and influencing multiple stakeholders.
- Strong interpersonal skills and personal judgment, with the ability to interact confidently with senior government executives.
- Familiarity with Digital Engineering/Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE), Agile development, and cloud technologies.
- Bachelor’s degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM)
- Active TS/SCI clearance with CI Polygraph is required.
