Missile Tracking Systems Engineer

Position: Space Force - Missile Tracking Systems EngineerLocation: Hybrid in Chantilly VA ( Other locations that are acceptable are: San Jose CA, Scottsdale AZ , Grand Forks ND, Colorado Springs CO, Huntsville AL, Pittsburgh PA )Duration: 12 MonthsClearance Needed: SecretEducation & Years of Experience:Requires a Bachelor's degree in Systems Engineering, or a related Science, Engineering, Technology or Mathematics field AND 8+ years of job-related experienceOR Master's degree plus 6 years of job-related experience.Agile experience preferred.CLEARANCE REQUIREMENTS:Department of Defense Secret security clearance is reuired at time of hire.Applicants selected may be subject to a U.S. Government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.Due to the nature of work performed within our facilities, U.S. citizenship is required.Responsibilities for this PositionAs a Missile Tracking Systems Engineer for the US Space Force Space Development Agency (SDA) Ground, Management and Integration (GMI) program, you will be a key member of a cross-functional team responsible for developing and deploying state-of-the-art ground operational systems for the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA). You will be part of an elite team providing the evolution, expansion, integration, testing and maintenance of the ground entry points, operations centers, enterprise test and checkout capabilities and infrastructure management, including all development, systems engineering, integration, testing, maintenance, and site support.Key ResponsibilitiesSystems engineering that includes decomposing requirements into architecture, internal and external interfaces, and system design behaviorsPre-planned or ad-hoc scheduling and situational awareness of satellites and payloads capabilities to track missilesAnalysis and fusion of missile tracking data provided by satellite to the ground for processing and rapidly providing and disseminating the informationTechnical Skills RequiredMinimum of 15+ years of recent designing and developing systems that can solve complex problems using algorithmsMinimum of 10+ years of recent algorithm development and tuning for specific mission parametersBonus Skills You Might BringRecent experience with missile tracking systems design and architecture, and sensor fusion techniquesRecent experience designing logic, assessing and scheduling satellite services to track missilesKnowledge of cloud technologies and their application in system design and deploymentExperience with image processing (collection, handling, storing, and analysis)

Created: 2026-05-09