Senior SIGINT System Engineer

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KBR’s National Security Solutions team provides high-end engineering and advanced technology solutions to our customers in the intelligence and national security communities. In this position, your work will have a profound impact on the country’s most critical role – protecting our national security.

Why Join Us?

• Innovative Projects: KBR’s work is at the forefront of engineering, logistics, operations, science, program management, mission IT and cybersecurity solutions.

• Collaborative Environment: Be part of a dynamic team that thrives on collaboration and innovation, fostering a supportive and intellectually stimulating workplace.

• Impactful Work: Your contributions will be pivotal in designing and optimizing defense systems that ensure national security and shape the future of space defense.

Senior SIGINT Systems Engineer

KBR is seeking a Senior SIGINT Systems Engineer to be part of our team supporting our customer in Chantilly, VA that delivers mission-critical capabilities directly supporting intelligence-gathering missions from overhead systems.  We command spacecraft and process the resulting collected data into useful information distributed to US Government Intelligence Community and Military users.

The Senior SIGINT Systems Engineer serves as an advisor to support the Government in defining new mission requirements, performing classic Systems Engineering sub-tasks such as Requirements, Configuration Management, Integration, Verification, Validation and Test (IVV&T), Risk and Readiness.  This position envisions representing the Government team and working with development contractors in performing all aspects of agile software development, CI/CD pipelines and deployment of mission software to support operations. The Enterprise embraces innovation and agile software development in a relentless effort to meet intelligence needs and shorten the timelines to provide actionable critical information to US Government decision-makers.  This position will advise the US Government in support of critical missions in SIGINT, COMINT, FISINT, and ELINT. 

This position is contingent upon contract award

Specific responsibilities may include:

• Define SIGINT requirements

• Develop and coordinate CONOPS of SIGINT mission planning and scheduling systems

• Write and translate requirements into Epics/Features based on emerging customer needs

• Master an understanding of system-to-system interfaces and function as an integrator

• Direct performance assessments using evaluation criteria and technical performance measures

• Monitor system and segment schedules, recognizing dependencies

• Identify and analyze risks and opportunities and develop plans of action to streamline mission success

• Facilitate readiness, release planning events, and demonstrations in support of system and acquisition-level sprints and increments

• Review Request for Changes (RFCs) and identify impacts, in addition author RFCs for the customer

• Support Agile and DevOps automated test and verification

• Integrate new systems and initiatives in support of expanded SIGINT mission planning and scheduling capabilities, working directly with our developers and users in operations

• Interfacing with operations, engineering, and mission partner teams

• Providing decision support, engineering process consultation, technical meeting coordination, and leading the development of initial recommendations for Government decision-makers

• Leading studies looking at the future generation of SIGINT capabilities spanning the next decade

• Demonstrate strong familiarity with overall SIGINT ground customer, technical familiarity with mission control and/or processing of one or more SIGINT systems

• Identifying user needs and/or information gaps then assess, analyze, and present viable solutions to customer

Minimum qualifications:

• Active TS/SCI with Polygraph

• Bachelor's degree in STEM or related field (Master's degree preferred)

• 10+ years of experience in SIGINT systems engineering

• Expertise with system-to-system interfaces and integration

• Strong knowledge of SIGINT mission planning and scheduling systems

• Experience with Agile and DevOps methodologies

• Ability to work collaboratively with stakeholders and development teams

• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills

• Excellent communication skills both verbal and written

Belong, Connect and Grow at KBR

At KBR, we are passionate about our people and our Zero Harm culture.  These inform all that we do and are at the heart of our commitment to, and ongoing journey toward being a People First company.  That commitment is central to our team of team’s philosophy and fosters an environment where everyone can Belong, Connect and Grow. We Deliver – Together. 

KBR is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, national origin, veteran status, genetic information, union status and/or beliefs, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.