System & Solution Engineer

Ready for What's Next? Kratos is a leader in assured aerospace communication solutions and services. We are cutting-edge innovators and creative problem solvers working collaboratively to solve our customers’ toughest challenges. Our culture is fast-paced and innovative. We are a trusted partner—driven by doing the right thing and achieving maximum success for our customers, our partners and ourselves. Kratos is looking for a System Solution Engineer in support of a Department of Defense (DOD) customer. The DOD customer oversees innovative programs solving the nation’s toughest problems. This position requires an individual with demonstrated technical depth and leadership skills; experienced with technical programs; systems engineering prowess in developing satellite ground systems; knowledge and understanding of the DoD IC and SATCOM communities; and ability to rapidly innovate and integrate new technologies into legacy and new products.

Job Duties

• Interfaces with the customer to understand and develop requirements while working with the internal Kratos team to derive solutions using a combination of commercial and government furnished equipment to meet mission requirements
• This position will focus on Space Domain Awareness including the incorporation of RF and Sensor data to support Electro-Magnetic Spectrum and Cyber Operations.
• This is an engineering job focused on getting solutions quickly into operations
• This position will serve multiple customers within the Washington DC metro area
• Bachelor’s degree in engineering (EE, ME, AE, CS) or applied sciences (Mathematics, Physics)
• Experience in decomposition of Govt/Customer requirements to a system, subsystem, and components
• Experience in organizing external and internal project stakeholders towards achieving project goals and objectives
• Experience in SATCOM ground system design, installation, and operations
• Ability to brief, explain complex engineering concepts and designs to technical and non-technical personnel
• Minimum ten (10) years of experience, with five (5) years in space SATCOM/RF and/or satellite ground systems
• Space Domain Awareness, Electro- Magnetic Spectrum and Cyber Operations
• RF Systems Engineering Experience
• RF Signals Analysis Experience: Able to examine a signal of interest and characterize its key performance indicators.
• Systems Engineering and Solution Architecture
• Experience with DOD, DOD technical agencies as well as Intelligence Community
• Power Point, Visio, Word, Excel, architectural diagraming
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• US Citizen with a current, active TS Security Clearance
  
  

Preferred Skills And Experience

• Experience estimating engineering effort required to fill gaps based on technical gap analysis
• Experience with digital engineering such as Model Based System Engineering (MBSE)
• Satellite & Space Domain Awareness Operational Experience
• Experience with system architecture, requirements, interface definition, integration, verification, and validation
• Experience with satellite space and/or ground systems
  
  

Competitive salary based on experience and education

Kratos is valued for our ability to design and deliver leading edge, resilient solutions for aerospace communication, control, awareness and mission success across a continuum of offerings—from commercial to tailored custom solutions and integrated programs. Customers trust us to stay relevant and know we are in it for the long-haul. We bring both the capability and confidence that our customers value and depend on. And, we always deliver.

This posting will close within 90 days from the Posting Date.


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