GEOINT Flight Engineer

FTS International, LLC (FTS) is committed to providing the Federal Government with quality consultants and support. To ensure mission success we focus on putting our customers first while minimizing corporate bureaucracy on our staff. We provide Subject Matter Experts (SME) free of Organizational Conflicts of Interest (OCI) focused on independent analysis and mission support services within the disciplines of Engineering, Counter Terrorism Operations, Management, Information Technology, Signals Analysis, Administration, Cyber Security and Linguistics.

FTS has an opportunity for a GEOINT Flight Engineer in Chantilly, VA.

The GEOINT Flight Engineer assists the government plan and oversee the integration of GEOINT satellites and mission capabilities to serve the nation's intelligence needs.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the government's technical advisor for GEOINT mission systems, from spacecraft bus and payloads, command and control and processing systems, to various operational constructs
• Assist the government in identifying mission needs, operational concepts, and requirements to effectively influence acquisition and budget efforts
• Assess integration activities in the context of cross-systems dependencies (technical, resource, and schedule) and present unbiased findings, analysis, and recommendations to government managers
• Provide "ground truth" technical assessments of project or system reviews, milestones, and/or decision gates; identify risks, issues, opportunities, mitigations; represent the government's interests with other stakeholders
• Support government requests for systems engineering and integration studies, process analysis and design, project management assessments, etc.; provide analysis, recommendations, and take necessary actions
• Support the development or assessment of system Concept of Operations, Requirements Documents, Test Plans, Contract Statements of Work, Systems Engineering Plans, as well as contribute to the "staff work" needs of the government (e.g., action items, weekly reports, etc.) to include support to government acquisitions and source selections
• Proactively collaborate with government personnel and other contractors (often across multiple sites and organizational levels) to provide unbiased analysis and recommendations on courses of actions to address risks/issues or approaches to exploit an opportunity

Required Skills/Qualifications

• TS/SCI with polygraph
• BS STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, or Math) in engineering discipline
• 9+ years' relevant experience
• Technical knowledge of spacecraft systems (bus, payload) and subsystems (attitude and control systems, propulsion, life support systems, etc.), ground communications and mission data processing systems, space vehicle mission planning and command and control systems
• Knowledge of orbital mechanics and associated analytical tools
• Experience with GEOINT mission (ground and space) systems
• Experience with mission readiness process, control gates, and associated entry/exit criteria
• Forward thinking self-starter, proactively addresses customer requirements without supervision; readily defines solutions for broad, abstract topics
• Polished, persuasive communicator (written/verbal), master at collaboration and coordination with multiple stakeholders -- consensus builder
• Impeccable interpersonal skills and personal judgment-confident interacting with highest levels of government senior executives
• Familiar with Digital Engineering/Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE), Agile development, cloud technologies

Desired Skills/Qualifications

• Real-time operations experience as a spacecraft operator or spacecraft engineer

FTS International, LLC is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer that does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, religion, age, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by local, state, or federal laws, rules, or regulations.