Systems Engineer/Technical Advisor

The Space and Intelligence Division provides professional services to the US Space Force Combatant Commands Intelligence Community and NASA. Our work includes enterprise architectural assessments systems engineering and integration test planning and execution cost estimating and analysis acquisition support and cybersecurity. We are trusted partners developing approaches and concepts to meet emerging high priority needs assessing cuttingedge technologies and supporting capabilities for our National Defense. Come join the fastest growing Division at Systems Planning and Analysis Inc.!

The Intelligence Programs Group (IPG) part of Systems Planning and Analysis Inc.s Space and Intelligence Division is a specialized provider of systems engineering and trusted advisory services to the Space and National Intelligence community. We utilize missionproven datadriven advisory tools and capabilities. We provide highly technical support to ensure the government acquires cutting edge technology necessary for our National Defense. Our portfolio includes the National GeospatialIntelligence Agency (NGA) National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Come where you will be part of our highcaliber team!

SPA has an Systems Engineer/Technical Advisor.

The ideal candidate will bring a passion for providing intelligence support to the warfighter. They should also be savvy on NRO decision making processes and at least some of the mission systems and capabilities with the ability to create collaborative teams and build trusted relationships with stakeholders both internal and external to the NRO. Job duties include but are not limited to:

• Perform analyses and assessments of MID projects or activities to help determine their consistency with the MID and group strategic direction technology development plans NRO requirements and MID strategic goals and objectives.
• Advise MID government on the technical risks associated with new and ongoing projects and review analyze and assess technologies system concepts data and information to recommend applications of new or possibly emerging technologies to meet MID needs.
• Support and coordinate MID outreach efforts with NRO offices other Government agencies industry and academia.
• Providing technical support and assessments on Intelligence Community (IC) activities that address technology research applied technology concepts and technology demonstrations.
• Support coordinate and manage systems engineering actions and activities.
• Assist in establishing procedures and standards for managing technical development / architecture plans across the MID Enterprise.
• Assist in MID Enterprise assessments planning and visualization to include identifying transition and implementation opportunities.
• Review analyze comment and prepare staffing documents including plans policies concepts of operation technical architectures initiatives and programmatic documents.
• Possess and articulate an awareness and understanding of NRO capabilities across the various intelligence domains (i.e. GEOINT SIGINT MASINT HUMINT etc).
• Understanding and awareness of ground and spacebased architectures and the connections between them.
• As directed provide decision support expertise and advice for building future Intelligence Program Budget Submissions (IPBS) NRO Program Objective Memorandums (POM) Congressional Justification Books (CJB) and Congressional Budget Justification Book (CBJB) inputs that are formulated with investment strategies that map MID efforts with IC requirements.

Required Qualifications:

• Active TS/SCI and CI Polygraph at the time of application
• Bachelors Degree or equivalent years and 15 or more years of technical experience
• System Engineering experience
• GEOINT SIGINT MASINT HUMINT experience
• Ground and spacebased architectures experience
• Research and Development experience
• Cybersecurity experience
• NRO experience
• Intelligence Community (IC) experience

Reports to designated work location up to fulltime based upon the needs of the client.

Desired Qualifications:

• Masters in science or engineering discipline
• Strong presentation skills (oral and written) for senior government managers
• Innovative proactive collaborative mindset with ability to work across multiple functional disciplines (Technical Programmatic Financial Business / Contractual)