Counter-Space Payload Systems Architect

24 hours ago


Chantilly, Virginia, United States SAIC Full time

Key Responsibilities




  • Support the development of advanced technology for space-based protection and resiliency capabilities
  • Assess the technical and programmatic aspects of fielded and planned future technologies
  • Facilitate the demonstration and transition of novel resiliency capabilities to operations
  • Design, develop, and test satellite technologies to detect, protect from, and counter reversible and non-reversible threats
  • Collaborate with a diverse team to pursue mission objectives and responsibilities including:

    • Participation in program readiness and design reviews
    • Analysis of system and subsystem-level counter-space threat technology effectiveness
    • Utilization of modeling and analysis tools to generate mission plans and activities
    • Oversight of vendor conducted payload assembly, integration, and test campaigns
    • Review of vendor developed technical materials and generation of findings and recommendations
    • Advice on the effectiveness of design, performance analysis, and test data for vendor developed technologies


Required Qualifications




  • Active TS/SCI clearance with Polygraph
  • Bachelor’s in electrical engineering or a related science discipline with relevant experience
  • Understanding of satellite payload architectures and counter-space technologies down to the component-level
  • Ability to develop link budgets and understand link parameters to assess payload operations
  • Experience with Intelligence Community and/or the Department of Defense architectures for self-protection missions
  • Experience in the design, development, deployment, and operations of Radar, Optical, and RF systems for counter-space threat detection
  • Experience with analytical and modeling tools


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