POSITION: Senior Space Systems Engineer
LOCATION: Colorado Springs, CO
REQUIRED SECURITY CLEARANCE: Active TS with SCI eligibility
POSITION TYPE/STANDARD WORK HOURS: Full time, 40 hours

WHO WE ARE:

BTAS is a woman-owned small business founded in 1995, located near Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Beavercreek, OH. We have earned national and regional awards in the Department of Defense for our proven IT, Engineering, and Program Management capabilities.
We are committed to working with exceptional quality and professionalism to deliver excellence to our customers, while providing our employees a stimulating and satisfying work environment as we collaborate with teammates to achieve common goals.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Expert in classified space control space, ground, and C2 systems (concepts, development, build, and test)
• Expert in space control-related technologies including, but not limited to, electromagnetic spectrum, signal processing, comms
• Expert in developing and managing technical requirements and space system acquisition efforts
• Highly knowledgeable in electronic attack technologies and system design implementation
• Highly knowledgeable in modeling and sim, with a demonstrated ability to develop models and assess technical requirements
• Highly knowledgeable in classified space control systems engineering processes and procedures, including but not limited to requirements development, configuration control, and government Deficiency Review (DR) board establishment, execution, and DR disposition and management
• Candidate must be a SME Recognized Industry Leader.
• MA/MS degree is required.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Provide space acquisitions, engineering, operations, and technical support for all project and program stages within the acquisition life cycle.
• Support acquisition efforts for advanced technology, future concept development, and integration activities.
• Advise and assist the government on cost, schedule, and performance matters.
• Draft and revise Joint Capabilities Integrated Development System (JCIDS) and acquisition documentation for government program managers.
• Support the presentation of acquisition-related products to internal and external stakeholders.
• Develop documentation, including capability documents, acquisition strategies, system specifications, training materials, briefings, and reports following government standards (e.g., MIL-STD).
• Provide subject matter expert-level technical and programmatic status reports on individual programs or portfolios upon request.
• Identify and recommend acquisition process improvements and risk reduction strategies.
• Assist in developing and maintaining a government risk program, including risk identification and mitigation planning.
• Monitor program schedules, track acquisition implementation, report requirement shortfalls, and assess program risks.
• Maintain and update acquisition reports by correlating program execution data with baselines.
• Advise government program managers on technical engagements, including design reviews, working groups, and program conferences.
• Maintain broad awareness of ongoing programs and technology development efforts within the portfolio.
• Support integrated product teams and facilitate coordination between customers and contractors.
• Provide technical and operational insight for mission protection, operations, and data assessments.
• Recommend solutions for technical anomalies and conduct impact analyses, audits, and compliance inspections.
• Provide engineering and technical expertise for new and ongoing Command and Control (C2) efforts.
• Act as a liaison between Space C2, Enterprise Ground Services (EGS), and classified program offices.
• Ensure seamless integration of classified portfolio efforts with Space C2 and EGS initiatives.
• Advise and assist the government on testing and operations.
• Support test document preparation, planning, execution, and system-level test integration for Developmental and Operational Testing.
• Provide analytical and operational engineering support for current and future developmental and operational units.
• Support operational mission planning, mission protection, and anomaly resolution.
• Assist with data and signal collection, processing, storage, archiving, and analysis to support testing, operations, and future concept development.
• Support post-mission analysis and report plan versus execution results.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES:

This position does not supervise the work of others.

OTHER DUTIES:

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and/or activities may change at any time with or without notice.