Space Force – Traffic Modeling System Engineer for Missile Tracking - Secret

Job Title: CL- Space Force – Traffic Modeling System Engineer for Missile Tracking - Secret -Local / Flex

Requisition #: 2026-71030

Employment Type: Contract Labor

Location: AZ-Scottsdale / AL-Huntsville / CO-Colorado Springs/ VA-Manassas/PA-Pittsburgh

Positions – 3

Overview:

Our client engineers a diverse portfolio of high technology solutions, products and services that enable customers to successfully execute missions across all domains of operation. With a global team of 12,000 top professionals, we partner with the best in industry to expand the bounds of innovation in the defense and scientific arenas. Given the nature of our work and who we are, we value trust, honesty, alignment and transparency. We offer highly competitive benefits and pride ourselves in being a great place to work with a shared sense of purpose. You will also enjoy a flexible work environment where contributions are recognized and rewarded. If who we are and what we do resonates with you, we invite you to join our high-performance team!

Equal Opportunity Employer / Individuals with Disabilities / Protected Veterans

Responsibilities:

Requires a Bachelor’s degree in Systems Engineering, or a related Science, Engineering, Technology or Mathematics field. Also requires 5 years of job-related experience, or a Master's degree plus 3 years of job-related experience. Agile experience preferred.

CLEARANCE REQUIREMENTS:

Department of Defense Secret security clearance is required at time of hire. Applicants selected may be subject to a U.S. Government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information. Due to the nature of work performed within our facilities, U.S. citizenship is required.

Qualifications:

Our client is currently seeking a Traffic Modeling System Engineer to work in a hybrid capacity out of either their Scottsdale, AZ, Manassas, VA, Huntsville, AL, Colorado Springs, CO or Pittsburgh, PA facilities.

Responsibilities for this Position

As a Missile Tracking Systems Engineer designing Traffic Data Models for the US Space Force Space Development Agency (SDA) Ground, Management and Integration (GMI) program, you will be a key member of a cross-functional team responsible for developing and deploying state-of-the-art ground operational systems for the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA). You will be part of an elite team providing the evolution, expansion, integration, testing and maintenance of the ground entry points, operations centers, enterprise test and checkout capabilities and infrastructure management, including all development, systems engineering, integration, testing, maintenance, and site support.

For more information about the GDMS SDA GMI program, please go to: General Dynamics Awarded Design and Development Contract for Space Development Agency’s Ground, Management and Integration Program - General Dynamics Mission Systems

Key Responsibilities

• Systems engineering that includes decomposing requirements into modeling of the traffic data flow from a satellite constellation to the ground network
• Pre-planned or ad-hoc scheduling and satellite services to track missiles
• Analysis of missile tracking data to validate the traffic model

Technical Skills Required

• Minimum of 5 years of recent modeling of communication data, preferably using satellite constellations and ground networks
• Minimum of 5 years of recent Satellite to Ground RF communication protocol experience, end to end packet prioritization and routing, or traffic modeling experience

Bonus Skills You Might Bring

• Recent experience with missile tracking systems design and architecture, and sensor fusion techniques
• Recent experience designing logic, assessing and scheduling satellite services to track missiles
• Knowledge of cloud technologies and their application in system design and deployment
• Experience with image processing (collection, handling, storing, and analysis)

Our Commitment to You:

• Flexible schedules with every other Friday off work, if desired (9/80 schedule)

Workplace Options:

This position can be a minimum of three days onsite or fully onsite.