Space Systems Integration (SSI) is a fast-growing engineering company that provides aerospace solutions to a variety of government and commercial customers. Our employees are forward-thinking, self-directed individuals who are committed to solving our customers’ technical challenges.

SSI is seeking a Sr. Principal Specialty Engineer to provide technical intelligence support to our customer in Colorado Springs, CO.

The ideal candidate will have familiarity with the space control mission area and extensive experience in space system vulnerability and mission effectiveness analysis, survivability effectiveness methodologies, intelligence collection and production, and the ability to translate program technical requirements into intelligence requirements and survivability and mission effectiveness products to support acquisition decisions and operational planning. The candidate will be expected to continually balance and adjust work priorities to meet short term work suspense and rapidly evolving customer needs in coordination with mission partners.

Job Responsibilities include:

• Directs the planning, development, testing, deployment, and sustainment of a complex and dynamic portfolio of national security space capabilities of the highest national priority
• Manages the modeling and simulation analysis, intelligence support, and production of survivability and mission effectiveness products and tools for ongoing projects and serves as a liaison between project management, mission partners, and the intelligence community
• Distills technical requirements into intelligence needs, documents intelligence requirements, and coordinates with the intelligence community to meet program needs
• Develops acquisition documentation to support program milestones.

• Bachelor's degree in a technical pursuit with 14 years of relevant experience with:
• · Intelligence analysis/engineering
• · Dept of Defense and the Intelligence Community 
• · Operational intelligence support
• Must have an in-scope security background investigation (T5 or SSBI), adjudicated for SCI eligibility, and enrolled in the Continuous Evaluation program (if applicable) 
• Must be willing to be nominated for access to Sensitive Compartment Information and Special Access Programs and willing to consent to a Polygraph examination

• Masters degree with 12 years of relevant experience
• Experience with methodology development for space system survivability, kill-chain analysis and effectiveness analysis
• Professional certification (e.g. INCOSE CSEP)

SSI has a target salary range: $191,000 - $201,000. The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.

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Space Systems Integration provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.