IAE Engineer III (Space and Cyber Operations)
IAE Engineer III (Space and Cyber Operations)
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Job Description
The University of South Florida (USF) Institute for Applied Engineering (IAE) is a Florida not-for-profit corporation and direct support organization within the USF ecosystem. The IAE mission is to provide agile high value engineering products and services to enhance the performance effectiveness and capabilities of its customers to include the Department of Defense and other federal and industry partners.
The Space and Cyber Operations Engineer is a direct contributor and team leader with expertise in space systems (satellites payloads ground systems support equipment and enabling technologies and operation of such systems and components) and cyber operations (software design operating system hardening networked systems architecture design and analysis security assessment policy development compliance risk mitigation and offensive and defensive cybersecurity) in the applied research prototyping and demonstration contexts.
This position contributes to one or more projects that demand multidisciplinary experience in the design test validation and operation of complex systems and leads engineering teams in the conduct of such work in a collaborative environment. As an IAE Engineer this individual also contributes to the oversight and mentoring of junior engineers and interns the review of work products interfacing with customers and stakeholders advising IAE leadership and staff to ensure the successful completion of projects and contracts coordination and contribution to documentation and participation in interviews hiring and evaluation of junior engineers.
The Space and Cyber Operations Engineer must have deep experience or expertise in multiple complementary technical fields related to space and cyber systems design and operations working with complex systems across physical and digital domains working with customers and stakeholders both in person and through electronic means and familiarity with systems requirements analysis design development testing and -depth hands-on experience with engineering principles consistent with formal education training and experience (e.g. with aerospace mechanical electrical RF cybersecurity engineering) is also required.
Applicants for this position must have demonstrated relevant experience with Defense-related operational systems.
Responsibilities
The Space and Cyber Operations Engineer is a senior technical contributor and lead for projects and a multidisciplinary team of engineers. They serve as a subject matter expert individual contributor and technical leader and mentor for their team. Specific responsibilities include:
- Leads a team in conceptual design development fabrication testing documentation and delivery of projects related to research and technology development.
- Works with engineering leadership and leads junior engineers and interns on assigned project tasks.
- Manages a team of full-time engineers and interns through assigned project tasks by providing guidance mentorship and resources to promote productive work.
- Coordinates administrative tasks required for performance of project development tasks including management of contract deliverables procurement of project materials and equipment and ensuring regulatory compliance.
- May serve as a Principle Investigator (PI) on one or more projects as required.
- Reviews work products and artifacts produced by junior engineers and interns.
- Interfaces with stakeholders external to USF/IAE as needed to include: presenting technical briefings reporting on projects and deliverables supporting business development and similar stakeholder activities.
- Advises IAE leadership and staff to help ensure projects align with the IAE strategic plan and make optimal operational decisions related to delivering on projects and contracts.
- Coordinates the writing of technical documentation to include: status reports requirements documents statements of work design documents technical proposals and similar documentation.
- Participates in engineering staff interviews hiring decisions and evaluates junior engineers.
Qualifications
Special Requirements: Applicants must be eligible for a TS/SCI security clearance
This position requires a bachelors degree in an engineering discipline Computer Science Data Science Mathematics Physical Chemical or Biological Sciences and three or more years of relevant experience. Specific qualifications include:
- Knowledge and experience working within the Department of Defense ecosystem.
- Technical and managerial experience including preparing engineering proposals facilitating customer communications leading and mentoring engineering personnel and project planning tracking and oversight.
- Experience in systems development lifecycle frameworks (e.g. V and Waterfall models) applied to projects throughout the project lifecycle (e.g. requirements analysis design development testing and delivery).
- Experience with configuration management requirements traceability and requirements verification.
- Experience with prototyping testing experimentation system and component design development and integration.
- Experience with the design development test and/or operations of space capability payloads satellite systems ground systems and supporting systems.
- Experience with cybersecurity assessment and compliance including but not limited to NIST SP 800-53 and NIST SP 800-171 and relevant certifications including but not limited to CISSP and/or CompTIA Security
- Self-starter with outstanding analytic and problem-solving skills; Excellent written and oral communication skills.
- A current SECRET security clearance.
Preferred Qualifications:
An advanced degree in computer science software engineering computer engineering mechanical engineering electrical engineering aerospace engineering systems engineering or a related field and over nine years of relevant engineering or technical experience.
Other preferred skills and experience include:
- A current TS/SCI security clearance.
- Knowledge and experience with Zero Trust security frameworks across enterprise and cloud environments especially for DoD use cases in IL5/IL6 environments
- Experience with the Authority to Operate (ATO) process under DoD Risk Management Framework (RMF)
- Experience developing documentation and artifacts to support RMF/ATO programs including System Security Plans (SSP) Plan of Action and Milestones (POA&M) and Security Assessment Reports (SAR)
- Knowledge of and experience with current DoD cybersecurity policies tools and standards e.g. DISA STIGs CNSSI 1253 eMASS ACAS HBSS
- Operational experience with space systems including mission task planning commanding satellites and payloads and collecting and analyzing telemetry
- Experience with the design development and test of space system ground support systems including radio and laser communications equipment and computer system networking
This position may be subject to a Level 1 or Level 2 criminal background check
Applicants for USF employment are entitled to request reasonable accommodation(s) in the application process. A request is to be made at least five (5) working days prior to the time the accommodation(s) is needed. Contact theUSF ADA Lead ()to coordinate your accommodation request.
Employment Type
Full-Time
