Full-time · Las Cruces, United States
Security Clearance: Active TS/SCI with CI Polygraph required
Position
The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) is the U.S. Government agency in charge of designing, building, launching, and maintaining America’s intelligence satellites.
Develop. Acquire. Launch. Operate.
Apogee's ideal Test Engineer candidate will guide engineering teams in taking a multi-discipline approach to requirements, solutions, scheduling, reliability, resiliency, services development, integration, test & evaluation, maintainability, and analysis across the NRO enterprise and mission partners. If you live and breathe GEOINT, SIGINT or COMM then you'll love Apogee and this position!
What You'll Do
Evaluate architecture, requirements, risks and opportunities, and processes for VV&T impacts
Define and develop VV&T activities and associated VV&T products (e.g., Test strategies and plans, Requests for Change (RFC), procedures, checklists, RVTMs, briefings, etc.) for new and modified mission and service capabilities
Lead or support the execution of those VV&T activities (e.g. Test events, Transitions, Milestone Readiness Events)
Prepare reports describing the results, risk assessment, discrepancy reporting and lessons learned of those VV&T activities
Risk management, tracking and closure with Acquisition Offices and stakeholders
Facilitate technical meetings to coordinate, and support VV&T activities and milestones
Provide technical consultation, briefings and recommendations to the customer and other stakeholders
Required
Minimum of 5 to 8 years with a B.S/B.A. or 3 to 5 years with a MS/MA/MBA or 3 to 5 years with a PhD
Must have an active TS/SCI, with Poly to start
Verification, Validation and Transition (VV&T) experience within overall customer domain
Detailed knowledge of GEOINT, SIGINT or COMM systems and overall space and ground architecture
Expertise in mission technical capabilities and system performance analysis and assessment
Experience with Mission Planning, Control or Processing functions in support of space and ground architecture
Experience writing test strategies, plans, procedures and checklists
Experience executing tests, analyzing data and summarizing results
Experience in system integration and transition approaches to accommodate the End to End GEOINT, SIGINT or COMM lifecycle
Commitment to recognize, understand, respect and operate effectively within various SETA, FFRDC, and Government lines of authority
Desired Skills
Technical familiarity with one or more satellite domains: GEOINT, SIGINT or COMM
Experience with VV&T from an acquisition, operations or systems engineering perspective
Experience with Satellite Systems VV&T activities
Experience with GEOINT, SIGINT, Space Ground Communications (Ground Terminals), ground systems and services, and/or mission operations
Experience with commercial VV&T techniques in service-oriented architecture (SOA) environments, or for infrastructure or application service provider environments, is also highly desirable
Ability to mentor and lead Junior individuals in the GEOINT, SIGINT, or COMM domains for Satellite Systems
What You'll Love About Apogee
Challenging work in support of US Intel Community - a Mission that Matters!
Access to our cool ApogeePlex facility
Support for new ideas & encouragement to take risks
Professional Development Assistance (PDA)
Wicked smart and collaborative coworkers
Regular interfacing with company leadership
401(k) with huge company match
Paid Time Off / Fixed & Floating Holidays
Medical, Dental, Vision
Health Savings Accounts / Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
Life Insurance, Disability (Short and Long Term), Accidental Death and Dismemberment (AD&D)
Apogee's Mission
Be the PROVIDER of choice for government & commercial organizations with an unwavering commitment to responsiveness, accuracy, integrity, collaboration, and innovation
Be the EMPLOYER of choice committed to an open & transparent corporate atmosphere and progressive culture that attracts and empowers world class professionals to explore cutting-edge technical solutions while fostering professional growth
Be the preferred SOURCE for cutting-edge Analytic Products, Systems & Software Engineering, Big Data Integration, IT and Business Services that directly contribute to customer success
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