At Booz Allen Hamilton, we harness technology and ingenuity to advance the nation’s most critical missions. As a Ground Systems Engineer on our Remote Sensing Systems Engineering and Integration (SE&I) team, you will combine your technical skills with big-picture thinking to directly impact national security space programs. You will translate real-world needs into technical specifications and engineering solutions for the Military's space programs.
What You'll Do
- Develop and deploy the next generation of Overhead Persistent Infrared (OPIR) ground systems capabilities.
- Develop Technical Requirements Documents (TRDs), Interface Control Documents (ICDs), technical assessments, integration plans, verification plans, and digital mission and system models for satellite ground systems.
- Research new requirements, technologies, and threats.
- Use innovative engineering methodologies and tools to create customer-focused engineering solutions.
What We're Looking For
- 5+ years of experience with large-scale ground systems engineering and integration on national security space programs.
- 4+ years of experience performing systems engineering analysis and developing systems engineering products for satellite systems or ground systems for Command and Control and Data Processing.
- Experience developing technical specifications, interface control documents, ground architectures and designs, integration plans and schedules, and test plans.
- Experience managing traceability of requirements and developing testable criteria, system validation and verification, and analysis.
- Knowledge of systems engineering standards, including IEEE 15288.1 and IEEE 15288.2.
- Knowledge of network architecture.
- Knowledge of Agile methodologies.
- Secret clearance.
- Bachelor’s degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) field.
Nice to Have
- Experience performing systems engineering, integration, and testing on space-based remote sensing systems, including SBIRS, Next Generation OPIR, FORGE, STSS, HBTSS, DMSP, WSF-M, and EWS.
- Experience planning and executing program reviews throughout the life cycle of the system.
- Experience using a Model-Based Systems Engineering approach to manage system definitions and technical baselines.
- Knowledge of satellite ground system design, cloud architectures, DevOps and DevSecOps, software frameworks, communication and networking, data processing, exploitation, and dissemination, space system operations and tasking, mission planning, space-ground integration, or space system factory support.
- Knowledge of DoD 5000.01/02.
- TS/SCI clearance.
- Master’s degree in an Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, or Computer Science field.
- INCOSE Systems Engineering Professional Certification, including ASEP, CSEP, or ESEP.
Team & Environment
You will work collaboratively with Booz Allen colleagues and the Military.
Benefits & Compensation
- Compensation range: $86,800.00 to $198,000.00 (annualized USD).
- Health, life, disability, financial, and retirement benefits.
- Paid leave, professional development, tuition assistance, work-life programs, and dependent care.
- Recognition awards program.
Work Mode
This position offers a hybrid work arrangement.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, local, or international law.






