Satellite Systems Engineer

Satellite Systems Engineer ( Dulles, VA )
Contract to Hire Opportunity

Pay rate: Open

US Citizenship Required.

The Ground Systems Experience is the most important part of this requisition. Flight control experience is icing on the cake but can be taught more readily.
We are looking for a full time hire conversion once the required contingent time is fulfilled.

Essential Functions:
This position is for a full-time senior-level technical role in Dulles, VA. The successful candidate will be expected to:
Act as a ground systems engineer in support of the ICESat2 Satellite program particularly with respect to ongoing Tech Refresh efforts.
Support update of Test Plans and Test Procedures for any new features or updates to the ground system
Interface with ground system subcontractor in support of the rolling tech refresh effort
Provide mission operations support to the ICESat2 Satellite program including flight control and mission planning.
Support system maintenance activities such as procedure updates, architecture upkeep, and formal program milestones.
Work with systems engineers to conduct anomaly review board investigations as necessary.
Conduct testing using simulators and resolve discrepancies.
Develop and test command procedures, telemetry pages, and other products derived from vendor provided documentation
Support operations readiness activities including configuration control board and other customer meetings
Support operations, including shift work
Monitor vehicle state of health across all subsystems and perform short and long-term telemetry trending.
Track space vehicle configuration, to include both hardware, software, and configurable item parameters.
Make modifications to existing operations procedures to incorporate lessons learned from in-flight performance. Develop new procedures as required.
Provide status reporting through both the functional and program reporting branches.
Maintain standards associated with the established Integrated/Developmental Operations functional group processes.
Support internal and external customer meetings through proficient verbal and documented (MS PowerPoint, MS Word, MS Excel) communications.
May require travel 10% of the time for support of customer or backup mission operations center.

Basic Qualifications (Principal):
Bachelors Degree in engineering or related discipline and 5 years experience; 3 years with Masters; or PhD
Ability to work within a group of diversified individuals with varying backgrounds to achieve mission success.
Experience writing technical documents for external customers
Possess a working knowledge of ground system hardware
Experience with writing or updating of ground system test plans and procedures
Outstanding verbal and written communications skills, including ability to make persuasive presentations to external customers at milestone