Mission Architect; Remote Sensing - Millennium Space Systems

Job Description

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Millennium Space Systems, a part of Boeing Defense, Space and Security (BDS), is a fast, agile small satellite company focused on national security space. Our missions have direct impact to global security, like missile warning and Earth observation.

Our team is curious, bold and innovative. We take risks, innovate and explore new techniques and technologies. We influence change because we challenge the status quo. And when we watch our satellites launch, we know each one of us made it happen.

As a Mission Architect, you will be an OPIR Subject Matter Expert (SME), overseeing mission architecture and spacecraft/constellation design across one or more programs. You will oversee all aspects of designing, developing, and fielding Remote Sensing (RS) space segments, including integration with ground and user segments. You will design and develop modeling and simulation tools and methods to validate mission scenarios and assess end-to-end system performance against Key Performance Parameters (KPPs).

You will be responsible for assessing sensor design, development, and performance, conducting solution trades, and decomposing requirements for payload and algorithm vendors. You will be integral to writing proposals, requirements definition, system design, integration & test, and on-orbit operations.

Position Responsibilities:

• Define architecture and system requirements for OPIR missions

• Lead modeling and simulation efforts to assess system performance

• Develop CONOPS at the spacecraft, constellation, and mission level

• Architect and implement Mission Data Processing (MDP) algorithms (onboard and ground-based)

• Oversee mission level budgets and KPPs (e.g. LOS knowledge, jitter/smear, optical transmission, latency, etc.)

• Ensure space system (including Electro-Optical/Infrared (EO/IR) payloads and bus components) meet mission level requirements

Basic Qualifications (Required Skills/Experience):

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, physical sciences or computer science with 14+ years of related experience; or a master's degree with 12+ years of related experience; or an equivalent combination of technical education and experience.

• 10+ years of experience in the design, development, delivery, and operation of space based remote sensing missions

• Experience in earth-observing EO/IR missions

• Expertise in development of mission modeling and simulation tools to assess sensing mission performance

• Experience n the design and performance of EO/IR sensors

• An active Secret U.S. Security Clearance. (A U.S. Security Clearance that has been active in the past 24 months is considered active).

Preferred Qualifications (Desired Skills/Experience):

• 20+ years of experience in the design, development, delivery, and operation of space-based OPIR missions

• Experience leading multi-disciplinary technical teams

• Experience with the missile warning, tracking, and defense mission across domains (air, ground, space, user, etc.)

• Experience with modeling and simulation of constellation performance

• Possess active TS/SCI clearance

Conflict of Interest:

Successful candidates for this job must satisfy the Company’s Conflict of Interest (COI) assessment process

Drug Free Workplace:

Millennium Space Systems, a Boeing Company, is a Drug Free Workplace (DFW) where post offer applicants and employees are subject to testing for marijuana, cocaine, opioids, amphetamines, PCP, and alcohol when criteria is met as outlined in our policies.

Total Rewards:

At Millennium Space Systems, a Boeing Company, we strive to deliver a Total Rewards package that will attract, engage and retain the top talent. Elements of the Total Rewards package include competitive base pay and variable compensation opportunities.

Millennium Space Systems also provides eligible employees with an opportunity to enroll in a variety of benefit programs, generally including health insurance, flexible spending accounts, health savings accounts,…