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ID #41097811
State Virginia
City Chantilly
Job type Permanent
Salary USD TBD TBD
Source SAIC
Showed 2022-05-18
Date 2022-05-17
Deadline 2022-07-16
Category Architect/engineer/CAD
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Senior Orbit Analyst

Virginia, Chantilly, 20151 Chantilly USA

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Job ID: 2207256

Location: CHANTILLY , VA , US

Date Posted: 2022-05-12

Category: Engineering and Sciences

Subcategory: Aerospace Engr

Schedule: Full-time

Shift: Day Job

Travel: No

Minimum Clearance Required: TS/SCI with Poly

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: None

Potential for Remote Work: No

Description SAIC has a funded need for a

Senior Orbit Analyst to support a rapidly expanding Government Intelligence Community (IC) customer within the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) in Chantilly, VA. Note: The role offers a flexible work schedule, where we generally ask our team to be available for team meetings during core business hours, e.g., 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. The Orbit Analyst in on a program that is responsible for assessing current and future SDA missions through modeling, simulation ( (M&S ) and analysis in order to provide recommendations to the Department of Defense (DoD) and the Intelligence Community (IC) to improve SDA performance. Responsibilities include but are not limited to:
  • Orbit event processing, maneuver determination, maneuver solving, and conjunction analysis
  • Modeling counterspace weapons systems, such as kinetic, electronic warfare, and directed energy attacks
  • Model space conflict scenarios for system evaluation and mission effectiveness
  • Work in a collaborative team environment seeking to improve SDA performance through novel algorithms and advanced processing techniques.
  • Consistently and pro-actively works with team members to solve complex problems
  • Fusing sensor data to perform observation association, orbit determination and orbit state propagation
  • Use scripting or programming to automate data processing and modeling
  • Collect, organize, analyze data, and summarize findings
  • Develop simulation software as required to complete analytic studies
Qualifications Required Education and Experience
  • Bachelors and five (5) years or more experience; Masters and three (3) years or more experience; PhD and 0 years related experience
  • Active Top Secret/SCI w/Poly
  • Experienced with orbit determination methods such as batch and sequential estimation filters
  • Experience with some orbit modeling tools such as STK or Free-Flyer
  • Understanding of space object tracking sensors, networks and data, including capabilities and limitations
  • Knowledge or familiarity with orbit mechanics and Rendezvous and Proximity Operations (RPO) concepts
  • Experience with using a programming or scripting language

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