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Mission Architect, Missile Defense

True Anomaly
USA
Senior · 12+ years experience
Onsite
$160,000 - $245,000
Discovered 2 weeks ago
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RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Mission Design & Requirements Analysis:
  • Collaborate with customers, stakeholders, and internal teams to define and document mission objectives, system requirements, and operational concepts.
  • Translate customer and mission needs into actionable engineering solutions while ensuring alignment with technical and programmatic constraints.
  • Define key mission technical performance measures to establish a mission-driven decision-making framework.
  • Apply analysis and modeling techniques, including parametric analysis, to support engineering decisions in the absence of specific requirements.
  • Lead system trade studies, performance evaluations, and feasibility assessments to ensure an optimal system architecture.
  • Design, lead and execute engagement sequence and intercept analysis.
  • Perform sensor, command-and-control, and interceptor integration.
  • Design kill-chain and fire-control architecture.
  • Perform system-of-systems performance modeling.
  • Prepare detailed technical reports, presentations, and documentation for internal and external stakeholders, including government agencies and customers.
  • System Integration & Verification:
  • Oversee the integration of mission systems, ensuring seamless interaction among hardware, software, and operational components.
  • Develop system-level integration and verification plans and conduct end-to-end testing to validate mission requirements.
  • Coordinate with subsystem teams to troubleshoot and resolve integration challenges, ensuring mission readiness.
  • Support mission operations teams during testing and real-time mission execution.
  • Modeling, Simulation & Analysis:
  • Apply the fundamentals of astrodynamics using software and analysis tools, including orbit propagation, orbit determination, geometric orbit analysis, and mission engineering concepts.
  • Design parametric analyses and Monte Carlo studies to support engineering decision-making.
  • Conduct system performance analyses, including assessments of reliability, safety, and mission effectiveness under various environmental conditions.
  • Assess mission success criteria and operational risks and propose mitigation strategies.
  • Conduct pre-flight and post-flight mission analyses, including trajectory reconstruction and anomaly investigations.

QUALIFICATIONS

  • 12+ years of experience in mission analysis, space operations, or orbital mechanics.
  • Strong technical leadership and systems architecture experience.
  • Strong understanding of orbital mechanics, spacecraft dynamics, and autonomous space operations.
  • Hands-on experience with mission analysis tools such as STK, FreeFlyer, GMAT, or similar software.
  • Proficiency in simulation tools and programming languages such as MATLAB, Python, or C++.
  • Experience with mission planning and real-time mission support.
  • Must have or be able to obtain and maintain a TS/SCI or TS/SAP U.S. government security clearance
  • Work Location —Successful candidates will be located near Denver or Long Beach.
  • Work environment —the work environment; temperature, noise level, inside or outside, or other factors that will affect the person's working conditions while performing the job.
  • Physical demands —the physical demands of the job, including bending, sitting, lifting and driving.
  • This position will be open until it is successfully filled. To submit your application, please follow the directions b elow. # LI-Onsite
  • To conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) you must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.
  • True Anomaly is committed to equal employment opportunity on any basis protected by applicable state and federal laws. If you have a disability or additional need that requires accommodation, please do not hesitate to let us know.
  • To protect candidates and our company from application fraud and impersonation, we use third-party tools to verify applicant identity and detect fraudulent applications. Learn more in our Privacy Notice.

PREFERRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

  • Advanced degree in Aerospace, Mechanical, or Systems Engineering.
  • Active TS/SCI clearance.
  • Experience supporting defense or classified space missions.
  • COMPENSATION
  • Base Salary:
  • Staff: $160,000 - $245,000
  • Principal: $195,000 - $300,000
  • Equity + Benefits including Health, Dental, Vision, HRA/HSA options, PTO and paid holidays, 401K, Parental Leave
  • Your actual level and base salary will be determined on a case-by-case basis and may vary based on the following considerations: job-related knowledge and skills, education, location, and experience.

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