# Lead Space System Engineer

Lead Space System Engineer About the Team: The Sensors Division develops advanced solutions in radar, space-based sensing, electronic warfare, and underwater acoustics. Within the Space Missions and Sensing (SMS) Sector, we focus on advancing space sensing, space control, and counter-sensing technologies for critical national security missions. The Role: Lead Space System Engineer The SMS Sector is seeking a Lead Space System Engineer to leverage their systems engineering expertise in a dynamic Research & Development environment. In this role, you will be an integral part of a team dedicated to the development of a cutting-edge space-based sensing system platform. You will architect the system and define requirements for the constellation, encompassing command and control (C2), intersatellite communications, ground processing, spectrum allocation, and satellite sensor modes. You will drive the critical decision-making process on how functionality is partitioned between space and ground segments, balancing mission performance against key constraints such as SWAP-C and security. As the system engineer, you will collaborate closely with program leadership and external partners to esta

- **Id**: 3783467
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/systems-and-technology-research-lead-space-system-engineer>
- **Role**: DevOps
- **Role family**: DevOps
- **Seniority**: lead
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Melbourne, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 7
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-05T00:35:38Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-05
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-09T16:48:17Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 4
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 5887
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: C4ISR, Cyber Warfare, Defense AI

## Company

- **Id**: 5401
- **Name**: Systems and Technology Research
- **Domain**: str.us
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/str>
- **Size band**: 1001-5000
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Greenhouse

### Truth index

- **Grade**: A
- **Score**: 86
- **Open postings**: 39
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.564
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 49
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-09T06:03:00Z

## Salary

- **Min**: 174000
- **Max**: 225000
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 225000

## Technologies

- **Radar Signal Processing** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 4

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 7
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: yes

### Education

- **Level**: master
- **Optional**: no

## Hiring locations

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

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-05T02:16:51Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 63
- **Band**: ok
- **Label**: Likely open
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.632
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 4
- **Expected fill days**: 49
- **Reasons**: conf:3, stale_co, velocity, win:early, comp:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-09T06:03:00Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 225000
- **Is top pay**: yes

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