Operations System Engineer
Quick Summary
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,
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
~1 min read- Top Secret/SCI with CI Polygraph required
- Experience with NRO satellite systems
- Available to travel domestically
- Bachelor's and 14 years or more experience, or; Master's and 12 years or more experience, or; PhD and 9 years of experience
Responsibilities
~1 min read- →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
Location & Eligibility
About this job
- Posted
- 385 days ago
Listing Details
- Posted
- October 1, 2025
- First seen
- September 28, 2026
- Last seen
- October 21, 2026
Posting Health
- Days active
- 22
- Repost count
- 0
- Trust Level
- 23%
- Scored at
- October 21, 2026
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