BryceTech is looking for an experienced Systems Engineer to support our US Space Force, Space Systems Command (SSC) customer.
Customer Background Information: Space Domain Awareness & Combat Power is the Space Systems Command Program Executive Office (PEO) focused on delivering cyber, ground- and space-based systems that rapidly detect, warn, characterize, attribute, and predict threats to national, allied, and commercial space systems, while also providing National Security deterrence capabilities countering those identified threats to prevail in a space conflict.
SSC/SZ-BC provides highly classified Space Domain Awareness (SDA) systems, Defensive and Offensive Space Control (DSC/OSC) capabilities, and space test range assets to meet current and projected Department of Defense (DoD) operational requirements. SSC/SZ-BC develops, integrates, tests, deploys, sustains, and supports operations for systems that meet strategic and tactical operational needs. SSC provides unrivaled space systems to ensure survival for both the United States Space Force and our nation. These systems span the entire acquisition life cycle. This contract will support multiple SSC/SZ-BC programs, as well as various other Space Force, Air Force, and mission partner programs.
The effort will support the development, advancement, and sustainment of weapon systems for Space Systems Command (SSC) Space Domain Awareness and Combat Power (SDACP) (SSC/SZ), Battle Management, Command, Control, and Communications (BMC3) (SSC/BC), and their mission partners. This mission area requires personnel with experience and an in-depth understanding of the environments that include ground, near-space, space, and any system that operates in those environments.
Minimum Knowledge and Experience:
- Experience with Agile methodology and process at scale, modern commercial industry enterprise software engineering mindsets (DevSecOps, SRE, vertical slice, etc), best practices and patterns for successful continuous integration, test, delivery and deployment at scale.
- Effective communication with leadership, stakeholders, and development/industry communities
- Knowledgeable with respect to IC, DoD, Air Force, Space Force or SSC processes and procedures for delivering systems to production environments
- Familiarity with highly available, scalable cloud native (IaaS and PaaS) solutions within commercial industry
- Familiarity with highly scalable data as a service (DaaS) solutions within commercial industry
- Highly Desired: past or present experience with SSC or mission partner space control or space situational awareness mission area programs.
Description of work:
1. Provide space acquisitions, engineering, operations, and technical advice and assistance for all projects and programs, as required, to support any stage of the acquisition life cycle. Support program acquisition efforts for advanced technology, future concept development, and integration activities. Advise and assist the Government on cost, schedule, and performance matters.
2. Revise or provide draft JCIDS and acquisition documentation to the applicable Government program manager and support the presentation of products to internal and external customers. Documentation shall include but is not limited to, Initial Capability Documents, Interface Control Documents, Capability Development/Production/Requirements Documents, Milestone documentation, Acquisition Strategies, Analysis of Alternatives, Concept of Operations, Memorandums of Agreement/Understanding, Technical/Systems Requirement Documents, Defense Acquisition Board documentation, Technical Evaluations, System Specifications, enabling concepts, training material, briefings, white papers, reports, and analysis results). Work shall be developed using the latest applicable Government guidance (e.g., MIL-STD).
3. Provide a draft SME-level technical and/or programmatic status report of any individual program or of the portfolio, in coordination with the Government program manager, upon request by the Government.
4. Identify areas of improvement, including acquisition process improvements. Provide actionable, feasible recommendations and execute tasks for reducing risk where appropriate. These recommendations may include technical, organizational, or programmatic changes where appropriate. Assist in building and maintaining a Government risk program, including risk identification, process definition, and detailed technical risk mitigation plans, as required by the Government.
5. Maintain awareness of current program schedule, monitor acquisition implementation, report requirement shortfalls, and provide a program assessment based on the identified risks. Combine and correlate program execution data with the program baselines to accurately maintain and update acquisition reports.
6. Advise the Government program manager on technical engagements, to include but not limited to, technical interchange meetings, design reviews, program conferences, video teleconferences, telecons, working groups, and informational meetings. Maintain a broad awareness and understanding of all programs and technology development efforts in execution across the applicable portfolio, as required. Assist integrated product teams and working groups and establish customer and Contractor interfaces.
7. Provide technical and operational insight to support mission protection, operations, and mission data assessments. Recommend viable solutions for technical anomalies. Develop, deliver, review, and evaluate impact analysis, audits, studies, compliance inspections, and readiness reviews.
8. Advise the Government program manager regarding robust software planning and development for a spiral/agile acquisition program.
9. Advise and assist the Government on test and operations. The Contractor shall provide advisory and assistance support on test documents, planning, events, requirements, and data for Developmental and Operational Testing. The Contractor shall coordinate system level test integration and activities, as appropriate.
10. Provide analytical and operational engineering support to current and future developmental and operational units. Support operational mission planning, mission protection, and anomaly engineering.
11. Provide support for data and signal collection, processing, storage, archiving, analysis, and lessons learned to support test, on-going operations, and future concept developments upon request. The Contractor shall assist with post-mission analysis and report the results of the plan versus execution.
