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Research SME Space Platforms


Job Location:

Bethesda, MD - USA

Monthly Salary: Not provided by the employer
Posted: 24 May 2026 (30+ days ago)
Application Deadline: 21 August 2026
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy
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Job Summary

JOB TITLE:Research SME - Space Platforms

LOCATION:Bethesda Maryland

CLEARANCE: No clearance required to start but prefer TS/SCI with CI Poly.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:
Attend meetings workshops conferences and testing events as a Subject Matter Expert.
Assist with the development of presentations such as Program Management Reviews.
Serve as a Liaison between Performers Test & Evaluation contributors Government and Transition partners.
Review provide analysis and make recommendations concerning technical reports data and Performer approaches.
Select establish curate and maintain collaborative communication issue tracking and configuration environments for use by the program.
Provide reach-back support for program related requirements for systems integration design development modeling and simulation data analytics and architecture design.
Examine data sources and literary sources for emerging technology related to the Program.
Provide technical support and expertise on new concepts beyond the Program but integral to the Programs success.

REQUIREDEXPERTISE:
Bachelors degree in electrical engineering mechanical engineering aerospace engineering computer engineering applied physics systems engineering or a related technical field with six plus (6) years of work experience in one of these fields or Masters degree with two plus (2) years of work experience.
Four (4) years of experience or equivalent education involving systemlevel design and analysis of space or terrestrial platforms including power subsystems environmental resilience hardware integration thermal or structural modeling or the development and evaluation of platform components intended for longduration or extremeenvironment operation.
Two (2) years of experience or equivalent education using test and measurement equipment or environmental qualification tools relevant to platform engineering such as electrical instrumentation powersystem diagnostics thermalvacuum chambers vibration and shock testing systems longduration endurance testing setups or prototype subsystem testbeds.
One (1) year of experience managing a multi-disciplinary research and development (R&D) or Test and Evaluation (T&E) team.
Two (2) years of experience creating program plans work breakdown structures and milestone schedules.

DESIRED EXPERTISE:
Masters degree or PhD in electrical engineering mechanical engineering aerospace engineering computer engineering applied physics systems engineering or related fields with four plus (4) years of work experience.
Four (4) years of experience with tools used for modeling simulation design or testing of platform subsystems such as MATLAB Python C/C LabVIEW or engineering analysis tools supporting power thermal structural or environmental modeling.
Two (2) years of experience with analytical or algorithmic methods supporting resilient platform performance such as optimization of resourceconstrained systems anomaly detection degradation modeling or predictive performance modeling for components operating in extreme environments.
Two (2) years of experience in the Intelligence Community (IC) including experience with requirements CONOPS and transition.
Awareness of supplychain reliability environmental durability and missionlifetime considerations associated with spacequalified or ruggedized groundbased platform components.
Four (4) years of experience managing a multi-disciplinary research and development (R&D) or Test and Evaluation (T&E) team.
One (1) year of experience as a Project Manager or Deputy Project Manager.

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