RESPONSIBILITIES

• Supports requirements development, design, interpretation, and analysis of technical solutions for complex optical systems. 
• Leads or supports technical programs, projects, or tasks whose technical complexity requires engineering oversight. 
• Ensures completion of tasks within estimated time frames and budget constraints. 
• Provides input to the government customer concerning risks to performance, schedule, and budget due to either proposed contractor plans or contractor’s execution of accepted plans. 
• Ensures the quality of the program, project, or task deliverables meet or exceed standards or metrics and assesses such deliverables to ensure that the final deliverables will meet the warfighting purpose for which they are intended. 
• Plans and performs engineering research, design development, and other engineering assignments in conformance with the design, engineering, and customer specifications. 
• Responsible for the overall technical/engineering portions of major projects or programs. 
• Coordinates with multiple partners/agencies to ensure system engineering communities support delivery milestones. 
• Tracks and advises design trades and associated cost, schedule, and technical impacts to requirements. 
• Initiates, supervises, and/or develops requirements from a project’s inception to conclusion for complex to extremely complex programs. 
• Provides strategic advice, technical guidance and expertise to program and project staff. 
• Provides detailed analysis, evaluation and recommendations for improvements, optimization development and/or maintenance efforts for client specific or mission critical challenges/issues. 
• Leads studies and analyses of data to provide advice and recommend solutions. 
• Communicate clearly, concisely, and with technical accuracy—oral and written. 
• Other duties as required. 

KEY QUALIFICATIONS

• Clearance: TS/SCI with SAP Eligibility, and willingness to sit for a CI Poly 
• Education: Relevant MA/MS/ME Degree from a program accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET). 
• Years of Experience: Minimum ten (10) years DoD/IC, or relevant industry work experience. No less than two (2) year’s total SAP and/or SCI environment experience and 1-year total within last 5 years. 

KEY KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES (KSA)

• Expert knowledge in development and fielding telescopes and related subsystems. 
• Experience with optomechanical systems, optical structures, telescope mounts, servos, optical encoders, and integration and test of large-scale optical systems. 
• Experience in DoD program management including program development and transition. 
• Experience with Integrated Master Schedules, and risk management. 

PREFERRED ADDITIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

• (Desired) PhD in engineering or optical sciences 
• Fifteen (15) years of relevant DoD and/or Industry work experience. 
• System Engineering Technical Assistance (SETA) to Government program office. 
• Experience with rapid prototyping and transition to operations. 
• Experience in astrodynamics. 
• Experience with ACAT I/II level acquisition programs. 
• Experience in planning and executing assembly, integration, and test campaigns for optical systems.