SIGINT Flight Engineer

Title:

Belong. Connect. Grow. with KBR!

KBR’s National Security Solutions team provides high-end engineering and advanced technology solutions to our customers in the intelligence and national security communities. In this position, your work will have a profound impact on the country’s most critical role – protecting our national security.

KBR is seeking a SIGINT Flight Engineer to join an elite team in Aurora, CO providing Systems Engineering and Technical Advisory (SETA) services focused on SIGINT collection systems and systems engineering. 

Key Responsibilities:

• Represent the government in executing spacecraft integration, test, launch, and on-orbit operations. 

• Conduct anomaly support, launch and mission readiness, and end-to-end space systems architecture analysis. 

• Maintain close communications with the program acquisition office and customer engineering organizations providing recommendations on risk level of spacecraft activities.

• Oversee day-to-day execution of mission operations and processes to ensure proper attention to health, safety, and effective use of national resources.

• Provide launch and mission readiness subject matter expertise to operations and engineering including readiness for launch, spacecraft initialization, and transition to mission. 

Work Environment:

• Location: On-site

• Travel Requirements: Minimal

• Working Hours: Standard

QUALIFICATIONS

Required:

• Active TS/SCI with Polygraph clearance.

• Bachelor’s Degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics (STEM) or relevant field and nine (9) years or more experience; Master’s Degree in STEM or relevant field and seven (7) years or more experience

• Experience in spacecraft, payload, and launch vehicle engineering as well as mission readiness process, control gates, and associated entry/exit criteria.

• SIGINT systems engineering expertise, and significant space and ground systems domain knowledge

• Technical familiarity with SIGINT system’s payloads, subsystems, and technical capabilities

• Self-starter, proactively addresses customer requirements with no supervision; readily defines solutions for broad, abstract topics

• Polished communicator (written/verbal); impeccable interpersonal skills and personal judgment

Desired:

• Real-time operations experience as a spacecraft operator or spacecraft engineer, familiar with space operations/policies

• 4-years’ experience in initiating, planning, executing, monitoring, controlling, and/or closing DoD or Intelligence Community projects or programs

• Familiar with Digital Engineering/Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) and associated tools, Agile development, cloud technologies

• Contract management/COTR support experience

• Experience with Jira, Confluence

Ready to Make a Difference?

If you’re excited about making a significant impact in the field of space defense and working on projects that matter, we encourage you to apply and join our team at KBR. Let's shape the future together.

KBR Benefits

KBR offers a selection of competitive lifestyle benefits which could include 401K plan with company match, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, AD&D, flexible spending account, disability, paid time off, or flexible work schedule. We support career advancement through professional training and development.

Belong, Connect and Grow at KBR
At KBR, we are passionate about our people and our Zero Harm culture.  These inform all that we do and are at the heart of our commitment to, and ongoing journey toward being a People First company.  That commitment is central to our team of team’s philosophy and fosters an environment where everyone can Belong, Connect and Grow. We Deliver – Together. 

KBR is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, national origin, veteran status, genetic information, union status and/or beliefs, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.