Space Systems Integration (SSI) is a fast-growing engineering company that provides aerospace solutions to a variety of government and commercial customers. Our employees are forward-thinking, self-directed individuals who are committed to solving our customers’ technical challenges.

SSI is searching for a Software Engineer located in Albuquerque, NM.

A successful candidate should be a leader and problem solver with a proven ability to deliver superior results as part of a high-performing team in a high-profile, fast-paced environment. The candidate will apply advanced principles, theories, and concepts for highly classified systems, while also effectively communicating complex results with management and executive leadership.

*To be qualified for this position you must possess an active Top Secret/SCI security clearance*

Role and 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.

Required Qualifications

- Minimum ten (10) years DoD/IC, or relevant industry work experience.
- An applicable engineering or computer science degree from a program accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET).
- Relevant MA/MS/ME degree
- Active TOP SECRET clearance with sensitive compartmentalized information (SCI) and special access program (SAP) eligibility.
- No less than two (2) years total SAP and/or SCI environment experience and 1-year total within last 5 years.
- Candidate must maintain a TS/SCI clearance as a condition of employment and willingness to submit to a Counter-Intelligence polygraph.
- Expert knowledge in development, integration, test and delivery of software applications for both ground and flight software applications for spacecraft.
- Experience with establishing agile software development and test environments and implementing CI/CD pipelines.
- Experience working in multiple programming languages (e.g., Python, Matlab, C++, etc.).
- Experience working in multiple classification environments and implementing cross-domain solutions.
- Experience in DoD program management including program development and transition.
- Experience with Integrated Master Schedules, and risk management.
- This position is full-time, on site at Kirtland AFB, NM and will require travel up to 25% of time within the continental United States.

Desired Qualifications.

- Fifteen (15) years of relevant DoD and/or Industry work experience.
- PhD in engineering or computer science.
- System Engineering Technical Assistance (SETA) to Government program office.
- Experience with rapid prototyping and transition to operations.
- Experience with ACAT I/II level acquisition programs.

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