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This role is located in Chantilly, VA.\nSpecific Duties Include:\nLead systems engineering activities to integrate a new mission segment into an existing enterprise ground system supporting satellite command and control operations.\nAssess impacts of new segment capabilities on legacy ground architecture, including mission management, data routing, cybersecurity boundaries, message exchanges, and external interfaces.\nDevelop and execute transition and integration strategies that minimize operational disruption and mitigate technical, schedule, and mission risk.\nReview, adjudicate, and influence Interface Control Documents (ICDs), Interface Requirements Documents (IRDs), and message definitions to ensure clear, testable, and verifiable interface specifications.\nDefine and recommend integration test strategies, including incremental interface validation before enterprise-level testing.\nCoordinate with segment developers, ground operators, cybersecurity, and infrastructure teams to ensure coherent integration across functional boundaries.\nEvaluate requirements traceability from mission objectives through ground system implementation to ensure alignment during transition.\nIdentify cross-program dependencies and integration risks; develop mitigation plans and provide technical recommendations to leadership.\nContribute to technical assessments during major reviews with emphasis on integration readiness and architectural consistency.\nRequired Qualifications\nMust possess an active Top Secret/SCI clearance and CI polygraph (polygraph within the last ten (10) years).\nBachelor's degree in a STEM field and ten (10) or more years of experience; Master's degree and eight (8) or more years of experience.\nExcellent interpersonal, leadership, team building, and problem-solving skills with a demonstrated ability to be effective in a Government/Contractor team environment.\nWillingness to travel 10%.\n#ssi #weknowhowtobuildit #spacejobs\n\nSpace Systems Integration provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.\n#ssi #weknowhowtobuildit #spacejobs","company":"Space Systems Integration","rawCompany":"space systems integration","city":"Gaithersburg","state":"MD","isRemote":false,"isActive":false,"createdAt":"2026-04-12T17:58:31.530Z","occupations":[{"code":"15-1299.08","title":"Computer Systems Engineers/Architects","slug":"computer-systems-engineers-architects"},{"code":"17-2011.00","title":"Aerospace Engineers","slug":"aerospace-engineers"},{"code":"17-3021.00","title":"Aerospace Engineering and Operations Technologists and Technicians","slug":"aerospace-engineering-and-operations-technologists-and-technicians"}],"industries":[{"code":"927110","title":"Space Research and Technology","slug":"space-research-and-technology"},{"code":"336414","title":"Guided Missile and Space Vehicle Manufacturing","slug":"guided-missile-and-space-vehicle-manufacturing"},{"code":"541330","title":"Engineering Services","slug":"engineering-services"}],"jobPosting":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"JobPosting","title":"Ground Integration Systems Engineer","description":"Space Systems Integration (SSI) is a fast-growing engineering company that provides aerospace solutions to a variety of government and commercial customers. 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