Space Vehicle Systems Engineer

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

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

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