Orbit Analyst
Orbit Analyst
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$ 74900 - 138400
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Title:
Orbit AnalystBelong. Connect. Grow. with KBR!
KBRs National Security Solutions team provides highend engineering and advanced technology solutions to our customers in the intelligence and national security communities. In this position your work will have a profound impact on the countrys most critical role protecting our national security.
Why Join Us
- Innovative Projects: KBRs work is at the forefront of engineering logistics operations science program management mission IT and cybersecurity solutions.
- Collaborative Environment: Be part of a dynamic team that thrives on collaboration and innovation fostering a supportive and intellectually stimulating workplace.
- Impactful Work: Your contributions will be pivotal in designing and optimizing defense systems that ensure national security and shape the future of space defense.
Key Responsibilities:
- Orbit Analysis: Performing orbit analysis orbital determination and analysis functions
- Satellite Contacts: Generating and providing daily orbital data to execute numerous satellite contacts
- Sensor Coverage and Telemetry Collection: Performing orbital engineering tasks required to support launch operations including sensor coverage and telemetry collection planning using link margin analysis and other tools predicting trajectory and estimating the final orbit
- Ensuring Mission Success: Participating in program to customer interface requirements definition to ensure program and customer mission success
- Interfacing with Customers: Interfacing with external customers to maintain tracking station location obscura and Transmit Inhibit Zone data
- Testing Efforts: Participating in testing efforts of newly upgraded tracking stations
- Educating Customers: Participating in customer education of basic astrodynamics
- Software and Hardware Upgrades: Supporting and performing future OA software and hardware upgrades leading to the automation of many of the OA functions supporting both daily OA activities and OA launch support activities
Work Environment:
- Location: Onsite
- Travel Requirements: Minimal
- Working Hours: Shift 24/7 on call
Scheduled Weekly Hours:
40 hours
Basic Compensation:
$74900 $138400 USD annually
The offered rate will be based on the selected candidates knowledge skills abilities and/or experience and in consideration of internal parity.
Additional Compensation:
KBR may offer bonuses commissions or other forms of compensation to certain job titles or levels per internal policy or contractual designation. Additional compensation may be in the form of sign on bonus relocation benefits short term incentives long term incentives or discretionary payments for exceptional performance.
Qualifications:
Required:
- Clearance: TS/SCI with a Polygraph
- Education: Undergraduate degree in related field
- Experience Level: 3 years of orbital mechanics experience
- Time Management: Ability to identify and achieve multiple milestones spread across various calendars and schedules
- Process Ability to create and follow standard processes and clearly document results
- Problem Solving in Critical Situations: Strong troubleshooting and problemsolving skills demonstrated by frequent and successful application of technical standards theories concepts and techniques
- Interpersonal Skills: Ability to interface effectively with users customers management and other engineering personnel
- Scheduling: Ability to occasionally work odd and/or extended hours covering a 24/7 period particularly during launch operations
Desired:
- Technical disciplines: orbital propagation and perturbations orbit estimation orbital maneuvers modeling and simulation and analysis
- Modeling Simulation and Analysis: Experience in modeling simulation and analysis in orbital maneuvers and orbit estimation
- Software Experience: Knowledge and experience with STK ODTK Matlab and other COTS products
- Evaluating Technology: Ability to evaluate established and emerging technologies for applicability to architectural initiatives
- Project Life Cycle: Experience in executing the project life cycle of requirements analysis design hardware and/or software development integration test and sustainment
- Understanding Customer Products: Experience in evaluating viability of vendor and governmentprovided HW/SW as part of technology/product trade studies
- Operational Procedures: Ability to develop and maintain operational procedures products and training materials
- Communications Topologies: Knowledge of communications (network and RF) topologies including SGLS K and X band design
- Satellite Command and Control: Knowledge and experience with satellite command & control theories and methodologies
Ready to Make a Difference
If youre excited about making a significant impact in the field of space defense and working on projects that matter we encourage you to apply and join our team at KBR. Lets shape the future together.
KBR Benefits
KBR offers a selection of competitive lifestyle benefits which could include 401K plan with company match medical dental vision life insurance AD&D flexible spending account disability paid time off or flexible work schedule. We support career advancement through professional training and development.
Belong Connect and Grow at KBR
At KBR we are passionate about our people and our Zero Harm culture. These inform all that we do and are at the heart of our commitment to and ongoing journey toward being a People First company. That commitment is central to our team of teams philosophy and fosters an environment where everyone can Belong Connect and Grow. We Deliver Together.
KBR is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion disability sex sexual orientation gender identity or expression age national origin veteran status genetic information union status and/or beliefs or any other characteristic protected by federal state or local law.
Required Experience:
IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
