Program Management & Acquisition Support SME

Position: Space Rapid Capabilities Office (RCO) Program Management & Acquisition Support SME

The candidate will work in a small, highly empowered team located in Albuquerque, NM (vicinity of Kirtland AFB, NM). Travel potential up to 30% of time within the continental United States.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Engineering responsibilities span technology domains including space-rated hardware, software, sensors, and processors in an extremely fast-paced, responsive development environment.
• Provide in-depth background on satellite vehicle bus and/or subsystems to improve program office insight into state-of-the art commercial and legacy mission systems, and C2 requirements and capabilities.
• Serve as program advisory lead for time-critical technical projects, test projects, and tasks requiring technical expertise.
• Apply advanced principles, theories, and concepts for classified systems while communicating complex results with management and executive leadership.
• Assist acquisition planning, market research, and drafting technical requirements and documents.
• Coordinate with stakeholders to verify program needs are identified to meet project goals.
• Assess the technical sufficiency, cost, quality, and timely delivery of deliverables.
• Interface with engineers to provide technical advice and assist with problem resolution as needed.
• Support management and execution of programs consisting of multiple projects to ensure overall program is coordinated and accomplished with the best available resources.
• Draft, review, and edit final program reports, documents, and briefings.
• Support acquisition planning and development of documents required for systems acquisition.
• Coordinate with external agencies to include operational units, higher headquarters, Combatant Command (COCOM) staffs, other acquisition activities, and research and development functions.
• Support and advise acquisition and program management functions, advise government management on design challenges, operational delivery and integration, and support system program reviews.
• Initiate, supervise, and/or develop requirements from a project’s inception to conclusion for complex programs.
• Provide strategic advice, technical guidance and expertise to program and project staff.
• Provide analyses, evaluation, and recommendations for improvements, optimization development and/or maintenance efforts for mission critical challenges/issues.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Active TOP SECRET clearance with Sensitive Compartmentalized Information (SCI) and special access program (SAP) eligibility (no less than 2 years total SAP and/or SCI environment experience, with 1-year total within last 5 years) and willingness to submit to a Counter-Intelligence polygraph. Candidate must maintain a TS/SCI clearance as a condition of employment.
• Relevant MA/MS/ME engineering degree. Professional Engineering license desired but not required.
• Minimum of ten (10) years of DoD/IC or relevant industry work experience.
• Direct experience with development and fielding satellite systems, understanding of operational environment and corresponding mission user needs, and knowledge of space system engineering, development, and manufacturing.
• Experience in DoD program management including program development and transition. Experience with Integrated Master Schedules, Statement of Work, and risk management.

REQUIRED SKILLS

• System Engineering Technical Assistance (SETA) to Government program office
  
• Experience with rapid prototyping
• Experience with integrated air, space and cyberspace capabilities. Experience developing, deploying, and maintaining ground mission planning architecture and software
• Experience with ACAT I/II level acquisition programs
• Experience using multivariable optimization in mission planning software systems