Senior Systems Engineer/Technical Advisor

Job Description

Job Description

Salary :

Security Clearance : Active TS / SCI with CI Polygraph required

Position

The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) is the U.S. Government agency in charge of designing, building, launching, and maintaining America’s intelligence satellites.

Develop. Acquire. Launch. Operate.

Apogee's ideal Systems Engineer will be providing technical support and assessments focused on Intelligence Community (IC) activities that address technology, research, applied technology concepts and technology demonstrations.

The Engineer will be supporting the Mission Integration Directorate (MID) Technical Division. If you enjoy Systems Engineering, then you'll love this position and Apogee Integration!

What You'll Do

• Support, coordinate, and manage systems engineering actions and activities
• Advise MID management and staff on the technical risks of new and ongoing projects, and review, analyze and assess technologies, system concepts, data and information to recommend applications of new or possibly emerging technologies to meet MID needs
• Perform analyses and assessments of MID projects or activities to help determine their consistency with the MID and group strategic direction, technology development plans, NRO requirements and MID strategic goals and objectives
• Support and coordinate MID outreach efforts with NRO offices, other Government agencies, industry, and academia
• Assist in establishing procedures and standards for managing technical development / architecture plans across the MID Enterprise
• Assist in MID Enterprise assessments, planning and visualization to include identifying transition and implementation opportunities
• Review, analyze, comment, and prepare staffing documents including plans, policies, concepts of operation, technical architectures, initiatives and programmatic documents
• Possess and articulate an awareness and understanding of key products, services, and capabilities across intelligence domains (i.

e., GEOINT, SIGINT, MASINT, HUMINT, etc)

• Understanding and awareness of ground and space-based architectures and the connections between them
• As directed, provide decision support, expertise, and advice for building future Intelligence Program Budget Submissions (IPBS), NRO Program Objective Memorandums (POM), Congressional Justification Books (CJB) and Congressional Budget Justification Book (CBJB) inputs that are formulated with investment strategies that map MID efforts with IC requirements
• Serve as key advisor in support of a Research and Development Lab Facility (innovation, rapid prototyping and compliance).
• Serve as key advisor to cybersecurity initiatives
• Support special studies and assessments as directed

Required

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent years and 7 or more years of technical experience
• System Engineering experience
• GEOINT, SIGINT, MASINT, HUMINT experience
• Ground and space-based architectures experience
• Research and Development experience
• Cybersecurity experience
• Intelligence Community (IC) experiences

Desired Skills

• Strong presentation skills (oral and written) for senior government managers
• NRO experience
• Innovative, proactive, collaborative mindset with ability to work across multiple functional disciplines (Technical, Programmatic, Financial, Business / Contractual)

What You'll Love About Apogee

• Challenging work in support of US Intel Community - a Mission that Matters!
• Access to our cool ApogeePlex facility
• Support for new ideas & encouragement to take risks
• Professional Development Assistance (PDA)
• Wicked smart and collaborative coworkers
• Regular interfacing with company leadership
• 401(k) with huge company match
• Paid Time Off / Fixed & Floating Holidays
• Medical, Dental, Vision
• Health Savings Accounts / Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
• Life Insurance, Disability (Short and Long Term), Accidental Death and Dismemberment (AD&D)

Apogee's Mission

• Be the PROVIDER of choice for government & commercial organizations with an unwavering commitment to responsiveness, accuracy, integrity, collaboration, and innovation
• Be the EMPLOYER of choice committed to an open & transparent corporate atmosphere and progressive culture that attracts and empowers world class professionals to explore cutting-edge technical solutions while fostering professional growth
• Be the preferred SOURCE for cutting-edge Analytic Products, Systems & Software Engineering, Big Data Integration, IT and Business Services that directly contribute to customer success

Apogee is an M / F Disabled and Vet EEO / AA Employer