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Title:
Satellite Bus Systems SME
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.
Why Join Us?
• Innovative Projects: KBR’s work is at the forefront of engineering, logistics, operations, science, program management, mission IT and cybersecurity solutions.
• Collaborative Environment: Be part of a dynamic team that thrives on collaboration and innovation, fostering a supportive and intellectually stimulating workplace.
• Impactful Work: Your contributions will be pivotal in designing and optimizing defense systems that ensure national security and shape the future of space defense.
Key Responsibilities:
• Satellite Bus Systems: Oversee design, development, manufacture, integration and test, and delivery of satellite bus systems into operations
• Subsystems Engineering: Review and assess progress of thermal, structural, attitude and controls, telemetry, propulsion, power and harness bus subsystems
• Program Cost Management: Support data reviews, provide assessments of developer’s progress towards meeting program cost, schedule, and performance goals
• Risk Assessments: Develop risk assessments towards anomalies or failures
• Design, Manufacturing, and Test Readiness Reviews: Participate in design reviews, manufacturing and test readiness reviews and deliver assessments for senior Government consideration
• Concept of Operations: Understand Concept of Operations to support as-designed/as-built assessments
• Deliver Technical Assessments: Participate in Failure Review Boards as applicable and delivery technical assessment
Work Environment:
• Location: On-site
• Travel Requirements: May require travel up to 20% of the time within the continental United States
• Working Hours: Standard
Qualifications:
Required:
• Clearance: TS/SCI with a Polygraph
• Education: Technical Bachelor’s degree
• Experience: Minimum of 10 years related work experience
• LEO Systems: Emphasis on Low Earth orbit systems experience
• Proven Leadership: Comfortable providing assessments to junior, mid-level and senior Government decision makers
• Presentation Skills: Good written and oral presentation skills
• Self-starter: Highly motivated, self-starting, and able to perform duties autonomously without supervision
Desired:
• Education: Technical Master’s degree
• Satellite Development: Small Satellite Development experience
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.
INCLUSION AND DIVERSITY AT KBR
At KBR, we are passionate about our people, sustainability, 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 more inclusive and diverse company. That commitment is central to our team of team’s philosophy and fosters an environment of real collaboration across cultures and locations. Our individual differences and perspectives bring enhanced value to our teams and help us develop solutions for the most challenging problems. We understand that by embracing those differences and working together, we are more innovative, more resilient, and safer.
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.
