SME SATCOM Engineer (Secret) DODP9

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Position Overview

Join us in our support to the US Space Force (HQ USSF) COMSATCOM Office. Our team provides high quality, comprehensive and diversified expert support services to deliver and integrate a transformative COMSATCOM business model into an overarching SATCOM enterprise environment. We are seeking a Subject Matter Expert (SME) Engineer (Senior Engineer) to provide expert engineering support and advice in the areas of systems engineering and Commercial Satellite Communications (COMSATCOM). Job duties include:

Responsibilities

• Provide SATCOM expertise to the office regarding COMSATCOM technologies, including managed and transponder bandwidth, multi-orbit constellations, innovative technology, etc.
• Support the development of a new Department-wide COMSATCOM acquisition strategy, providing expertise and technical insight to senior leadership and acquisition experts.
• Participate in government and commercial reviews, symposia, and industry technology conferences to ensure leading edge technology strategies are employed.
• Conduct technology assessments, market research and analysis of COMSATCOM systems.Develop and review engineering documents related to COMSATCOM architectures.
• Must be able to serve all COMSATCOM mission functions; to be able to engineer complex solutions and develop corresponding acquisition documentation, from initiation through award.
• Deliver high quality products and assessments, including those in support of network design, Information Assurance (IA) and cybersecurity, technology assessment, interface/design specification, solutions analysis, and technical project management.
• Provide advice and recommendations on, oversee or otherwise deliver (as applicable) preparation of scope of work documentation, network traffic engineering designs, analyses, models and simulations; Satellite Communications (SATCOM) Management and Control (M&C) architectures; mission assurance strategies and evaluations (e.g., for cybersecurity and resilience); interoperability testing; inspection; technology roadmaps and capability insertions; industry standards; and capacity optimization.
• Provide regular and routine engineering advisory support to various contract negotiations/evaluations and be able to communicate findings and recommendations in well-written artifacts.
• Serve as a technical Subject Matter Expert liaison to the SATCOM industry, including with service, technology, and product providers.
• Communicate Determinations and Findings (D&Fs) in well-written artifacts and shall be available on-demand to communicate highly technical concepts and strategies.

Required Qualifications

• Minimum of 10 years of systems engineering in the field of SATCOM or telecommunications.
• Bachelor's Degree in an Engineering or technical discipline.
• Secret clearance is required. #qinetiqclearedjob
• Strong analytical, problem-solving and decision-making capabilities.
• Excellent verbal and written Executive level communication.
• Team player with the ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment.
• Must be deadline driven, fast paced, organized and detail oriented.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to give and receive candid feedback in an open, results-oriented environment.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's Degree in an Engineering or technical discipline.
• Knowledge of current COMSATCOM vendors, technology, and business models preferred.
• Knowledge of emerging COMSATCOM capabilities (e.g., proliferated Low Earth Orbit [LEO] vendors, optical links) preferred.
• Ability to support client site meetings at Fort Meade.
• TS/SCI eligible.

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