Space Systems SME Trainer

As a trainer & systems subject matter expert on developing space domain systems supporting a national security program space warfighting mission, you will be part of a training team responsible for equipping assigned staff with the knowledge and technical skills necessary to win in a contested space environment. The systems SME trainer role is an expert user of current and developing resident space object (RSO) monitoring & tracking systems, playing a vital role in constructing tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) and integrating space threat response procedures into current operations by leveraging the latest deployed software capabilities. A successful candidate will enhance training program development, documentation and hands-on training efforts by merging system and mission knowledge to enable our warfighters and protect national space assets. This subject matter expert (SME)-level position requires advanced skills in both formal classroom instruction and hand-on system training.

• Provide formal classroom and hands-on training for staff in all work center divisions
• Understands all major system capabilities, workflows, data types/formats, system dependencies at an expert level, with ability to develop quick contingency procedures
• Lead training meetings, attend ops update briefings, exercise, strategic planning meetings, and tool demonstrations, sharing SME knowledge & system expertise
• Assist in system integration and development efforts as SME and user resource
• Recognizes and reports on any system roadblocks, vulnerabilities, and/or procedural and training deficits posing risk to mission success
• Offer ad hoc and supplemental hands-on system training for operators upon request
• Author training documentation and builds visual aids with step-by-step instructions, capturing system screenshots with supporting annotations using standard office software tools (i.e. MS Word, PowerPoint, Adobe PDF etc.)
• Maintains advanced system proficiency (i.e., Systems Tool Kit (STK) and other software)
• Work full-time on-site at a government facility in Springfield, VA (*some travel, up to 15%, is necessary to meet training and mission requirements)

***This position is contingent upon award of contract***

• 12 years of space operations and/or space intelligence experience with bachelor’s degree (BS/BA); 16 years of relevant experience in lieu of degree; 10 years of relevant experience with master’s degree in related STEM or teaching fields
• Excellent oral & written communication skills
• Active TS/SCI clearance with adjudicated Poly

Preferred: 

• 4+ years’ experience using flight safety tools (i.e., ASW, SuperCombo) tools, STK or similar orbital visualization propagators and threat determination analysis tools
• 2+ years’ formal training/instructor experience
• SME-level knowledge of foreign/domestic space & ground system threat capabilities
• Prior supervisor/managerial or operations task/project team lead experience
• Prior experience with Air Force/Space Force training records and positional task lists
• Orbital Analyst schooling (i.e. Space 100, 200, 300, Advance Orbital Mechanics, Orbital Analyst Training Course or similar)
• Advanced proficiency in MS word and PowerPoint
• Superior oral & written communication skills, experience interacting with military and civilian leaders