DARPA TTO Space-Based Communications & Testing Support Engineer

Amentum is a leading provider of engineering, scientific, and program management support services to some of the top agencies in the U.S. government, including the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and the intelligence community. The mission of DARPA’s Tactical Technology Office (TTO) is to reimagine every aspect of military hardware design, development, test, manufacture, and sustainment – with a focus on rapid, affordable, and scalable deployment – to create and prevent technological surprise. TTO’s goal is to demonstrate compelling hardware at the smallest scale that traces to disruptive capability, with designs that reduce risk and cost by managing complexity and can be manufactured responsively and affordably. Additional information on TTO is available here: https://www.darpa.mil/about/offices/tto. Amentum is currently seeking a mid- to senior-level engineer/ scientist with experience working in both the TS/SCI and SAP environments (at least 5 years of experience). This is a full-time position supporting a classified effort in which 50% of the time will be dedicated to space-based communications and the other 50% of the time will be dedicated to test planning and execution. This position will be based on-site at the client location (Arlington, VA Ballston are [... source excerpt omitted ...] with some travel (local and/or Colorado/California) required at least twice a quarter. Annual salary between $170-240K depending on qualifications and experience. Job Duties and Responsibilities: Support a government program manager (PM) in developing space-based program concepts, providing oversight to ongoing space-based programs and efforts Lead (2x year) Mission Integration Working Groups across 15-20 unique organizations; support for these meetings will include defining common security baseline, coordinating agenda, speakers, reviewing test plans and modeling and simulation Serve as a test lead to run Test Readiness Reviews (TRRs) for major program objectives when final syst [... source excerpt omitted ...] nding major reviews, drafting PowerPoint charts and memorandums for DARPA and transition partners, attending transition partner meetings and internal DARPA team meetings Required Qualifications: Master’s degree or higher - substantial relevant occupational experience (~10 or more years) may be considered in lieu of degree requirement At least 5 years’ relevant experience Active US Government Top Secret Security Clearance, with ability to obtain SCI access. Please note US Citizenship is required to obtain and maintain a security clearance. Working knowledge of space-based communications architectures to include ground entry points, radios, and integration of hardware and software i