This position is contingent upon contract award.

Candidates must verify, before applying, that you meet the minimum requirements of the position.

Target salary range: $135k-$205k. The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.

JANUS Research Group is seeking a Lead Space Situational Awareness (SSA) Domain Engineer to support System Integration and Cloud Management of the NOAA Traffic Coordination System for Space (TraCSS). TraCSS is the Department of Commerce's enterprise solution for ingesting, archiving, processing, and disseminating SSA data and products. TraCSS provides conjunction analysis and warning services to commercial satellite owner/operators. In this role you will provide deep knowledge and experience in the SSA domain to the broader development team, helping the development team better understand the operational needs of the government customer.

The Lead Space Situational Awareness Domain Engineer will:

• Perform the role of Lead SSA Engineer for the TraCSS System Integration and Cloud Management (SI/CM) team.
• Provide expert knowledge and experience in the space situational awareness domain to the TraCSS SI/CM team.
• Understand the various standard types and formats of data related to satellite ephemerides and meta-data and processes around orbital determination.
• Understand astrodynamics, conjunction analysis and risk assessment, trajectory planning and optimization
• Be familiar with the operational environment for TraCSS or similar operational SSA systems (e.g., the SSA tools of the 18th and 19th Space Defense Squadrons, Space-Track.org, and NASA's Conjunction Assessment Risk Analysis (CARA) office).

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in science or engineering with 12 years of relevant experience. A Master's degree in science or engineering can substitute for 2 years of experience, and a PhD in science or engineering can substitute for another 2 years of experience.
• Experience supporting SSA operations and system development.
• Demonstrated ability to lead teams and collaborate effectively in high-availability, mission-critical environments.

JANUS strives to provide opportunities for career growth through training and development. We also offer an attractive comprehensive benefit package to include health and welfare plans and financial products. As part of a total rewards program, employees can benefit from our referral bonus program, and other various employee awards. JANUS Research Group takes pride in our benefit package and rewards program which has earned us the certification of a Great Place to Work™

JANUS Research Group provides reasonable accommodation so that qualified applicants with a disability may participate in the selection process. Please advise us of any accommodations you request to express interest in a position by e-mailing: Judy Pagac, Chief Human Resources Officer at judy.pagac@janusresearch.us or calling (706) 364-9100. Please state your request for assistance in your message. Only reasonable accommodation requests related to applying for a specific position within JANUS Research Group will be reviewed at the e-mail address and phone number supplied. Thank you for considering a career with JANUS Research Group.

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JANUS Research Group is an equal opportunity/ affirmative action employer. It is company policy to provide equal opportunity in all areas of employment practice without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, marital status, veteran status, citizenship, or disability.

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