Senior Specialist, Systems Engineer Space Operations Trainer

Job Title: Senior Specialist Systems Engineer Space Operations Trainer
Job Code: 34862
Job Location: Springfield Virginia (100% On-site)
Job Schedule: 5/8

Job Description:
L3Harris Technologies is seeking a Space Operations Trainer to support mission-critical national security space operations within the NRO Operations Center (NOC). This position serves as a subject matter expert responsible for developing coordinating and delivering comprehensive space operations training programs to both operational and supporting personnel to ensure sustained mission readiness and performance excellence.

The Space Operations Trainer directly supports the NOC mission and contributes to advancing the Space Warfighting Mission through structured curriculum development operational analysis lessons-learned integration and readiness validation activities. This role ensures personnel are prepared to monitor analyze assess and deliver mission status courses of action (COAs) anomaly investigations and decision-support products to senior government decision-makers.

The selected candidate will operate within a dynamic high-tempo environment collaborating with Government and Contractor professionals to enhance operational proficiency strengthen mission resilience and drive continuous improvement in training effectiveness across the enterprise.

Essential Functions:
Perform periodic training material reviews for both operational and support training products.
Schedule lead formal and informal classroom instruction for all organizational divisions
Lead training meetings attend ops update briefings exercise strategic planning meetings and tool demonstrations sharing SME knowledge & system expertise.
Offer hands-on system training for operators upon request.
Maintain system proficiency in operational systems operated under the contract portfolio.
Author training documentation and builds visual aids with step-by-step instructions capturing system screenshots with supporting annotations .
Familiarize self and training team members with developing system tools updates relevant job aids checklists and training reference material.
Assist in system integration and development efforts as SME and user resource.

Qualifications:
Bachelors Degree and minimum 6 years of prior relevant experience. Graduate Degree and a minimum of 4 years of prior related lieu of a degree minimum of 10 years of prior related experience.
Top Secret SCI with CI Poly required.
3 years experience with DoW Instructional System Design (ISD) or equivalent
3 years space operations and/or experience using NRO on-orbit space systems tools System Tool Kit (STK) and threat determination analysis tools.

Additional Preferred Skills:
Completion of an accredited basic instructor course or equivalent.
Orbital Mechanics experience in the Space Domain Awareness (SDA) domain.