Altus provides best value engineering, management consulting, and information services to exceptional customers in the Intelligence Community, Department of Defense, other government agencies, academia, and commercial industry. Altus is a trusted advisor and a forward-thinking provider of service to our customers. We integrate technical, programmatic, and acquisition disciplines to build fully defined and executable solutions — all focused-on mission success.
Altus is looking for candidates to fill the role of Warlock Mission Lead to oversee, guide, and optimize integration of space vehicles carrying the Warlock Payload and associated ground segments across various SDA programs/offices.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Computer Science, Physics, Mathematics or relevant technical discipline
• 10 years’ direct related experience in developing target tracking and/or fire control solutions
• Demonstrated experience in requirements development, monitoring and execution
• Strong written and oral communications skills
• Demonstrated ability to work in a fast paced, dynamic, and energetic environment.
• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Current TS/SCI Required

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Advanced degree – Master of Science or higher preferred
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KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Support delivery of a constellation of low-latency mesh network providers, promulgating fire control solutions at scale, with future capability to connect to other layers, warfighters, partner systems.
• Support integrated space vehicle systems development, including integration of mission payloads (emphasis on RF communications, advanced signal processing, onboard data processor) with satellite buses.
• Oversee algorithm development for geolocation, detection, classification, and tracking in support of long-range kill chains
• Oversee and guide payload design, development, integration, and test activities assessing performing requirements and SWaP for proliferated LEO operations
• Oversee integration of the Space Vehicle (SV) into the SDA’s ground system network design and with the other satellite vendors to create the mesh network
• Coordinate the development of operational procedures for RF and optical payloads, including joining networks, maintaining connections, and mission planning
• Oversee the development of the SV’s flight software and solutions to maintain the on-orbit mesh network
• Oversee Assembly, Integration and Test activities
• Characterize the impact of space vehicle and payload design decisions on mission effectiveness
• Support modeling and simulation (M&S) development and analysis for advanced fire control
• Identify capability gaps and devise advanced fire control actions to help address those gaps; identify and assess key architecture and system level trades
• Develop Concepts of Operations (CONOPS) for new capabilities and coordinating them across the affected organizations
• Develop enterprise, system, functional, performance, and interface requirements
• Support programmatic actions in program execution encompassing costs, schedule and performance
• Prepare briefings and recommendations for senior decision makers