Senior SIGINT Mission Management Systems Engineer - Arcfield

Arcfield was purpose-built to protect the nation and its allies through innovations in digital transformation, space mission engineering and launch assurance, miniaturized sensors and satellites, advanced modeling and simulation, cybersecurity, and conventional and hypersonic missile support. Headquartered in Chantilly, VA with 16 global offices, Arcfield employs more than 1,500 engineers, analysts, IT specialists, and other professionals with more than 60 years of collective proven experience supporting missions in cyber and space defense, space exploration, hypersonic and nuclear deterrence and warfighter readiness. Visit arcfield.com for more details.

Do you want to work on solving some of our nation’s most critical intelligence needs?  Do you want to find a position that allows you to use your engineering, development, operations, and communication skills? Then we need YOU! An experienced senior SIGINT Mission Management Systems Engineer, to help us guide new and existing SIGINT programs as they evolve to commercial trends like Agile development, Cloud migration, Automation techniques (AI/ML), and streamlined DevOps deployments to our users in operations.  You will be a technical member of a dynamic systems engineering team that informs the Government Program Management Office of the successes and challenges of the SIGINT systems as well as provide recommendations for modifications and future evolutions.

This position is specifically working to solve the future of SIGINT Mission Management scheduling, by evolving the current manual scheduling of SIGINT satellites into using more automation and automated scheduling techniques / algorithms as we increase the number of SIGINT satellites spanning over the next decade. You will work directly with the users / schedulers and development team as a SETA to help troubleshoot, provide feedback, assess scheduling criteria, and help solve the overall automated constellation scheduler problems on behalf of the Acquisition Office (AO).

This is an opportunity for you to build your experience with using the latest open-source tools, trends, and techniques while supporting the mission of our Intelligence Community Customer. We are looking for someone to provide subject matter expertise and agile best practices to our team. You will perform the following functions as a senior SIGINT Mission Management Systems Engineer, by using a holistic approach and providing end-to-end systems engineering throughout our systems’ lifecycle:

• Coordinate CONOPS of SIGINT mission planning and scheduling systems
• Develop architecture products
• Write and translate requirements into Epics/Features based on emerging customer needs
• Understand system-to-system interfaces and act as an Integrator
• Evaluate system designs and trade-space proposed and implemented by our developers, while working in coordination with the acquisition offices (AOs)
• Assess performance using evaluation criteria and technical performance measures
• Monitor system and segment schedules, recognize dependencies
• Identify risks and opportunities
• Facilitate readiness, release planning events, and demonstrations in support of system and acquisition-level sprints and increments
• Review Request for Changes (RFCs) and identify impacts, in addition author RFCs for the customer
• Support Agile and DevOps automated test and verification (VV&T)
• Integrate new systems and initiatives in support of expanded SIGINT mission planning and scheduling capabilities, work directly with our developers and users in operations!
• Participate in studies looking at the future generation of SIGINT capabilities spanning the next decade

Required:

• Requires 12 to 15 years with BS/BA or 10 to 13 years with MS/MA or 10+ years with PhD.
• Must possess and be able to maintain an active TS/SCI with Poly.
• More than 10 years’ experience with space/ground aerospace systems engineering/architecting
• BS in engineering, physics or related technical degree
• Proven communication skills especially with senior (Lt Colonel and above) government officials. 
• Understanding of current Overhead SIGINT Mission Management scheduling capabilities
• Integration and closure experience within overall customer domain.
• Willingness to learn new areas and mentor junior level personnel.
• Commitment to recognize, understand, respect and operate effectively within various SETA, FFRDC, and Government lines of authority.

Strongly Desired Skills:

• Familiarity with overall SIGINT ground customer, technical familiarity with mission control and/or processing of one or more SIGINT systems.
• Ability to work for direct IC customer and familiarity with that customer’s processes and organization.
• Expertise in mission technical capabilities and system performance analysis and assessment
• Experience identifying user needs and gaps, identifying potential solutions, and assessing/analyzing alternatives.

EEO

Arcfield proactively fulfills its role as an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, religion, age, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, national origin, marital status, physical or mental disability, status as a Disabled Veteran, Recently Separated Veteran, Active-Duty Wartime or Campaign Badge Veteran, Armed Forces Services Medal, or any other characteristic protected by law.