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To be eligible for this position, you must be a U.S. Citizen. This position requires an active U.S. Government security clearance, applicants who do not currently hold the required clearance will not be eligible for consideration. Employment for cleared roles is contingent upon verification of clearance status.
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Vantor is seeking a Mission Engineer to support the U.S. Space Force and our teammates in advancing integrated missile warning and missile tracking capabilities. Supporting Space Systems Command (SSC) and the Space Systems Integration Office (SSIO), you will apply mission engineering and systems-of-systems engineering to identify capability gaps, resolve integration challenges, and improve end-to-end mission threads and kill chains.
In this role, you will connect operational needs to technical requirements across space-based sensors, ground systems, communications networks, data processing, and command and control. You will work with government and industry teams to understand mission dependencies and develop recommendations that inform enterprise integration priorities.
Responsibilities
Develop mission engineering threads, operational scenarios, and Mission Engineering Thread (MET) modules that define the systems, capabilities, interfaces, and dependencies needed for missile warning and tracking missions.
Conduct mission analysis to identify operational requirements, capability shortfalls, and integration challenges across end-to-end architectures.
Identify, document, and assess risks, issues, and gaps affecting mission capabilities, system dependencies, and operational effectiveness.
Translate mission needs into technical and integration requirements that support end-to-end kill-chain closure.
Evaluate dependencies across space-based sensors, ground systems, communications networks, data processing, and command-and-control architectures.
Assess sensor integration and the contributions of positioning, navigation and timing (PNT), satellite communications (SATCOM), electronic warfare (EW), and moving target indicator (MTI) capabilities to integrated mission execution.
Develop engineering assessments and recommendations to address capability shortfalls, improve sensor-to-command-and-control integration, and inform enterprise priorities.
Collaborate with government, program offices, engineering teams, and joint mission partners, including the Army and Navy, to define operational needs and address cross-system integration challenges.
Required Qualifications
Top Secret clearance.
Bachelor’s degree.
8+ years of experience applying mission engineering, systems engineering, or systems-of-systems engineering methods to operational missions and capability integration challenges.
5+ years of experience developing mission engineering threads, scenarios, or operational architectures that identify systems, capabilities, interfaces, and mission dependencies.
Experience conducting mission analysis to identify operational requirements, capability shortfalls, and integration challenges affecting missile warning and tracking.
Experience identifying, documenting, and assessing risks, issues, and gaps associated with mission capabilities and system dependencies.
Understanding of missile warning and missile tracking capabilities, including space-based sensors and supporting ground…