LinQuest is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer to join our team in El Segundo, CA.

The Space Systems Command (SSC) Space Systems Integration Office (SSIO) Science & Engineering Technical Support team is looking for an energetic and innovative Senior Systems Engineer to support the SSC Senior Engineer to focus on developing roadmaps and architectures aligned with future science and technology capabilities. The candidate shall provide systems engineering, architectures, and road mapping support to shape the future of the United States Space Force (USSF) Space Systems Integration Office enterprise architecture. The candidate shall work side by side with SSC personnel in the performance of engineering tasks applying critical thinking concerning solutions to current threat environments for National Security Space (NSS) customers. The candidate shall provide active participation in critical technologies and defense industrial base management for NSS with experience in cross-domain architectures to meet the goal of SSIO’s cross-enterprise architecting and analysis efforts, providing high quality decision support products to the SSC and USSF senior decision makers for the space acquisition enterprise. The position is full time on-site at LA AFB.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Provide Systems of Systems (SoS) Engineering Management functionality guided by the SSC Space Superiority Division - this will provide for the SSC Director’s technical oversight of all processes and products supporting the Space Defense Mission Conduct SoS engineering analysis and provide the “control” of SSC engineering processes to ensure disciplined processes are in place and pedigreed and highly credible products are being generated within SSC Perform cross-mission area architecture development through the identification of potential synergies and efficiencies across multiple mission areas based off of existing roadmaps and System Program Directorate developed to-be architectures Evaluate and characterize the known trade-space and ensure requirements mapping of newly developed enterprise-level cross-mission area architectures Develop candidate architectures that resolve common functions into common/enterprise solutions and reduce the cost associated with acquiring and maintaining multiple systems to achieve the same function Support defining strategic and operational-level strategy, developing associated architectures, and executing analysis processes to enable risk-informed investment decisions across the NSS enterprise to enable continued application of joint warfighter and National Command Authority effects in, through, and from space Apply DoD acquisition and management policies, principles, and instructions Analyze space enterprise future mission requirements; create technology road mapping, and identify and plan transition opportunities into programs of record and commercialization Prepare draft briefings, reports, trip reports, or papers as appropriate to document meeting results, discussions or evaluation results

Required Skills and Experience:

Master's degree in engineering or related field Fifteen (15+) years’ experience in space systems and national security, with a focus in developing roadmaps and architectures that are clearly aligned with future science and technology capabilities Understanding of the government systems engineering process for NSS systems Experience with creation of new NSS technology development projects Experience with business-case evaluation for NSS vendors Active participant within the past 12 months in at least one current critical systems engineering, architecting, or road mapping project applicable to NSS with experience in NSS standards  Extensive experience in systems engineering, systems of systems engineering, family of systems engineering, architectures, and road mapping for NSS systems Experience developing acquisition strategies Demonstrated ability to lead and participate in requirements development as part of the systems engineering, architecting, road mapping, and integration process Effective interpersonal and team-building skills, to engage at both the engineer and management levels to build confidence and collaboration US Citizenship and an active DoD TOP SECRET with SCI eligibility Security Clearance are required for the position

 

Preferred Skills and Experience:

Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering (EE), Mechanical Engineering (ME), or equivalent Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Experience with Space Superiority or Space Domain Awareness programs and their associated ground systems. MS Office Suite Timeline tools & relational databases (similar in function to MS Project) Familiarity with model-based systems engineering tools, such as Cameo or Sparx EA Experience working with military and other government representatives, FFRDC (e.g. Aerospace) representatives, and SMC’s prime contractors, sub-contractors, and vendors DOD program office experience with understanding of DoD acquisition process and compliance with government instructions Experience with technical mentorship

 

Compensation: The salary for this position ranges from approximately $175,000  to $200,000 depending on relevant experience and qualifications.

Why LinQuest?

LinQuest Corporation has a stellar 40-year track record of providing end-to-end system-of-systems (SoS) architecture definition, engineering design, integration and test, and operations expertise to enable full lifecycle development and deployment of pre-eminent Space, Air, Land, Sea, Ground, and Cyberspace game-changing capabilities across US DOD and IC Customers’ portfolios.   Unique combination of in-depth domain knowledge, lessons learned-honed best practices, and mission-specific applications of principles, tools, and techniques of Digital Engineering (DE), DE Ecosystem (DEE), and Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) set LinQuest apart from the competition to consistently deliver stellar high-value results for our customers.  LinQuest’s corporate vision and values place the employee at the center of utmost customer satisfaction, strategic business growth, and tactical execution excellence.  Our employees’ creative and inspirational drive, sense of fulfillment of personal and professional growth, and tightknit camaraderie within and across lines of business are essential in gaining and maintaining exceptional LinQuest corporate-wide results of new business awards and renewed contracts.

Benefits:

LinQuest offers comprehensive and competitive benefit offerings to our team members to include medical, dental, vision, retirement, paid time off, tuition reimbursement, company paid life insurance, and more!  For additional information please visit: https://www.linquest.com/careers/our-benefits