Launch and Initialization Engineer

Job Description

Description

As a Launch and Initialization (L&I) engineer, provide systems engineering and technical assistance within the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) Electro-Optical System Program Office (ESPO).  Responsibilities involve leading activities associated with the launch and initialization of an Electro-Optical spacecraft.  L&I engineer develops launch procedure CONOPS, defines initialization tasks and success criteria, performs engineering and analysis of on-orbit check-out results, etc.

Requirements:

•        With a spacecraft launch team (Government and Prime Contractor), develop interface requirements impacting launch procedures; CONOPs, user roles & responsibilities, communication plans, etc.
•        Develop procedures and update reference/compliance documents for day-of-launch Government decision making and instructions for spacecraft operations team.
•        Interface with operators and spacecraft product customer to develop spacecraft handover success criteria (Initial and Final Operational Capability).
•        Develop processes for evaluating spacecraft/payload initialization data.
•        Lead recurring meetings to track development of test plans, procedures, and engineering/analysis tools to evaluate Government initialization task criteria.
•        Coordinate post-launch activities to monitor and evaluate initialization tasks, evaluate results, and develop recommendations for the Government to accept task results or continue initialization activities.
•        Review and assess Prime Contractor on-orbit spacecraft engineering analysis results to provide the Government recommendations for anomaly resolution, operational decisions, and mission performance    enhancements.

Qualifications

•        5+ years of experience with the NRO in spacecraft initialization.
•        BS in Engineering.
•        Excellent written/oral communications and presentation skills.
•        TS/SCI with Polygraph.
•        5+ years of experience with on-orbit anomaly resolution processes.
•        5+ years of experience in spacecraft operations, engineering, and analysis or product quality analysis.

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