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# Space Systems Engineer

- **Company:** VTG LLC
- **Location:** Chantilly, VA, United States
- **Salary:** $100,000.0 - $195,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Systems Engineering, Automation of Marketing, Microsoft Office, Systems Integration
- **Published:** August 6, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.clearancejobs.com/jobs/9101216/space-systems-engineer

## About the Role

* Bachelor's degree in engineering, physics, or related discipline and nine (9) years or more experience; Masters and seven (7) years or more experience ; PhD or JD and four (4) years or more experience
 * Experience with USG program management and acquisition lifecycle processes and documentation.
 * Strong interpersonal, verbal, and technical writing communication skills.
 * Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively within multidisciplinary teams.
 * Proficiency with Microsoft Office tools., * Master's degree in engineering, physics, or related discipline.
 * 12+ years of relevant experience, including at least 4 years in optical or quantum communication systems.
 * 1+ year of experience supporting USG R&D acquisition processes and documentation.
 * Experience with space-based optical terminals, quantum optical payloads, photonic systems, or advanced quantum-enhanced communication architectures

Clearance:

 * Must be a U.S. Citizen with an active TS/SCI clearance with Poly

## Description

* Perform technical reviews, assessments, and risk evaluations of optical and quantum communication system development efforts at the component, subsystem, system, and architecture levels.
 * Evaluate designs and technologies including optical terminals, free-space optical links, photonic components, entanglement-based communication architectures, and quantum-enhanced optical subsystems.
 * Assess emerging technologies and identify gaps related to high-bandwidth space links, advanced modulation formats, pointing/tracking systems, link budgets, networking performance, and secure quantum-enabled transport architectures.
 * Support development of technology roadmaps, requirements, specifications, verification approaches, and transition strategies for optical and quantum system modernization.
 * Conduct technical outreach with mission users to capture needs and evaluate applicability of emerging optical and quantum capabilities.
 * Prepare system engineering documentation, technical analyses, and program-level briefings to communicate findings and strategic recommendations.
 * Provide support to programmatic and acquisition activities, including source selections, lifecycle documentation, and system integration planning.


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