Payload Engineer/Planner - Las Cruces, NM

Payload Engineer

Las Cruces, NM

This job posting will remain active on an ongoing basis.

ICR has immediate opportunities available for experienced and motivated Payload Engineers. This position

develops mission activities to address prioritized collection tasks.

Required Skills And Qualifications

• Active Top Secret Security Clearance with SSBI and SCI access.-- US Citizenship required
• A Bachelor's Degree in a related field and 6 years of relevant experience or no degree with 8 years of relevant experience.
• Exceptional analytical skills and problem solving skills.
• Willingness to learn new skills and technologies.
• Good organization, decision making, and verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to perform tasks on a team with supervision and guidance.

Required Job Functions

• Build optimal, payload-specific mission activities (to include payload configurations based on received collection tasks and priority guidance messages.
• Plan mission activities in support of current CONOPS and SOPs.
• Plan use of available sensors and payloads for on-line or off-line collection operations, special projects, contingency planning, calibrations, and anomaly resolution actions, as directed by the customer.
• Plan SIGINT Cross-Aperture Overhead, non-traditional and non-SIGINT related collection tasks.
• Coordinate resource allocations with the Government Lead when developing mission activities.
• Incorporate feedback from relevant stakeholders into planning of mission activities to ensure collection requirements are met.
• Change mission activities, defined as the lowest level of collection guidance provided in the daily mission plan, as directed by authorized Government personnel.
• Collaborate with the overhead enterprise and prepare cross-mission activities to support timeline development.
• Document and deliver receiver on/off periods, biases, and other orbital parameters in mission activity products.
• Generate functional analysis, timeline analysis, detailed trade studies, resource allocation and utilization analysis, collection requirements allocation and interface definition studies to plan collection tasks.
• Develop and maintain job aids to plan mission activities.
• Build automated strategies for implementation into Mission Management functions.
• Ensure user intelligence needs are clearly articulated and flow through the automated strategy approval process in a timely manner.
• Serve as the community of interest moderator for automated strategies to ensure active participation, engagement, and efficient process flow.
• Participate as a member of the ABO community of interest to aid in the formulation of new automated strategies.
• Provide validation and lineage of all aspects of an automated strategy to an end customer.
• Support strategic planning for collection against specific targets and conduct collaboration accordingly.

Salary: $90,000 - $180,000 (based on experience)

This position offers a comprehensive benefits package that includes company equity, retirement plan, company-paid health care benefits, flexible paid time off policy, and

opportunity for a raise and bonus during the year.

ICR, Inc. considers several factors when extending job offers, including but not limited to candidate's skills, relevant work experience, and education, training and certifications.

ICR is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, disability, veteran status, or any other protected factor.