Space Vehicle Systems Engineer

Overview

VTG is seeking a Space Vehicle Systems Engineer in Chantilly, VA.

What will you do?

We are looking for an engineer to support one of our SPOs in a technical capacity for planning, execution, monitoring, and oversight of satellite system development and acquisitions.

Responsibilities include, but not limited to:

• Provide technical support and participate in customer activities, such as program readiness and design reviews

• Represent the Government Customer as a technical representative of the program office, interfacing directly with Development Contractor's management teams and technical staff

• Review design material to identify issues, assess maturity, identify risks, and propose potential solutions

• Work in a team to ensure proper requirement Verification and Validation methodology is executed by the developer

• Review test plans, provide feedback to the Government Customer and the Development Contractors, observe discrete tests, and provide technical assessments of progress to the program office team

• Identify space system development and Integration and Testing risks; provide inputs to risk management processes, including proposed risk mitigation approaches

• Provide oversight of on-going acquisitions, with specific focus on ensuring end-to-end system closure and satisfaction of mission need

• Review Contract Data Requirements List (CDRL) deliverables to ensure content, technical accuracy, and sufficiency of design details to meet program requirements and objectives

Do you have what it takes?

Required Qualifications:

TS/SCI with Poly required

BS Degree

Effective communication, coordination, and customer engagement skills

Knowledge of how space systems are designed, specified, developed, manufactured, and tested

Desired Qualifications:

Advanced understanding of optical systems and associated electronics, space qualification, procurement, integration and test, and mission design