Technical SETA SME - Space Systems & Space Environment

Bethesda, MD  |  Active TS/SCI with Polygraph

Intelligence Community  |  Space Systems  |  Space Environment  |  Advanced R&D

Help Advance the Technologies Protecting Critical Space-Based Missions

TRIAEM is seeking an experienced Technical SETA SME - Space Systems & Space Environment to support advanced research and development within the Intelligence Community. This is an opportunity for a highly skilled space systems professional to contribute technical expertise to complex challenges involving satellite systems, space operations, space domain awareness, and the effects of the space environment on mission-critical capabilities.

In this role, you will provide technical insight and advisory support across innovative R&D efforts involving space-based assets and their operating environments. You will help assess emerging technologies, evaluate technical approaches, understand system vulnerabilities, and support the development and transition of capabilities designed to strengthen the resilience and effectiveness of space missions.

We’re looking for someone who understands how spacecraft operate as integrated systems-from orbital mechanics and constellation operations to satellite subsystems, space environmental effects, sensing technologies, and space domain awareness.

If you are energized by complex technical challenges and want to apply your space systems expertise to advanced research supporting the nation’s intelligence mission, we’d like to hear from you.

What Candidates Will Need

• An ACTIVE and MAINTAINED TS/SCI Federal or DoD security clearance with a polygraph.

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, applied physics, electrical engineering, systems engineering, or a related technical field. A Master’s degree may

• Six (6) or more years of work experience, including experience in the following areas:

• 6+ years of experience in space systems engineering, mission design, or space operations.

• Working knowledge of satellite constellation operations, orbital mechanics, and space environmental effects on space-based assets.

• Familiarity with satellite subsystems, including power, propulsion, attitude control, communications, and payloads, as well as their vulnerabilities to space

• Understanding of space domain awareness approaches and systems.

• Familiarity with space environment sensing modalities, including coronagraphs, magnetometers, particle detectors, ionospheric sounders, and GNSS

What Would Be Nice to Have

• Master’s degree or PhD in computer science, applied physics, electrical engineering, systems engineering, or a related field, with four (4) or more years

• Two (2) years of experience within the Intelligence Community (IC), including experience with requirements, Concepts of Operations (CONOPS), and

• Knowledge of space weather phenomena and their effects on space systems, communications, navigation, and ground-based infrastructure.

• Understanding of the Sun-Earth system, including solar activity, solar wind, magnetosphere, ionosphere, and thermosphere interactions.

• Experience with geophysical data types, formats, and sources, including NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC), NASA heliophysics missions,

TRIAEM LLC is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, protected veteran status, race, color, sexual orientation/gender identity, religious creed, national origin, citizenship, marital status, sex, age, or genetic information. Applicants may be subject to a background investigation based on job requirements. TRIAEM Prohibits Discrimination and Harassment of Any Kind; we are committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions at TRIAEM are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion or belief, family or parental status, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. TRIAEM will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics.