Mission Integration Engineer, Mission and Ground Systems (Starshield)
Core
Develop system specifications, interface control documentation, and infrastructure plans for satellite command and control, operational planning, data processing, compute and networking infrastructure, and secure implementation of mission systems.
Role type
Mission Integration Engineer (Ground Systems)
Builds
Ground segment architecture including compute infrastructure, network architecture, and software systems for national security satellite programs
Domain
Aerospace / National Security / Satellite Communications
Required skills
System specifications, interface control documentation, infrastructure planning, satellite command and control, operational planning, data processing, compute and networking infrastructure, secure implementation
Preferred skills
USG intelligence processes, large language models, machine learning, hardware or infrastructure deployments in classified environments, networking fundamentals, spacecraft mission design, process improvement
Technologies
IP networking, switching/routing concepts, compute infrastructure, network architecture, software systems
Responsibilities
Serve as customer interface to develop operations plans and design missions, ensure contract deliverables are completed on-time, collaborate with subsystem representatives to ensure end-to-end mission success, support all phases from development to on-orbit commissioning, own ground segment architecture design, support site surveys for ground stations and datacenters
Seniority
Mid-level, hands-on IC
