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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 integrating space capabilities into theater operations. Supporting Space Systems Command (SSC) and the Space Systems Integration Office (SSIO), you will advance BZE’s systems-of-systems engineering mission by developing mission engineering threads, conducting operational mission analysis, identifying capability gaps, and supporting end-to-end kill-chain closure.
In this role, you will connect operational needs to technical requirements across space, ground, sensor, communications, and command-and-control architectures. You will work with government, industry, engineering, acquisition, and joint mission partners to assess mission dependencies and develop recommendations that inform enterprise integration priorities and advance space superiority.
Responsibilities
Develop mission engineering threads, operational scenarios, and Mission Engineering Thread (MET) modules that define the systems, capabilities, interfaces, and dependencies needed for Space Support to Theater operations.
Conduct mission analysis to identify operational requirements, capability shortfalls, and integration challenges affecting the delivery of space-enabled capabilities to theater operations.
Identify, document, and assess risks, issues, and gaps affecting mission capabilities, system dependencies, and operational effectiveness.
Translate operational needs and mission-thread analysis into technical, engineering, and integration requirements that support end-to-end kill-chain closure.
Evaluate dependencies across space, ground, sensor, communications, and command-and-control architectures.
Assess positioning, navigation and timing (PNT), satellite communications (SATCOM), theater electronic warfare (EW), space EW, and moving target indicator (MTI) capabilities and their contributions to theater mission execution.
Develop engineering assessments and recommendations to address capability shortfalls and inform enterprise integration priorities.
Collaborate with mission engineering teams, program offices, systems engineers, acquisition organizations, and joint mission partners, including the Army and Navy, to define operational needs and address cross-system integration challenges.
Help leadership prioritize capability gaps, synchronize enterprise capabilities, and integrate space capabilities into joint operations.
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 mission execution.
Experience identifying, documenting,…