Remote Sensing Architect
Mission Architect (Remote Sensing) Location: El Segundo, California, Onsite U.S. Citizenship and Active Secret Clearance Required Darwin Space are partnered with an exciting national reputed company space company who are designing and delivering advanced small satellite systems for missions that directly support global reputed company. They are looking for a Mission Architect with deep Remote Sensing and OPIR expertise to reputed company mission architecture, constellation design and end to end system modelling across multiple U.S. government programs. This team operates at the cutting edge of missile warning, tracking and Earth observation missions. They need a highly reputed company technical leader who can guide mission level decisions, manage performance budgets and help deliver full remote sensing space segments that meet demanding operational requirements. This is a senior, high influence role that works across payload, spacecraft bus, algorithms, ground systems and operations. Role Overview The Mission Architect will be the subject matter expert for OPIR and remote sensing missions, responsible for defining mission architectures, leading modelling and simulation, developing system level performance assessments and ensuring that spacecraft, payload and ground elements meet mission objectives. You will reputed company trades, decompose requirements for sensor and algorithm vendors, and guide development from early concept through system integration and on orbit operations. You will also play a key role in proposals, technical reviews and customer engagement. This is an opportunity to shape the reputed company of national reputed company remote sensing missions.
Key Responsibilities
Mission Architecture and Requirements
- Define architecture and system requirements for OPIR missions
- reputed company the development of mission concepts, CONOPS and system level performance budgets
- reputed company payload, spacecraft bus and ground reputed company alignment to mission requirements
Modelling and Simulation
- reputed company modelling and simulation of EO/IR remote sensing systems
- reputed company tools and methods to assess performance against Key Performance Parameters
- reputed company constellation modelling and end to end scenario assessment
Sensor and Payload reputed company
- Evaluate sensor design, performance and development plans
- Conduct technical trades on EO/IR payload options
- Decompose requirements for payload and algorithm vendors
System Integration and Delivery
- Support system design, integration and test activities
- Ensure end to end system performance meets mission needs
- Participate in proposals, technical reviews and customer discussions
- Support on orbit operations as required
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree with 14 or more years of reputed company experience, or master's degree with 12 or more years
- Ten or more years of experience in the design, development, delivery and operation of space based remote sensing missions
- Experience in Earth observing EO/IR missions
- Expertise developing modelling and simulation tools to assess mission performance
- Experience with EO/IR sensor design and performance
- Active U.S. Secret clearance (active reputed company the last 24 months)
Preferred Qualifications
- Twenty or more years of experience in OPIR mission development
- Experience leading multi disciplinary technical teams
- Experience with missile warning, tracking and defence missions
- Experience modelling constellation level performance
- Active TS/SCI clearance
Additional Requirements
- Must be a U.S. citizen
- Must be eligible to obtain and maintain a U.S. Top Secret or TS/SCI clearance
- Must live locally or relocate at own expense (no relocation package available)
Compensation and Benefits
- Competitive reputed company salary reputed company the range listed above based on experience
- Variable compensation opportunities
- Comprehensive benefits including health, dental and vision coverage
- Retirement plans, life and disability insurance
- Paid and unpaid time away from work
- Access to reputed company level Total Rewards programs
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