Mission Systems Engineer

Job ID: 2504216

Location: FORT BELVOIR, VA, US

Date Posted: 2025-04-03

Category: Engineering and Sciences

Subcategory: Systems Engineer

Schedule: Full-time

Shift: Day Job

Travel: Yes, 10 % of the Time

Minimum Clearance Required: TS/SCI with Poly

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: None

Potential for Remote Work: No

Description

DESCRIPTION: Merlin has an opportunity for a Mission Systems Engineer in Springfield, VA to provide Systems Engineering and Technical Advisory (SETA) services focused on protection of space systems. Responsibilities include:

• Oversee integration of mission protection functions/capabilities of production systems; analyzes integrated master schedules, and identifies operational needs, near-term, and long-term, in an operational setting.
• Provide end-to-end system engineering for the entire life cycle of a program, assist in developing concepts of operations and system architectures.
• Support readiness review process to promote new and upgraded capabilities.
• Support development of requirements specifications and interface control documentation through RFC and technical specification reviews.
• Help develop standards, utility tools, and procedures for use on projects including but not limited to risk, issue, opportunity, change and information management.
• Analyze and provide alternatives and recommendations to multiple government customers, provide key information, possible risks and impacts and potential improvements to government managers and other contractors to improve efficiency and achieve operations excellence.
• Participate in studies, represent government as required in forums that support streamlined delivery of new capabilities and standardization of integration efforts.

Qualifications

Required:

• Active TS/SCI clearance with polygraph.
• Bachelor's degree in science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM) and minimum three (3) years or more relevant experience; master's in STEM field and one (1) year or more experience. STEM degree qualification is a contractual requirement.
• Knowledge of satellite constellations, spacecraft orbit, and ground station characteristics.
• Program lifecycle experience from concept development and design to deployment and operational maintenance.
• Experience with system architecture changes, systems analysis and design, requirements definition, interface, control documentation; verification and validation.
• Familiar with NRO missions, organizations, systems engineering processes.
• Ability to work independently and with a team, operate effectively with contractor, SETA, FFRDC, and Government teammates.
• Must be a self-starter, able to proactively address customer requirements with no supervision and be skilled at defining solutions for broad, abstract topics.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple tasks and deliverables.
• Polished communicator (written/verbal); impeccable interpersonal skills and personal judgment.
• Master at collaboration and coordination with multiple stakeholders -- consensus builder.

Desired:

• Real-time operations experience as a spacecraft operator or vehicle engineer.
• Experience with Jira, Confluence.
• Familiar with MBSE/Digital Engineering (SysML/UML), AGILE development, cloud technologies.
• Familiar with contract development/procurement.
• Familiar with providing support to Contract Officer Technical Representative (COTR).