# Mission Architect - Space Systems

What Success Looks Like (Objectives): Candidates must be willing to participate in at least one in-person interview. This role serves as a subject matter expert in space and ground-enabled connectivity across all operational domains to solve complex government customer connectivity challenges. The primary focus centers on driving front-end business development and architecting technically feasible, end-to-end mission solutions within the Department of Defense and Intelligence Community sectors. Additionally, active program support and organic growth strategies will be executed in collaboration with cross-functional engineering, executive, and customer teams. What Success Looks Like (Objectives): Lead customer engagement, proposal creation, and technical studies to win new hardware, software, and service business across military and intelligence markets Architect advanced system CONOPs, mission requirements, and multi-domain connectivity solutions that align with government operational needs Drive multi-disciplinary team alignment across R&D, engineering, and partner organizations to ensure market relevance and seamless execution Evaluate emerging technologies, market trends, and co

- **Id**: 4275973
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/echostar-mission-architect-space-systems>
- **Role**: Aerospace
- **Role family**: Aerospace
- **Seniority**: staff
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Germantown, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 15
- **Visa sponsorship**: yes
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-13T15:57:00Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-13
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-13T18:56:55Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 0
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 10489
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Growth opportunities
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Satellite Communications, Internet Service Providers, Mobile Networks, Streaming & OTT Platforms

## Company

- **Id**: 1846584
- **Name**: EchoStar
- **Domain**: echostar.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/echostar>
- **Size band**: 201-500
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Jibe

## Salary

- **Min**: 168245
- **Max**: 240350
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 240350

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 0

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 15
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: yes

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

## Hiring locations

- **United States** — Iso: US; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-13T18:56:55Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 86
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.86
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 0
- **Expected fill days**: 13
- **Reasons**: conf:2, win:early, comp:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-13T21:12:38Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 240350
- **Is top pay**: yes

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