Senior SIGINT Ground Systems Expert

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Senior SIGINT Ground Systems Expert

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KBR's National Security Solutions team provides high-end engineering and advanced technology solutions to our customers in the intelligence and national security communities. In this position, your work will have a profound impact on the country's most critical role - protecting our national security.

Why Join Us?

• Innovative Projects: KBR's work is at the forefront of engineering, logistics, operations, science, program management, mission IT and cybersecurity solutions.

• Collaborative Environment: Be part of a dynamic team that thrives on collaboration and innovation, fostering a supportive and intellectually stimulating workplace.

• Impactful Work: Your contributions will be pivotal in designing and optimizing defense systems that ensure national security and shape the future of space defense.

KBR is seeking a SIGINT Ground Systems Expert to execute operations related working with developers on the initiation, rehearsals, and planning as well as Operations and Maintenance (O&M) efforts of space systems on behalf of our team supporting our customer in Chantilly, VA that delivers mission-critical capabilities directly supporting intelligence-gathering missions from overhead systems. We lead architectural assessments and report recommendations to senior US Government personnel guiding acquisition and execution of next-generation SIGINT systems needs for the next 10-20 years. These systems deliver collected data distributed to US Government Intelligence Community and Military users.

The SIGINT Ground Systems Expert serves as a technical advisor to support the Government with Mission planning and initiation of SIGINT payloads and systems. The SIGINT leadership team embraces innovation in a relentless effort to meet intelligence needs and shorten the timelines to provide actionable critical information to US Government decision-makers. This is a position of trust advising the US Government and supporting critical missions in SIGINT, COMINT, FISINT, and ELINT.

This is a contingent position based upon contract award

Specific responsibilities may include:

• Serve as the lead on ground system command and control hardware requirements development, design analysis, and production methodologies for SIGINT
• Provide expert technical recommendations and engineering advice on the development and integration of new and modified capabilities in the SIGINT domain, with a specific emphasis on cross mission, cross discipline integration
• Provide Government acquisition support including, but not limited to Engineering Change Proposals (ECP), ECP Technical Evaluations, core acquisition processes and documentation (SOW, RFP, WBS, etc.)
• Define future architecture enhancements and their associated features and capabilities
• Provide technical and programmatic inputs to Government program office cost estimates
• Provide experienced counsel to the Government staff through all phases of acquisition including, but not limited to generation and review of system and sub-system requirements, development processes, integration, verification, validation and testing (IVV&T)
• Aid in working with Mission Operations teams to enable transition of new capabilities into mainstream operations
• Coordinate with internal and external offices, Directorates and agencies of the US Government to identify, characterize and resolve issues and risks throughout the acquisition lifecycle

Minimum qualifications:

• Active TS/SCI with Polygraph
• Bachelor's degree STEM (Master's degree preferred)
• 10+ years of experience
• Strong engineering skills in SIGNALS and RF systems for overhead space systems and supporting ground architectures
• Familiarity with current SIGINT and COMM architectures
• Familiarity with developers offerings to satisfy SIGINT needs
• Experience in the design & integration of ground station digital hardware and knowledgeable of ground station activities and ground architecture is required
• Track ground system development issues and recommend common interfaces
• Familiarity with current SIGINT and COMM architectures
• Familiarity with IC acquisition policies and procedures

Belong, Connect and Grow at KBR

At KBR, we are passionate about our people and our Zero Harm culture. These inform all that we do and are at the heart of our commitment to, and ongoing journey toward being a People First company. That commitment is central to our team of team's philosophy and fosters an environment where everyone can Belong, Connect and Grow. We Deliver - Together.

KBR is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, national origin, veteran status, genetic information, union status and/or beliefs, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.