Space Systems Integration (SSI) is a fast-growing engineering company that provides aerospace solutions to a variety of government and commercial customers. Our employees are forward-thinking, self-directed individuals who are committed to solving our customers’ technical challenges.
SSI is seeking an SOS Integration Engineer for a role in El Segundo, CA.
This senior engineer will embed full-time with the Government’s Space Reconnaissance team, helping shape and deliver the next generation of space-based SDA and S&R capabilities.
Role and Responsibilities include:
- Serve as the primary systems engineer for integration of the Reconnaissance at GEO advanced satellite constellation (RG-XX) with tactical command and control, mission planning, space-to-ground satellite communications, mission data processing and distribution, and support elements.
- Embed with the development team and participate in program IPTs to influence architecture, design, and implementation for the RG-XX constellation and all system interfaces.
- Provide technical oversight of system development and integration efforts (design, development, manufacturing, integration/test, production, sustainment planning) across both traditional and agile/prototype acquisition approaches.
- Define and evolve Interface Control Documents (ICDs) to govern system interfaces to enable sensor orchestration, mission execution, and space-ground data fusion.
- Guide end-to-end system integration, from space sensor tasking through collection and distribution of actionable information for defensive and offensive space control.
- Participate in design reviews, technical interchange meetings, and test planning to ensure integrated capabilities meet warfighter space superiority objectives.
- Lead risk management activities—identifying, analyzing, and mitigating technical and programmatic risks associated with RG-XX integration.
- Coordinate across USSF, SSC, SpOC, NSDC, and USSPACECOM government agencies, commercial partners, and allied nations to establish cross-domain sensor tasking and data-sharing architectures.