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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.

Support Department of Defense acquisition programs for Space Force military satellite communications systems. Advise program and project managers on acquisition strategies, schedules, contracting, budgeting, and execution. Develop acquisition plans, requirements documents, schedules, status reports, and executive briefings. Coordinate milestone preparation, program staffing, contractor assessments, technical interchange meetings, and funding activities while monitoring risks, issues, and mission requirements.

Designs, implements, and maintains complex infrastructure, platform, and software systems supporting secure military satellite communications. Develops system requirements and interface control documents, leads technical projects, and supports systems engineering, integration, testing, verification, and validation. Collaborates with government, contractors, and multidisciplinary teams on Protected SATCOM Terminal configurations and acquisition activities. The role is on-site in a secure facility and requires an active DoD Secret clearance.

Leads program management support for U.S. Space Forces weapon system acquisition portfolios. Advises government program managers on acquisition strategies, schedules, contracting, budgeting, execution, and mission readiness. Develops acquisition plans, program documentation, executive briefings, status reports, and financial reports. Coordinates reviews, meetings, staffing, funding commitments, obligations, and expenditures while assessing contractor milestones, risks, issues, and schedule impacts.

Lead systems integration for complex MILSATCOM space and ground communications systems. Develop integration strategies, manage technical baselines and requirements, apply digital engineering methods, support verification and validation, and lead technical working groups. Assess risks, issues, dependencies, schedule conflicts, and contractor deliverables. Prepare briefings, meeting minutes, technical assessments, alternative solutions, and recommendations for U.S. Space Force stakeholders.

Leads corporate venture capital investments in technology startups, including sourcing, investment thesis development, commercial and technical diligence, valuation, deal execution, and investment committee materials. Builds relationships with startups, venture and corporate investors, and SAIC stakeholders. Drives post-investment value creation by integrating portfolio company offerings into SAIC solutions and customer go-to-market efforts. Serves as a regional startup ecosystem leader and manages portfolio reporting.

Advise Space Systems Command program managers on acquisition strategies, schedules, contracting, budgeting, and execution. Develop acquisition plans, program schedules, status reports, executive briefings, and DoD-compliant planning documents. Assess contractor milestone reviews, mission requirements, risks, and schedule impacts. Coordinate program elements, monitor staffing, and support funding commitments, obligations, expenditures, financial documentation, and monthly reports for rapid space capability development.

Develop and test space mission modeling and simulation applications for U.S. Space Force acquisition analysis. Integrate simulation tools into automated trade-study architectures, define requirements and designs, implement simulations, and support technical demonstrations. Work with orbital mechanics, spacecraft operations, remote sensing, satellite communications, and simulation environments while contributing to multidisciplinary Agile engineering teams.

Manages configuration management processes for MILSATCOM systems supporting the U.S. Space Force. Responsibilities include developing configuration management plans, controlling and auditing system changes, facilitating engineering review and change control boards, maintaining technical baselines, documenting configurations, supporting configuration audits, and delivering CM training. The role requires strong communication skills, DoD standards knowledge, and an active Secret clearance.

Supports Navy Next Generation Jammer systems engineering activities, including requirements analysis, system architecture, interface and data architecture, integration, verification and validation, operational analysis, lifecycle cost estimation, trade studies, and configuration analysis. Develops technical documentation and translates customer requirements into hardware and software specifications while addressing technical, schedule, and cost constraints. Secret security clearance is required.