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Satellite Ground System Sr. Systems Engineer

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.

KBR is searching for ahighly skilled Senior Systems Engineer (Sr. SE) to support development of a firstofkind satellite command and control system for the Space Rapid Capabilities Office (RCO). The Sr. SE is assigned responsibility accountability and authority to execute and optimize processes governing the systems engineering scope necessary for successful product delivery. Duties include systems engineering and acquisition process implementation and . The Sr. SE may be responsible for leading both multidiscipline and systems engineering teams in of these duties. The Sr. SE will report to the Chief Systems Engineer with potential matrix to functional branches as part of systems engineering integration team (SEIT) duties.

A successful candidate should be a leader and problem solver with a proven ability to deliver superior results as part of a high performing team in a highprofile fastpaced environment. The candidate will apply advanced principles theories and concepts for highly classified systems while also effectively communicating complex results with management and executive leadership.

In this position you will provide System Engineering Technical Assistance (SETA) to the Space RCO at Kirtland AFB NM or Colorado Springs CO. The Space RCO is one of three US Space Force acquisition organization and is the one specializing in delivering firstof systems to fill quickturn needs to deliver operational capability to the USSF. For each project Space RCO sets up small agile and empowered teams to include program manager technical specialists contracting finance security and they use right acquisition strategies to set the effort up for success. You will work in one of these small highly empowered teams where every team member is directly responsible for the success of the program.

Key Responsibilities:

• Assuring specifications and requirements are developed established decomposed allocated executed and maintained as part of a systematic verification program consistent with the program requirements baseline.
• and oversight of ongoing risk mitigation measures by various government stakeholders and contractors.
• Work internal to the program office and interdivisional work needs for the program.

• Develop and implement necessary metrics and standards for judging successful systems engineering process inclusive of contractor subcontracting and procurement systems for all critical systems engineering acquisition and development related scope.
• Generate and execute program scope in a systems engineering management plan (SEMP) together with program and higher command directives.
• Be familiar with documenting tracking and periodically reporting to program management and the Government compliance offices performance against standards compliance against metrics deviations and corrective actions.
• Be familiar with engineering resource planning quality improvement initiatives process improvement initiatives and managing against a baselined plan.
• Maintain proficiency identifying creating evaluating and maintaining technical baseline records. Understand how to integrate work duties across cost technical schedule and risk spectrum to deliver balanced success.
• Ensures completion of tasks within estimated time frames and budget constraints.
• Ensures the quality of the program project or task deliverables meet or exceed standards or metrics and assesses such deliverables to ensure that the final deliverables will meet the warfighting purpose for which they are intended.
• Coordinates with multiple partners/agencies to ensure system engineering communities support delivery milestones.
• Provides strategic advice technical guidance and expertise to program and project staff.
• Leads studies and analyses of data to provide advice and recommend solutions.
• Communicate clearly concisely and with technical accuracyoral and written.
• Other duties as required.

Qualifications and Education Requirements

Required skills:

• Minimum fifteen 15 years of DoD/IC or relevant industry work experience.
• Minimum five 5 years of experience executing systems engineering scope consistent with IEEE 15288 systems engineering competency framework and systems acquisition duties consistent with the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) part 234 and the DoD 5000 series of regulations or analogous industry standards.
• Minimum of 3 three years of relevant experience executing these duties in a satellite operational ground system Cat 3 / Cat C program or larger.
• Experience in DoD program management including program development and transition.

Desired skills:

• Experience and preferred intimacy with systems engineering processes generally accepted and adopted across US Government acquisitions and operations as guided by DAU and the DOD 5000 series of regulations together with analogous industry standards sourced from IEEE PMI and INCOSE.
• Education experience and knowledge of Government acquisition systems engineering contracts subcontracts finance and business operations methods techniques and tools.
• Education experience and knowledge of Government acquisition policies and standards and the tools methods rules and regulations for conducting systems engineering and acquisition.
• Background and demonstrated success implementing systems engineering processes effectively at an optempo compatible with rapid prototyping and agile software development
• Ability to operate with little or no daily oversight with initiative and competence to recognize unmet program needs and meet them selfguiding to deliver success against program and industry standards
• Experience with successful concurrent of multiple satellite operations ground system functional areas while executing in a dynamic changing work environment often requiring a rapid replan risk triage and baseline of work duties to meet program needs
• Proficiency translating architecture and CONOPs information into actionable and verifiable requirements across a systems life cycle. Comfortable executing parts of a verification program inclusive of test demonstration analysis and inspection.
• Experience developing verifying and handing over to operations a fully ready ground satellite operations control system.
• Ability to create integrate and successful manage to an integrated master schedule across the family of ground satellite operations functions and systems engineering disciplines
• Familiar with Enterprise Risk Management and industry tools such as Crystal Ball and @Risk as well as processes and methods for developing and managing a risk and opportunities management program.
• Demonstrated ability to effectively manage small teams of key personnel to execute aspects of acquisition systems engineering and product development through verification
• Demonstrated familiarity with and ability to judge adherence to standard acquisition and program management systems and tools (i.e. a performance measurement baseline (PMB) Integrated master Schedule (IMS) an earned value system (EVMS) Government standards regulations contract provisions and program plans directives and procedures.
• Familiarity and recent experience complying with Cyber requirements and standards as applicable to a predominantly software development and operationally fielded program
• Ability to cogently and concisely analyze progress problems and develop corrective action plans; provide status and recommendations to assure clear understanding and sound documentation of the program baseline and provide oversight of corrective actions
• Ability to effectively interact with team leaders and customers orally and in writing.
• Ability to work successfully with a highly diverse work force e.g. USSF officers & enlisted technicians engineers scientists physicists business and contracts managers etc.
• Ability to work in a 24x7 test and operational environment up to four times annually for durations of up to one month each.

Education:

• An applicable engineering or engineering management degree from a program accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET).
• Relevant MA/MS/ME degree.
• (Desired) INCOSE Systems Engineering Professional Certification (CSEP or ESEP).

Clearance:

• Active TOP SECRET clearance with sensitive compartmentalized information (SCI) and special access program (SAP) eligibility.
• No less than five 5 years total SAP and/or SCI environment experience and 2year total within last 5 years.
• Candidate must maintain a TS/SCI clearance as a condition of employment and willingness to submit to a polygraph.

Work Environment:

• Location: onsite at Kirtland AFB NM or Colorado Springs CO

• Travel Requirements: up to 50 of time (generally less) within the continental United States.

• Working Hours: Standard 40 hours per week.

Basic Compensation:

$175 220k (Posted salary range for Colorado Springs CO ONLY)

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.

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.

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