Senior Systems Engineer

Key Responsibilities:

• Regularly interface with customers (civilian contractors, SSC (BZ, DC), USSF (SWAC, SPOC, SSDP, SF/T&E, other governmental agencies) at various customer sites to provide technical support, process development support and on orbit planning support.
• Support spans planning, integration execution and feedback phases of the life cycle of Experiments, Demonstrations & Prototypes.
• Generate and maintain technical documents including interface control documents (ICDs) verifications and validations, requirements verification matrices (RVM) plus On Orbit plans for multiple space vehicles and Payloads and Mission CONOPS.
• Directly support the Space Experiment Review Board (SERB) and directly support the Space Prototype Review Board (SPRB).
• Develop implementation plans to incorporate Prototype Evaluation Plans and On orbit plans to execute Mission Level Technical Baseline (MLTB) and evaluate a Prototype success in achieving capability goals and satisfying technical needs.
• Define and develop Prototype Roadmaps leading into Programs of Record (POR) via transition planning.

Required Skills and Experience: 

• 20 years directly applicable experience
• Masters Degree and Technical Bachelor’s degree
• Experience with spacecraft payload systems, and Demonstration & Prototype payloads.
• Able to develop on orbit planning CONOPS to maximize the accomplishment of mission objectives for each payload on an assigned mission.
• Excellent communication skills, customer relationship and technical skills.
• Experienced with leading spacecraft development activities.
• Ability to develop solutions for complex technical issues with limited supervision.
• US Citizenship and a TS/SCI Security Clearance are required for the position

Why LinQuest?

LinQuest Corporation has a stellar 40-year track record of providing end-to-end system-of-systems (SoS) architecture definition, engineering design, integration and test, and operations expertise to enable full lifecycle development and deployment of pre-eminent Space, Air, Land, Sea, Ground, and Cyberspace game-changing capabilities across US DOD and IC Customers’ portfolios.   Unique combination of in-depth domain knowledge, lessons learned-honed best practices, and mission-specific applications of principles, tools, and techniques of Digital Engineering (DE), DE Ecosystem (DEE), and Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) set LinQuest apart from the competition to consistently deliver stellar high-value results for our customers.  LinQuest’s corporate vision and values place the employee at the center of utmost customer satisfaction, strategic business growth, and tactical execution excellence.  Our employees’ creative and inspirational drive, sense of fulfillment of personal and professional growth, and tightknit camaraderie within and across lines of business are essential in gaining and maintaining exceptional LinQuest corporate-wide results of new business awards and renewed contracts.

Benefits:

LinQuest offers comprehensive and competitive benefit offerings to our team members to include medical, dental, vision, retirement, paid time off, tuition reimbursement, company paid life insurance, and more!  For additional information please visit: https://www.linquest.com/careers/our-benefits