Space Traffic Management Project Lead

Omitron Inc. is looking for an experienced analyst to lead efforts in establishing our Space Traffic Management (STM) program.  Our team is supporting efforts to create initial conjunction assessment functionality for the Department of Commerce's Traffic Coordination System for Space (TraCSS) effort.  As the Omitron STM Lead, a successful candidate will manage a growing technical staff in support of an evolving customer need.  Our STM Lead will interact with government representatives from organizations including the Department of Commerce, Department of Defense, and NASA as well as their supporting organizations to enable a government-run commercial STM capability.  This interaction will involve informing policymakers on Omitron capabilities as well as providing technical briefings and participating in technical exchanges.  The Omitron STM Lead is expected to orchestrate our internal STM support team and company resources with little supervision to achieve customer and company objectives.

Essential Functions:

The Omitron STM Lead participates in high-level and technical meetings to define and create an initial conjunction assessment capability for the DoC TraCCS program.  This effort will involve understanding and implementing Omitron's Astrodynamics Support Workstation (ASW) software in a DoC environment using DoD and commercial data.  Based in Suitland, MD, the STM Lead will coordinate local and non-local Omitron engineers and analysts to rapidly evolve deployed software capability as well as support requested research studies and any future STM-related business development.  The STM Lead will further coordinate plans and status with company leadership on a recurring basis.

The ideal candidate will have outstanding technical talent and communication skills; have tactical and strategic experience in Space Domain Awareness (SDA) operations; understand the complexities of current SDA operations; have the desire to enable customer success; be flexible to an ever-evolving work environment.

Some travel may be required

Qualifications:

• Master's degree in Aerospace Engineering, Systems Engineering, Space Operations, or a related discipline and 10 years of relevant experience or Bachelor's degree and 15 years of experience
• Experience in SDA technologies such as orbit determination and conjunction assessment
• Knowledge of current commercial SDA companies and capabilities
• Experience in technical team management and leadership
• Excellent interpersonal, written, and oral communication skills
• Comfortable speaking and presenting complex ideas to leadership and customers

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in advising government space programs
• Experience utilizing DoD SDA data
• Experience in operating Omitron's Astrodynamics Support Workstation software
• Familiarity with ASW software products
• Familiarity with current STM data formats

Benefits include:

Health, Dental and Vision Insurance

HSA or FSA accounts

Company paid ST/LT Disability and AD&D insurance

Paid Federal Holidays

Paid Vacation Leave and Sick Leave

401k with company match

Supplemental Insurance options like AFLAC

Education Assistance

Voluntary Life Insurance

Company Overview

Welcome to Omitron! A quick background on us before getting into the fun stuff. Omitron is an Aerospace Engineering and Information Technology small business with locations all over the US. Our headquarters is located in Beltsville, Maryland with a regional office in Colorado Springs, Colorado, and so many other locations we don’t have the space to list them all. We’ve been around for over 35 years since 1984 to be exact. Omitron has provided excellence in engineering services and product development to government and industry customers for both civilian and military programs and is recognized across the industry for that excellence.

Our motto is Ensure Mission Success. We recognize that outstanding people are the key to our success, so we take our time in selecting highly qualified and motivated individuals. We make sure to provide them with an environment necessary to stimulate and nurture continued growth.

To provide that environment, Omitron offers its employees competitive salaries, a full benefits package (that our employees rave about), and excellent career growth opportunities. Omitron also strives to foster a fun and welcoming work culture, the various offices often hold moral events (paintball anyone? Or how about a nice picnic?) in addition to holiday parties and the like.

Omitron is an equal opportunity employer committed to creating an inclusive environment for all of our employees. We strongly encourage women, persons of color, persons with disabilities, and veterans to apply. EEO/AA. E-Verify Participation.