Systems Engineer, Jr.
Core
Design, develop, test, and deliver products supporting the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) Ground Enterprise Directorate's intelligence-gathering missions and command-and-control operations.
Role type
Junior Systems Engineer (Space Defense)
Builds
Ground processing systems, mission management tools, and command-and-control solutions for space defense.
Domain
National Security / Space Systems Engineering
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis
Required skills
Systems engineering lifecycle management, requirements development, trade studies, risk management, Agile methodologies, secure solution integration, space systems standards compliance
Preferred skills
Model-Based Systems Engineering, NRO System Engineering process, Interface Control Documents (ICDs), System Requirements Documents (SRD), Preliminary Design Reviews (PDR), IC overhead collection systems
Technologies
Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, secure solution frameworks
Responsibilities
Support incidents and investigations for space systems ground processing and mission management; Collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams on hardware, software, and system integration; Assist in developing system requirements aligned with mission objectives; Participate in trade studies for system performance and architecture; Gather information to create technical documents for command-and-control operations; Provide support throughout the systems engineering life cycle managing risks; Track project activities for software/hardware development and deployment.
Seniority
Junior, up to 5 years experience