Senior Staff Engineer

· Connect mission architecture to fielding. Align mission threads, operator workflows, interfaces, data flows, external dependencies, infrastructure, cybersecurity, sustainment, training, and operational handoff from the start.

· Create decision packages and scorecards. Deliver concise option papers, capability roadmaps, industrial assessments, decision schedules, risk and opportunity views, and portfolio measures centered on time-to-field, production scalability, and mission outcomes.

· Synchronize empowered stakeholders. Drive a high-tempo decision cadence across acquisition, contracting, finance, operations, intelligence, communications, engineering, test, cybersecurity, logistics, and industry participants.

· Lead through execution. Surface blockers early, assign evidence and action owners, challenge unsupported assumptions, mentor technical contributors, and maintain accountability through the next Government decision and transition milestone.

Qualifications Required: · Bachelor's or advanced degree in electrical engineering, aerospace engineering, software engineering, computer science, physics, mathematics, engineering management, or a closely related technical discipline, plus a minimum of 10 years of relevant professional experience. · Recognized as a top contributor within the technical community, with a well-established technical reputation and a record of influencing high-consequence mission and acquisition decisions. · Demonstrated experience leading the creation or execution of an acquisition strategy during concept maturation, pre-prototype planning, rapid prototyping, or another early phase for a complex defense, intelligence, space, or mission capability. · Proven ability to convert urgent mission outcomes into an executable acquisition pathway, competitive approach, prototype decision plan, measurable knowledge points, and fielding strategy. · Ability to drive portfolio trade-offs among mission effect, performance, cost, schedule, integration complexity, cybersecurity, interoperability, time-to-field, and production scalability. · Technical depth in mission architectures, operational threads, interfaces, data flows, external dependencies, modularity, interoperability, transition constraints, and integration risk. · Experience designing rapid experiments or demonstrations and using evidence, exit criteria, and off-ramps to retire risk and accelerate commitment decisions. · Experience producing executive decision packages, capability roadmaps, commercial and industrial assessments, portfolio scorecards, decision schedules, risk and opportunity views, and acquisition products that move leaders to action. · Demonstrated ability to lead a high-tempo cross-functional team spanning acquisition, contracting, finance, operations, intelligence, communications, engineering, test, cybersecurity, logistics, and industry. · Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to present clear options, consequences, and recommendations to senior leaders and document a defensible decision record. · Ability to work in a fast-paced, mission-driven on-site environment with periodic coordination or travel to vendor or mission sites as required. · AN ACTIVE DOD SECURITY CLEARANCE IS REQUIRED FOR THIS POSITION FOR WHICH, YOU MUST BE A U.S. CITIZEN

Qualifications Desired:.· Master's degree in electrical engineering, aerospace engineering, software engineering, engineering management, acquisition management, data analytics, or a related discipline. · Experience with Satellite Control, TT&C, space-ground integration, command and control, mission management, or other space mission systems. · Experience working directly with U.S. Space Force, Space Systems Command, Space Operations Command, or another DoD acquisition organization to accelerate a critical mission capability. · Experience with capability portfolio management, empowered portfolio decision structures, or portfolio-level trade-space analysis across cost, performance, schedule, production, and mission outcomes. · Hands-on experience with commercial-first sourcing, COTS evaluation, Commercial Solutions Openings, Other Transaction pathways, competitive prototyping, non-traditional suppliers, or direct-to-supplier strategies. · Experience applying modular open architecture principles, open interfaces, intellectual property and data-rights strategies, cybersecurity integration, and replaceable capability increments. · Experience using digital threads, digital twins, AI-enabled analytics, or portfolio scorecards to measure time-to-field, production scalability, and mission outcomes. · Experience planning transition to operations and production, including sustainment, surge capacity, dual-use potential, exportability, or allied integration considerations. · DAU acquisition credentials or comparable credentials in acquisition, contracting, portfolio leadership, product delivery, or mission analytics. · Current Top Secret or TS/SCI eligibility.

Work Location Type: Hybrid Required Certifications: None U.S. Citizenship Required: Yes Security Clearance Required: Secret Employment Type: Regular Full-time Background Check Type: 7 Year Pre-Employment Drug Screen Required: None Position Contingent Upon Contract Award: Yes

REAL ID Requirement

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