Space Force MUOS Communications Systems Architect

Basic Qualifications Bachelor's degree in Systems Engineering, or a related Science, Engineering or Mathematics field, plus a minimum of 8 years of relevant experience; or Master's degree, plus a minimum of 6 years of relevant experience.

CLEARANCE REQUIREMENTS: Department of Defense SECRET security clearance is preferred at time of hire. Candidates must be able to obtain a SECRET clearance within a reasonable amount of time from date of hire. Applicants selected will be subject to a U.S. Government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information. Due to the nature of work performed within our facilities, U.S. citizenship is required.

Responsibilities for this Position ROLE AND POSITION OBJECTIVES:

The MUOS System Architect / Senior Advanced Systems Engineer provides program-level architecture leadership for the Space Force MUOS program, a live mission-critical communications system. This role is responsible for translating customer mission objectives, operational constraints, technical risks, and long-term sustainment needs into a coherent system architecture and technical roadmap. The position works across systems engineering, software, hardware, network management, ground transport, cyber, test, sustainment, program leadership, and customer stakeholders. This role balances near-term capability delivery with long-term flexibility, reliability, cybersecurity, supportability, verification, and mission continuity.

Provides architecture leadership for MUOS enhancements, sustainment, modernization, and long-term technical planning. Translates customer mission objectives and future vision into a coherent technical framework for execution by engineering teams. Leads architecture decisions and trade studies involving requirements, interfaces, performance, cyber, verification, supportability, cost, schedule, and risk. Owns or supports the 5- to 10-year technical roadmap, including funded work, DMSMS/obsolescence risks, capability evolution, architecture enablers, and investment candidates. Guides cross-functional teams through requirements analysis, requirements management, functional analysis, system design, integration, and verification planning. Defines and reviews system requirements and allocations to subsystems, elements, and components. Performs interface definition and operational thread analysis across MUOS ground system domains. Identifies, analyzes, and resolves system design weaknesses and architecture risks. Supports system accreditation, certification, cybersecurity, and test activities by ensuring architecture impacts and evidence needs are understood. Evaluates impacts of new capabilities, technology refresh, DMSMS, unsupported hardware/software, cyber posture, vendor support, and sustainment constraints. Serves as a senior technical interface with customer stakeholders on architecture, strategy, technical risk, and future capability direction. Develops technical engineering products using appropriate standards, processes, procedures, and tools. Leads technical planning, cost/risk/supportability/effectiveness analysis, and proposal inputs for major program efforts. Coaches technical leads and engineers, helping raise architecture judgment across the team. Identifies opportunities to apply AI, automation, MBSE, and improved engineering workflows for continuous improvement and innovation.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

Excellent understanding and application of systems engineering and system architecture principles. Ability to reason across mission objectives, requirements, interfaces, cyber, test, sustainment, cost, schedule, and stakeholder impacts. Strong ability to lead architecture decisions under ambiguity, clearly separating facts, assumptions, options, risks, and recommended paths forward. Strong knowledge of requirements management, system modeling, architecture documentation, and technical