Jobs at Space Dynamics Laboratory

Leads multidisciplinary systems engineering across the lifecycle, including requirements, architecture, integration, verification, validation, testing, risk, configuration, and interface management. Advises program leadership, coordinates technical teams, supports planning and proposals, interfaces with customers and vendors, and mentors engineers on satellite and sensor programs supporting national security missions.

Coordinates branch operations across resource management, facilities, financial analysis, reporting, and strategic planning. Partners with branch leadership to analyze data, create visualizations, recommend actions, coordinate meetings, manage tasking, and support mission success. The role requires strong organization, communication, accountability, proactive problem-solving, and the ability to work with personnel across technical and professional levels.

Administers and integrates cloud infrastructure, virtual networks, virtual machines, and Kubernetes services across Azure or AWS environments. Deploys, debugs, secures, and maintains cloud initiatives in accordance with customer security guidelines, RMF, and DISA STIGs. Supports cloud network design, infrastructure migration, monitoring, troubleshooting, and team training. The role requires Windows and Linux systems administration, independent problem-solving, and collaboration in a full-time onsite defense environment.

Designs and reviews information systems engineering artifacts, architectures, and deliverables for mission-critical C4ISR projects. Coordinates engineering activities, improves processes, provides technical expertise, supports proposals, manages risk, leads projects, and develops customer relationships. The role requires expertise across platforms, networks, databases, cloud, or analytics environments and is onsite in Stafford, Virginia, supporting defense and national security missions.

Performs structural analysis and qualification of spacecraft, satellites, optical payloads, and flight hardware. Develops and validates finite element models, calculates margins of safety, reviews mechanical designs, prepares verification documentation, supports environmental testing, correlates test results, and resolves structural issues. Collaborates with multidisciplinary engineering, fabrication, procurement, and program teams through PDR/CDR, integration, testing, and delivery. The role also manages analysis deliverables and may mentor other engineers.

Leads system-level technical direction across software, infrastructure, virtualization, containers, operating systems, and supporting services. Advises customers, translates objectives into technical priorities, coordinates engineering and operations teams, identifies risks and dependencies, and supports implementation when needed. Requires broad systems expertise, strong customer communication, U.S. citizenship, ability to obtain a government clearance, and up to 20% travel.

Provides administrative and coordination support to the IT management team by maintaining calendars, trackers, records, reports, budgets, procedures, and action logs. Coordinates audits, executive requests, onboarding, offboarding, training, and cross-functional initiatives while tracking deadlines and implementing approved process updates. The role is onsite in North Logan, Utah and requires U.S. citizenship with the ability to obtain and maintain a government security clearance.

Leads architecture, design, modeling, integration, calibration, and testing of visible and infrared electro-optical payloads for military and civil space programs. Responsibilities include optical performance analysis, stray-light mitigation, automated Python or MATLAB data pipelines, TVAC calibration, requirements traceability, milestone reviews, customer briefings, proposal leadership, mentoring, and technical documentation. The role requires advanced EO/IR physics expertise, cross-functional technical leadership, U.S. citizenship, ability to obtain a government clearance, and travel of typically less than 15%.

Designs and analyzes spacecraft hardware and complex mechanical systems, including stress, fatigue, tolerances, and additively manufactured components. Creates engineering drawings using GD&T, supports fabrication, assembly, testing, troubleshooting, and communicates technical work through documentation and design reviews. Works with multidisciplinary teams across projects from concept through delivery. Requires a mechanical engineering degree, five years of experience, CAD proficiency, security clearance eligibility, and U.S. citizenship.

Develops, integrates, and tests satellite ground systems while defining architectures, interfaces, requirements, configurations, and technical documentation. Coordinates software, hardware, test, and scientific teams; supports verification, mission readiness, risk mitigation, and customer engagement. The role requires software development experience, systems engineering expertise, technical presentations, and the ability to mentor engineers while supporting defense and intelligence missions.

Performs optical alignment, testing, error budgeting, metrology, and calibration for UV, visible, infrared, and space-based electro-optical systems. Develops integration plans and procedures, supports system verification, manages optical fabrication and coating vendors, evaluates new projects, and collaborates with multidisciplinary engineering teams. The role may lead design reviews, mentor engineers, introduce alignment methods and tools, and support technical proposals and occasional program travel.

Manages federal and commercial construction subcontracts through solicitation, proposal review, negotiation, administration, invoicing, compliance, and closeout. Drafts and reviews contracting documents, ensures required clauses and approvals, conducts negotiation research, maintains subcontract files, and coordinates with sponsors, investigators, coworkers, and stakeholders. Requires knowledge of federal acquisition regulations, supplier requirements flow-down, commercial contracting, and related compliance standards. Occasional travel and eligibility for a U.S. Government security clearance are required.

Leads verification and validation of integrated hardware and software systems. Reviews test strategies, plans, procedures, cases, results, requirements, and traceability; develops risk-based system, integration, regression, and acceptance testing approaches; manages defects and test coverage; coordinates government, development, integration, and operational stakeholders; assesses technical risks and system readiness; and mentors test personnel.

Leads design, requirements, analysis, integration, testing, and deployment of satellite control systems and spacecraft subsystems. Owns controller components, oversees multidisciplinary avionics development, manages technical requirements, performs design changes, tracks issues, and presents technical reviews. Requires extensive aerospace controller experience, MATLAB/Simulink expertise, GNC knowledge, U.S. citizenship, clearance eligibility, and occasional travel.

Leads cybersecurity compliance and risk management for classified and unclassified systems. Develops and maintains ATO packages, conducts risk assessments, vulnerability management, audit log analysis, SIEM tuning, continuous monitoring, and incident response. Creates security policies, documentation, and compliance reports; supports audit readiness and data-spillage cleanup. Advises leadership, collaborates with technical teams, interfaces with government agencies, and ensures compliance with NIST, RMF, DoD, JSIG, and AFIC requirements.

Designs and implements secure, scalable data infrastructure for intelligence weapons systems. Responsibilities include translating requirements into data models and pipelines, integrating multiple data sources, monitoring and optimizing workflows, documenting data processes, and supporting data architecture. The role requires advanced SQL, Python, data modeling, pipeline operations, and collaboration with government customers and cross-functional teams.

Leads multidisciplinary systems engineering across the lifecycle, including requirements, architecture, integration, verification, validation, testing, risk, interfaces, and configuration management. Coordinates technical teams, advises leadership, supports planning and estimates, manages stakeholder relationships, contributes to reviews and proposals, and mentors engineers. The role supports advanced satellite and sensor systems for national security missions.

Cybersecurity intern supporting system assessments and audits, NIST guidance implementation, accreditation packages, Plans of Action and Milestones, GRC, and enterprise cyber management activities. The role requires vulnerability and security tool familiarity, teamwork, communication, initiative, and independent work. Candidates must be current junior, senior, or graduate students in a relevant technical degree program with a 3.5 GPA, U.S. citizenship, and eligibility for a government security clearance. Onsite work in North Logan, Utah is required for up to 12 weeks.