Direct Access Systems Engineer

Vantor is forging the new frontier of spatial intelligence, helping decision makers and operators navigate what's happening now and shape what's coming next. Vantor is a place for problem solvers, changemakers, and go-getters-where people are working together to help our customers see the world differently, and in doing so, be seen differently. Come be part of a mission, not just a job, where you can: Shape your own future, build the next big thing, and change the world.
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Maxar Intelligence is a provider of secure, precise, geospatial intelligence. We deliver disruptive value to government and commercial customers to help them monitor, understand and navigate our changing planet. Our unique approach combines decades of deep mission understanding and a proven commercial and defense foundation to deploy solutions and deliver insights with unrivaled speed, scale and cost effectiveness. We are hiring a Systems Engineer to join our Direct Access Ground Systems team, part of the Direct Access Program in Westminster, CO.
About the mission: Direct Access provides customers with the capability to task the Maxar satellites directly, and receive, process, host, and disseminate their own image data through Maxar-delivered ground systems. The DAGS team's goal is to ensure that Maxar's initiatives are met for the Corporate, and International Defense & Intelligence Direct Access program. The contribution to this goal is to design, develop, implement and maintain the ground system software on the Headquarters side of the program, ensuring zero-downtime, 24/7 operational success for our DAF customers and internal operational end users.
Your Project: In this role, you will be a member of the Direct Access Ground System engineering team, which is responsible for the full Systems Engineering lifecycle for the Direct Access Headquarters system. You will be responsible for the design and sustainment of the operational Direct Access ground system across our customer base. This includes being the subject matter expert for the existing domain and technical lead for new customer and product-driven capabilities. Responsibilities include daily engagement with internal development engineers, system engineers and stakeholders to drive new ground system software solutions on-time and on-budget as well as resolve system issues that impact day-to-day operations.
Your Career: We are very serious about professional development and continuing education at Maxar. We offer our team members with the opportunity to define their own career trajectory. Our group has amazing resources to support learning and development. You will work with your manager, or a mentor, to set goals and design a development plan to advance your career.
What We Offer: Time for dedicated professional development, conference attendance, corporate partner and industry training, peer group collaboration, hackathons, as well as paid certifications, education reimbursement and student loan forgiveness. There is a reason we boast awards like Best Employer, Best Place to work, Top employer, candidate experience winner. Our strength is in our people. Each team member makes a unique contribution to our collective mission. So, we recognize that with best-in-class benefits like:

• 401K
• Career growth opportunities
• Family friendly benefits like maternity and paternity leave, adoption reimbursement, flexible hours, hybrid work options
• Program to help you grow like tuition reimbursement, hackathons, and career development
• Student loan repayment
• Generous time off
• Plus everything you'd expect from a leading employer such as a matching and immediately vest 401K plan, robust insurance coverage, medical, dental and vision, etc.

Responsibilities:

• Decompose high-level business requirements into detailed technical software solutions that fit into the larger microservice architecture of the ground system.
• Work with external teams to design, develop and implement new capabilities that support the Direct Access Program and its customers around the world.
• Serve in a technical role leading the operational sustainment of assigned subsystems across the Direct Access ground systems.
• Act as subject matter expert for the Direct Access Ground System domain.
• Lead internal software development teams in prioritizing and building cutting edge technical solutions to complex software problems

Minimum Requirements:

• Must be a U.S. Citizen with 2 to 5 years' experience in satellite ground systems engineering or strong experience in broader systems engineering functions.
• Bachelor degree in systems engineering or other engineering/computer science related field. Four additional years of experience may be substituted for a degree.
• Foundational understanding of satellite ground system components and operational concepts.
• Strong listening, verbal, and written communication skills, which include customer communication and technical writing.
• Ability to troubleshoot and identify root cause of operational issues and drive to resolution with internal stakeholders and system developers.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience supporting operational satellite ground systems.
• Ability to work methodically to identify issues and develop solutions.
• Experience testing complex satellite ground systems.
• Ability to understand, follow, and execute rigorous integration and test requirements, cases, and plans.
• Ability to document detailed training materials.
• Ability to grasp and contribute to system solutions that will meet the needs of customers.
• Understand computer systems and architectures including Windows, Linux, Docker, and scripting.
• Team player - ability to work across multiple functional organizations and across cultures.
• Hands on person with a growth-oriented mindset.

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• The base pay for this position within Colorado is: $102,000.00 - $170,000.00 annually.
For all other states, we use geographic cost of labor as an input to develop market-driven ranges for our roles, and as such, each location where we hire may have a different range.
Benefits: Vantor offers a competitive total rewards package that goes beyond the standard, including a robust 401(k) with company match, mental health resources, and unique perks like student loan repayment assistance, adoption reimbursement and pet insurance to support all aspects of your life. You can find more information on our benefits at: https://www.Vantor.com/careers
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