Outreach Engineer

FTS International, LLC (FTS) is committed to providing the Federal Government with quality consultants and support. To ensure mission success we focus on putting our customers first while minimizing corporate bureaucracy on our staff. We provide Subject Matter Experts (SME) free of Organizational Conflicts of Interest (OCI) focused on independent analysis and mission support services within the disciplines of Engineering, Counter Terrorism Operations, Management, Information Technology, Signals Analysis, Administration, Cyber Security and Linguistics.

FTS has an opportunity for an Outreach Engineer in Chantilly, VA.

The Outreach Engineer will provide technical support, coaching and mentoring Government points of contact (GPOCs) relative to ongoing development activities happening across diverse geographically located contractor facilities.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain relationships with government customers, Mission partners, and intelligence community stakeholders to identify emerging mission needs and capability gaps

• Serve as a technical representative during customer engagements, working groups, mission planning activities, and acquisition reviews

• Translate operational intelligence requirements into system-level technical requirements, architectures, and engineering solutions

• Assess how intelligence collection, processing, exploitation, analysis, dissemination, and feedback activities influence system requirements and acquisition decisions

• Support requirements development, capability roadmaps, concept of operations (CONOPs), and mission engineering activities

• Provide mission-focused insight into acquisition planning, technology maturation, and system development efforts

• Collaborate with systems engineering, software development, and program management teams to ensure customer requirements are accurately represented and prioritized

• Support proposal development, technical presentations, customer demonstrations, and strategic growth initiatives

• Analyze evolving intelligence mission needs and recommend enhancements to current and future capabilities

• Facilitate communication between acquisition organizations, mission users, and engineering teams throughout the program lifecycle

Required Skills/Qualifications

• TS/SCI with polygraph

• BS STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, or Math) in engineering discipline

• 5+ years of experience in large group education, classroom leadership and Systems engineering for space programs

• Familiarity with DoW/IC programs and SOW compliance

• Strong organizational and communication skills within high pressure environments

• Experience in reviewing installation/test procedures, monitoring execution, identifying risks, discrepancy resolution and on-site support

Desired Skills/Qualifications

• MS STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, or Math) in engineering discipline

• INCOSE ESEP or CSEP

• Experience using systems engineering processes, methods, tools, and program roles to develop, implement, and deploy solutions for Satellite Systems

• Experience as an intelligence analyst with demonstrated skills in communicating with analytical communities

• Thorough understanding of space systems design, integration and test requirements and test execution, including test equipment support
  

Expected Salary Range: $117,000 - $133,000 per year. Placement within the range is determined by qualifications, job-related criteria, experience, internal equity and market considerations. In addition, FTS International, LLC has benefits offerings in addition to salary to include Health Insurance, Paid Time Off, Life Insurance, Short Term and Long-Term Disability, Retirement and Savings, Learning and Development opportunities, wellness programs as well as other optional benefit elections.

FTS International, LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer – vets/disabled.