Overview

Stellar Solutions is seeking a System Engineer to work on an exciting, fast-paced program in the Fort Belvoir, VA area. This position provides subject matter expertise (SME) to customers in ground and vehicle systems design, integration, and testing; cloud application, Agile development and delivery.

Role/Responsibilities/Qualifications

The successful candidate will also provides process analysis and design; analytic insight into system design, engineering and integration challenges, and system performance issues.

Primary Responsibilities

• Responsible for system engineering and technical execution of projects that cover hardware/software system development, test and final integration on customer platforms
• Participate in working groups, engineering review boards, design reviews, test readiness reviews, and operational readiness reviews as a reviewer; provides government with unbiased analysis, recommendations, courses of action
• Reviews programs for risks and opportunities; delivers mitigation or exploitation approaches
• Evaluates system readiness for integration into an operational baseline
• Review, assess and provide recommendations to the government on Request for Changes (RFCs)
• Collaborate with SETA team members, senior government leadership, and program offices in understanding system schedule, readiness, and risks
• Evaluate and assess milestones, provide feedback to the customer on capabilities meeting requirements
• Coordinate with engineers from various contractors and government organizations; prepare and present briefings to customer on technical topics when requested

Required Qualifications

• Experience in satellite and/or ground system operations, integration and test; operational readiness process
• Program lifecycle experience from concept development and design to deployment and operational maintenance
• Familiar with systems engineering and systems development processes
• Experience with CONOPS, requirements development, interface control documentation, technical specification review, architecture development
• Strong data analysis and data visualization skills
• Polished communicator and proven collaborator; demonstrated ability to coordinate across all levels of government to ensure contracts effectively deliver required services and capabilities
• Self-starter, proactively addresses customer requirements with no supervision; expert at defining solutions for broad, abstract topics
• Top Secret/SCI clearance with CI Poly

Desired Qualifications

• Familiarity with National Reconnaissance Office (NRO)
• Experience in mission operations environment – ops tempo, performance characterization, utility analysis, system calibrations
• Experience with Agile development methodologies, Model Based Systems Engineering/Digital Engineering and associated tools (e.g. Cameo, Jira, Confluence, etc.)
• Familiarity with AWS or C2S DevSecOps
• Industry certifications (e.g. PMP, CSEP, AWS, etc.)

Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s Degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics (STEM) field – contract requirement; nine (9) years or more experience

COVID Vaccine Required - Reasonable Accommodations for Medical or Religious Reasons Considered