SIGINT Mission Analyst

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 a SIGINT Mission Analyst in Chantilly, VA.

The SIGINT Mission Analyst manages development, test, and systems assessment methodologies and tools such as STK, SOAP, MATLAB, and potentially organically developed software. 

Responsibilities

• Provide expert mission analysis and technical support to define technical spacecraft and ground requirements, support concept development for new capabilities, create models to analyze mission data, understand "end to end" mission performance of a system, and work with mission users, stakeholders, and development contractors

• Perform various mission analyses to include RF, signal processing, orbital, geolocation, pointing, antenna, SOI collection, frequency management, and/or communications performance

• Evaluate expected performance against mission needs

• Track, monitor, analyze and provide recommendations for future mission enhancements

• Maintain situational awareness of current operations, high-interest events, and other relevant reporting that drives mission operation focus and mission planning

• Perform trade studies using variety of data sources and tools to inform requirements, system capabilities, and architectures, including assessing developer recommendations

• Assist in requirements definition, analysis and engineering, system architecting, system and design, interface and data architectures, validation and verification, systems integration, and system & operational performance analysis

• Perform assessments of requirements and capabilities to include, but not limited to, geolocation potential, area search/update intervals, signal collection analysis, coverage

• Support end-to-end performance evaluation activities of systems, such as identifying performance differences among baseline, enhanced baseline, and alternate architectures

• Perform research and validation of enterprise level requirements as applicable to specific satellite architectures

• Support system architecting and planning studies, requirements development and verification, and compliance analyses against enterprise level requirements

• Perform mission analysis of satellite architectures to determine coverage and other performance metrics

• Provide advice and information on physical science aspects of satellite support to multiple mission domains and battle space awareness planning and mission assessments

• Develop productive relationships with prime contractor counterparts, functional counterparts, and other payload and ground system subject matter experts

• Review complex technical design documentation and provide formal and informal feedback

• Liaise with mission analysis and acquisition teams to ensure completeness across the acquisition

• Collaborate with armed services and agencies on engineering standards, space frequency utilization, modulation techniques, multiplexing schemes, and mission requirements

• Prepares reports, white papers, and briefings for senior management and external organizations

• Develop and maintain tools and databases used for related satellite mission assessment activities

Required Skills/Qualifications

• TS/SCI with polygraph 

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

• 10+ years' relevant experience

• Solid understanding of Signals Intelligence satellite systems and architectures

• Experience in Matlab, Python or similar

• Experience in NRO, IC, and DoD satellite programs, operations, and mission planning and management

• Excellent interpersonal, leadership, team building and problem-solving skills with an ability to be effective in a government/contractor team environment

• Excellent oral and written communication skills

• Demonstrated sustained superior performance

• Availability to travel domestically

• Familiar with translation of multiple mission domain awareness operational requirements into satellite specifications and provide mission analysis support to legacy, current and future satellite programs

Desired Skills/Qualifications

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

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