Are you a bold thinker? We dream big at Sierra Nevada Corporation—advocating the exploration of space, keeping service members safe and creating the systems that keep our world united and sustain our way of living. Join our team! As a Systems Engineer, you will be using your skills and expertise to research, architect, model, simulate, test, certify and improve cutting edge products and services. You'll be developing complex system architectures within contextual modeling platforms, ushering them from operational concept through preliminary and detailed design, simulation, and test using progressive tools. As a cross-functional engineer, you are in charge of system-level ownership of new products and processes through the product lifecycle.

SNC is looking for an experienced Network Engineer supporting satellite and terrestrial systems integrations. In this role you will be supporting key mission partners driving mission outcomes by leveraging your expertise in satellite communications, terrestrial networking, and cloud integration. You will provide systems engineering, develop system-level communications architectures, IP-specific communications plan, and conduct special analysis, modeling, and simulations.

The Mission Solutions and Technologies (MST) business area provides affordable, turn-key command/control, communications, integrated ISR, force protection and security solutions worldwide. The MST team has a long legacy of supporting the Department of Defense, Department of Homeland Security, commercial and international customers with years of experience in platform operations, engineering and full lifecycle management across domains – air, land, sea, space and cyber. https://www.sncorp.com/company/business-areas/

Responsibilities:

• Design network architectures for space and ground systems based on interoperability standards to implement a variety of data routing and optimization requirements

• Provide technical knowledge and leadership in support of Space Development Agency missions

• Provide advanced SATCOM support in operations, communications and coalition planning, crypto, testing, and special analysis

• Conduct troubleshooting with system users and coordinate during system anomalies

• Provide leadership, mentorship, and development to team members. • Design secure wide area connectivity that supports performance, quality of service, security, and mission requirements

• Integrate capacity planning and scaling of network and security stack environment into the overall design of solutions

• Work with information assurance teams to ensure compliance to DoD standards to assist with providing accreditation artifacts

Must-haves:

• Minimum of a bachelor’s degree in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math with 10-12 years’ experience or Master’s degree with 8-10 years’ experience

• Working knowledge of cybersecurity best practices and design principles as they relate to the aerospace and defense sector

• Practical knowledge of systems engineering principles and practices

• Network certification which shall meet or exceed a CCNA (comparable vendor certification accepted upon review.)

• Active DoD IAT Level II certification or equivalent prior to start

• Experience documenting logical or physical design using drawing tools (e.g. Visio, Powerpoint, MagicDraw) to depict systems, subsystems, interfaces, components, and communications of applications and infrastructure

• RF experience with S-Band and KA Band communications

• Applied experience in Protected Military SATCOM systems

• Experience working on multi-disciplinary design and development teams.

• The ability to work with minimal oversight

• Knowledge of requirements management, functional requirements parsing, derivation, and allocation; systems design, systems integration, technical risk identification and management strategies, and Verification and Validation (V&V) principle

Preferred:

• Experience with requirements management and system modelling tools, such as DOORS, Rhapsody, NoMagic, MATLAB

• Practical knowledge of industry standard mechanical design principles, to include, but not limited to requirements management, Model Based System Engineering (MBSE)

• Experience or certification in INCOSE standards

• Background in the Aerospace and Defense Industry

• Ability to administer baseline definition and maturation in a complex development setting, including the use of high impact trade studies and other measures

• Exposure to establishing and tracking key Technical Performance Measurements (TPM)

• Experience in Aerospace and Defense development environments

• Certified Cisco Network Professional (CCNP) or equivalent

• Demonstrated experience in one or more of the following network management tools such as PaloAlto Panorama, SolarWinds, Cisco Prime, Cisco DNA or Junos Space

• Expert knowledge of DoD security requirements for network infrastructure

• Demonstrate experience in system hardening of network infrastructure to include DoD STIG implementation

• Experience with early phases of the program development lifecycle, including architecture definition, requirements development and preliminary design

SNC offers a generous benefit package, including medical, dental, and vision plans, 401(k) with 150% match up to 6%, life insurance, 3 weeks paid time off, tuition reimbursement, and more (https://www.sncorp.com/careers/total-rewards/) .

IMPORTANT NOTICE:

This position requires current/active Top Secret with SCI eligibility U.S. Security Clearance. U.S. Citizenship status is required as this position needs an active U.S. Security Clearance for employment. Non-U.S. Citizens may not be eligible to obtain a security clearance. The Department of Defense Consolidated Adjudications Facility (DoD CAF), a federal government agency, handles the adjudicative aspects of the security clearance eligibility process for industry applicants. Adjudicative factors which affect the outcome of the eligibility determination include, but are not limited to, allegiance to the U.S., foreign influence, foreign preference, criminal conduct, security violations and illegal drug use.

Learn more about the background check process for Security Clearances. (https://www.dcsa.mil/About/)

SNC is a global leader in aerospace and national security committed to moving the American Dream forward. We’re known and respected for our mission and execution focus, agility, and disruptive and rapid innovation. We provide leading edge technologies and transformative solutions that support our nation’s most critical security needs. If you are mission-focused, thrive in collaborative environments, and want to make our country stronger with state-of-the-art technologies that safeguard freedom, join our team!

As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we welcome our employees to bring their whole selves to their work. SNC is committed to fostering an inclusive, accepting, and diverse environment free of discrimination. Employment decisions are made without regarding to race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran or other characteristics protected by law. Contributions to SNC come in many shapes and styles, and we believe diversity in our workforce fosters new and greater ways to dream, innovate, and inspire.