Operations System Engineer
Posted 1 Oct 2025
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The original posting with the fluff stripped out
- Expected experience
- 9+ yrs
- Management level
- People management
- Employment
- On-Site
- Contract
- Full-time
No salary listed for this role.
Study levelBachelor's or higher
XMSTART is looking for an Operations System Engineer to support a very dynamic and innovative space program in Chantilly, VA. The candidate will gain experience acquiring and deploying the next-generation of space assets including first of a kind satellite constellations with ground-breaking technology. This rewarding and mission focused position will enable you to have a positive impact on our nation's capabilities, while working with an incredibly strong team that is focused on mission success. This position requires a strong understanding of operations, with prior experience in satellite operations. The candidate must demonstrate excellent problem-solving skills, creativity, and a proactive attitude, with a willingness to go the extra mile to resolve issues in a dynamic, fast-paced NRO System Program Office environment.
If you are passionate about the mission and are excited about next-generation space, you'll love this team! This position is 100% Onsite.
Requirements
Security Clearance Requirements:
- Top Secret/SCI with CI Polygraph required
Education:
- Bachelor's and 14 years or more experience, or; Master's and 12 years or more experience, or; PhD and 9 years of experience
Qualifications:
- Experience with NRO satellite systems
- Available to travel domestically
Responsibilities:
- Provide operations planning and execution support
- Develop and coordinate operations transition plans for large constellations
- Provides support to anomaly resolution
- Develops innovative ways to utilize systems
- Develop productive relationships with Contractor counterparts, functional counterparts, and other subject matter experts.
- Maintains solid understanding of system capabilities
- Maintains a solid understanding of system CONOPS to include numerous tools needed for system tasking, data file transfers, collection statistics
- Serves as mentor to team members
- Ability to provide on-call support
- Provide proactive support to the Government customer and tasks in an integrated office environment
- Participate in full lifecycle acquisition and SE activities from pre-acquisition through launch and on-orbit checkout
- Author, review, and coordinate documents, briefings and data to aid the Government in communications and decision-making