Systems Integration & Testing Engineer IV

• Daily interaction with the customer, Acquisition Offices (AOs) and supporting contractors.
• Follow customer standards and processes while providing continuous improvements and innovations.
• Evaluate architecture, requirements, risks, opportunities, and processes for VV&T impacts.
• Define VV&T activities and associated VV&T products (e.g., strategies, plans, Requests for Change (RFCs), procedures, checklists, RVTMs, briefings, etc.) for new and modified mission and service capabilities.
• Lead or support the execution of VV&T activities (e.g., Test events, Transitions, Milestone Readiness Events).
• Prepare reports describing the results, risk assessment, discrepancy reporting, and lessons learned from VV&T activities.
• Risk management, tracking and closure with Acquisition Offices and stakeholders.
• Lead technical meetings to coordinate, and support VV&T activities and milestones.
• Provide technical consultation, briefings and recommendations to the customer and other stakeholders.

• Must possess and be able to maintain a TS/SCI clearance with Poly.
• BS/BA degree with 8-10 years of experience, or 6-8 years with MS/MA or 3-5 years with Ph.D.
• Ability to facilitate meetings and working groups.
• Experience with Enterprise or System level satellite VV&T activities.
• Experience with GEOINT or PROTECTION systems space and ground architecture.
• Knowledge of space to ground mission technical capabilities and system performance analysis/assessment

• Experience with:

• Mission Planning, Control or Processing functions in support of space and ground operations.
• Writing test strategies, plans, procedures, and checklists.
• Executing tests, analyzing data, and summarizing results.

Ability and willingness to mentor and lead Junior members of the VV&T team.

Ability to partner with various SETA, FFRDC, and Government lines of authority. These Qualifications Would be Nice to Have (DESIRED):

• 12+ Years of related experience.
• SME level knowledge of Enterprise / System Level Satellite VV&T.
• Knowledge of Model Based Systems Engineering and experience using SysML.
• Experience with commercial VV&T techniques in service-oriented architecture (SOA) environments, or for infrastructure or application service provider environments.