Overview
Electrical Engineer - SETA Support
Location: Los Angeles Air Force Base; in person/hybrid. No remote
Job Type: Full-Time
Clearance: Active Top Secret
Citizenship: U.S. Citizen
Travel: Occasional travel may be required (10%)
Salary Range: $110,000 + annually*
- depending on experience, certifications, and qualifications
We are seeking a Senior Electrical Engineer to provide Systems Engineering and Technical Assistance (SETA) support to Space Systems Command, Space Sensing Directorate (SSC/SN), located at Los Angeles Air Force Base. The selected candidate will support the acquisition, development, integration, test, launch, operations, sustainment, and modernization of space-based missile warning, missile tracking, missile defense, battlespace awareness, and technical intelligence capabilities.
The engineer will provide enterprise-level systems engineering and integration support across space, ground, communications, and mission-support segments, including Next-Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared (OPIR) GEO and Polar systems, FORGE, RGS, Resilient Missile Warning Track, and related OPIR sensor capabilities.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide electrical engineering and systems engineering support throughout the acquisition lifecycle.
- Analyze spacecraft, payload, ground-system, communications, sensor, power, avionics, and electronic subsystems.
- Support requirements development, decomposition, validation, verification, and traceability.
- Evaluate electrical interfaces, technical baselines, specifications, design documentation, and integration plans.
- Support system architecture, interface control, trade studies, and performance assessments.
- Review contractor engineering products, including drawings, schematics, interface control documents, test plans, verification reports, and technical analyses.
- Support system integration, test and evaluation, launch integration, early-orbit checkout, on-orbit operations, and transition to sustainment.
- Identify, assess, and mitigate technical risks, issues, discrepancies, anomalies, and system dependencies.
- Participate in Systems Requirements Reviews, Preliminary and Critical Design Reviews, Test Readiness Reviews, Engineering Review Boards, Configuration Control Boards, IPTs, and technical interchange meetings.
- Support electrical power, avionics, RF, signal processing, telemetry, command and control, data transport, and sensor-to-ground interfaces.
- Coordinate with government, contractor, operational, and mission-partner organizations.
- Prepare technical assessments, risk documentation, briefings, decision papers, status reports, and acquisition documentation.
- Support reliability, maintainability, mission assurance, cybersecurity, resiliency, and safety assessments.
- Contribute to integrated master schedule reviews, critical-path analysis, readiness assessments, and corrective-action plans.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Computer Engineering, Systems Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
- At least 5 years of relevant electrical engineering, aerospace, space systems, defense, or systems engineering experience.
- Experience with electrical or electronic systems, spacecraft, payloads, ground systems, communications systems, sensors, or mission-processing systems.
- Experience with requirements management, systems integration, verification and validation, technical reviews, and risk management.
- Knowledge of engineering processes, configuration management, interface control, and DoD acquisition practices.
- Strong technical writing, briefing, analytical, and interpersonal communication skills.
- Ability to work independently and collaborate effectively across multidisciplinary teams.
- Active DoD Secret clearance or the ability to obtain one.
Preferred Qualifications
- Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, or a related field.
- Experience supporting Space Force, Air Force, SSC/SN, missile warning, OPIR, SBIRS, missile tracking, or space-based sensor programs.
- Experience with spacecraft electrical power systems, avionics, RF systems, communications, signal processing, telemetry, command and control, or sensor fusion.
- Familiarity with OPIR, SBIRS, Next-Generation GEO or Polar systems, FORGE, or related mission systems.
- Familiarity with Cameo, DOORS, Jira, Confluence, eMASS, or similar engineering and program-management tools.
- Knowledge of applicable DoD policies and standards, including AFI 63-101/20-101, AFI 63-1201, MIL-STD-882E, NIST SP 800-160, and related acquisition guidance.
- Experience supporting technical leadership, supervising personnel, or leading multidisciplinary engineering teams.
- Active TS/SCI clearance.