Job Title: Satellite Systems Engineer

Location: Silver Spring, MD 20910 US (Primary)

Category: Full-Time

Salary: $60,000 - $125,000

Education: Bachelor's Degree

Security Clearance Required: None

Founded in 1979, Science and Technology Corporation (STC) delivers an extensive range of award-winning advanced scientific, engineering, and technical support services to the U.S. Government and Industry customers. Our proven expertise and experience span scientific research, development, test and evaluation in areas such as earth and atmospheric sciences, engineering, data science and software engineering. Will you join our world-class team?

Job Description:

As a satellite systems engineer at NOAA/NESDIS, you will:

• Provide systems engineering services that encompass a broad range of professional services focusing on the conception, design, development, maintenance, and evolution of specific software applications.
• Oversee the design and development of satellite application processing systems that traverse the product lifecycle including transition to operations.
• Manage the end-to-end product lifecycle process for scientific application processing systems and their products.
• Guide science teams through the cloud onboarding process and the transition to operations of their software applications.
• Work with NESDIS partners to collaboratively meet NOAA’s diverse user needs by enhancing products to improve user experience; maximizing the exploitation of new satellite data sources; and streamlining the transition of cutting-edge research into operations.
• Support value-based decisions on investments in support of user priorities – providing and maximizing value through its management processes.
• Efficiently transition new and enhanced products from science to operations while taking advantage of the development speed and data pipelines within the NESDIS Common Cloud Framework (NCCF).

Job Requirements:

• Excellent communication and teamwork skills, experience coordinating with multiple stakeholders.
• Ability to work independently.
• Must be a US Citizen or Permanent Resident / Green Card holder with at least 2 years residing in the US.
• Systems engineering experience at NOAA, NASA or DoD for ground or flight missions.
• Knowledge of the NOAA ground system architecture, current missions, and NOAA management staff through previous direct assignment.
• Knowledge of NOAA data products and services.

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in an engineering or related discipline with 2-15 years of experience.
• Program or project management experience or ability to quickly learn.

We are equal opportunity/affirmative action employers, committed to diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status, or any other protected characteristic under state or local law.