R&D Systems Engineer, Missile Warning, Tracking Systems

Overview

Stellar Solutions, a nationally recognized “Great Place To Work”, has exciting opportunities providing Engineering solutions for innovative new-entrant space companies, as well as established space systems manufacturers, commercial space system operators and service providers, and other industry stakeholders including investors.  

At Stellar Solutions, we offer talented, energetic, and immediately productive resources to satisfy our customers’ critical needs in systems engineering and integration, mission operations, program management and strategic planning. We are a leading service and expertise provider for high-tech commercial ventures, spanning communications, earth observation and remote sensing systems and data products, to the infrastructures that support earth orbiting and beyond earth orbit businesses.

Stellar Solutions is looking for an experienced and highly motivated Research and Development professional to support Space Systems Command, SYD 84 MWT in El Segundo, CA. This position provides management and advisory support in a dynamic, high-paced environment that is responsible for advancing technologies for Missile Warning, Missile Tracking and Missile Defense.  The engineering support professional will be responsible for managing group interactions with a large number of stakeholders and ensuring that the government is efficiently and effectively following up and assessing the technologies that are presented. Evaluating aspects of multiple satellite, communications and associated ground programs that are geared towards providing additional capability to end users.

Role/Responsibilities/Qualifications

The candidate will coordinate across the Space Sensing directorate to assure the government’s requirements are met and report to the government program manager on a regular basis as to the status of these programs.  The ideal candidate will be familiar with standard systems engineering, acquisition and funding processes and with program management tools such as JIRA, Confluence and MS project. 

• Providing day to day management of communication with stakeholders
• Configuration control of program documentation
• Program schedule tracking
• Payload integration planning
• Technology development, test planning and operations integration
• Working through acquisition and funding processes to enable program success under government supervision
• Work with JIRA and Confluence tools to better enable decision-making
• Establish technical exchange meetings with other industry partners and customers
• Have collaboration skills to bring issues to closure
• Monitor developer progress and report to the material leader
• Ability to work with senior military/government officials

Required Skills:

• Bachelor’s degree in a STEM field
• At least 12 years of experience in space programs acquisitions, with familiarity with advanced tech programs
• Experience with OPIR and Space Domain Awareness

Desired Skills:

• MS degree in STEM
• Top Secret/SCI Clearance
• Acquisition PM level II equivalent
• Experience in:
• Space experience in the mission areas of OPIR
• Space operations
• Mission Partner/Stakeholder relations

Security Clearance & Other Requirements:

• U.S. Citizen with Secret Clearance and with the ability to obtain Top Secret and SCI level clearances as required
• Position is located in Los Angeles AFB, CA or Boulder, CO – Note: Position on site with some hybrid based on needs and travel expected to be less than 10% of the time. 

Compensation:

The typical salary range for this position is USD $140,000 - $160,000 per year. Individual pay is determined by many factors including work location, job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. In addition to salary, this position is also eligible for a discretionary annual performance bonus, profit sharing / retirement plan and other benefits (all in addition to annual base salary).

Deliverable(S)

Deliverables could be in the format of a report, software file, briefing, spreadsheet, or other document as directed by the Government, using government approved and/or mandated systems/software and processes governed by guidance/instructions/policy or direction. The nature of this work will, at times, require quick responses to stringent deadlines and always in a high quality, professional manner.