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Supports national security space acquisition programs by advising on acquisition strategy, budgeting, contracting, schedules, and execution. Integrates financial and technical data, prepares status reports and executive briefings, develops acquisition and program-planning documents, assesses contractor milestones and risks, and coordinates funding, obligations, expenditures, and program documentation across the lifecycle.

Lead complex Space Combat Power systems acquisition for the U.S. Space Force. Responsibilities include acquisition strategy, program planning, budgeting, scheduling, contractor management, risk mitigation, system integration, configuration and change management, technical reviews, and oversight of cost and schedule baselines across space, ground, and mission segments.

Supports U.S. Space Force weapon-system acquisition programs across the full Department of Defense lifecycle. Advises program managers on acquisition strategies, schedules, contracting, budgeting, and execution; develops acquisition plans, status reports, briefings, and DoD-compliant program documents; assesses contractor milestone reviews; and supports funding coordination, financial reporting, and program execution.

Leads software product vision, roadmaps, requirements, prioritization, Agile backlogs, release planning, and operational deployment for Space Command and Control systems. Translates operator and mission-partner needs into software capabilities while coordinating development, systems engineering, testing, cybersecurity, acquisition, and fielding stakeholders. Supports DevSecOps, continuous delivery, user engagements, demonstrations, technical planning, and executive communications. The role requires extensive DoD software product or related mission experience and SCI eligibility.

Integrate and modernize software capabilities for Space Systems Command’s BMC3I ecosystem. The role evaluates solutions, develops integration and modernization roadmaps, supports architecture across APIs, data, infrastructure, and cloud services, and coordinates capabilities through prototyping, DevSecOps, testing, cybersecurity, deployment, and sustainment. The engineer advises leadership on technical tradeoffs, legacy transition, integration risks, commercial solution readiness, and production fielding while maintaining mission continuity and interoperability.

Develop and maintain integrated master schedules, coordinate project and workstream schedules, analyze critical paths and dependencies, and deliver executive schedule visualizations. Manage program data repositories, file controls, versioning, archival practices, and CDRL workflows. Ensure schedule and data-management processes comply with contractual, security, and records-management requirements while supporting DoD space programs and senior leadership decision-making.

Advise DoD program managers on acquisition strategies, schedules, contracting, budgeting, and execution. Develop acquisition plans, program schedules, status reports, briefings, and lifecycle documentation aligned with DoD acquisition frameworks. Assess contractor milestones, risks, and mission performance, while coordinating program elements, funding commitments, obligations, expenditures, and financial reporting. Support rapid prototyping and weapon systems acquisition programs for U.S. Space Forces.

Develop and test space mission modeling and simulation applications supporting U.S. Space Force acquisition decisions. Integrate simulation tools into automated trade-study architectures, define requirements and designs, implement simulations, and support analysis of orbital mechanics, maneuvers, launch, command and control, remote sensing, and satellite communications. Lead planning, scheduling, progress tracking, technical demonstrations, peer reviews, and team-based engineering activities.

Provides systems engineering and technical assistance for satellite ground network architecture, design, integration, performance, security, and optimization. Evaluates network infrastructure, protocols, hardware, virtualization, cloud networking, monitoring, data center environments, and automation. Advises customer teams on architecture, risks, performance improvements, and troubleshooting while supporting requirements analysis, verification, configuration analysis, and lifecycle planning.

Supports the US Space Force Space Systems Command by analyzing, tracking, and responding to acquisition and administrative tasks. Develops technical and programmatic responses, coordinates stakeholders and integrated program teams, organizes meetings, monitors task execution, and briefs leadership. The role requires experience with space systems acquisitions, engineering life cycles, strategic acquisition processes, strong organization and communication skills, and eligibility for SCI and Special Access Program access.