27th June, 2025
Role: Product Support Subject Matter Expert (SME).
Location: El Segundo, CA.
Job Description:
Looking for a Product Support Subject Matter Expert (SME) to provide advisory & assistance services (A&AS) to support a major defense program, focusing on Department of Defense (DoD) acquisition life cycle planning and Space Force systems.
The ideal candidate will have experience leading logistics and sustainment planning efforts for space systems and programs. and working closely with engineering, acquisition, and operational teams to optimize sustainment throughout the system lifecycle, in compliance with DoD and Space Force sustainment policies within Space Systems Command (SSC).
The Space Systems Command (SSC) Space Domain Awareness and Combat Power (SDACP) (SSC/SZ), Battle Management, Command, Control, and Communications (BMC3) (SSC/BC) provides highly classified Space Domain Awareness (SDA) systems, Defensive and Offensive Space Control (DSC/OSC) capabilities, and space test range assets to meet current and projected DoD operational requirements. SSC/SZ-BC develops, integrates, tests, deploys, sustains, and supports operations for systems that meet strategic and tactical operational needs.
This mission area requires personnel with experience and an in-depth understanding of the environments that include ground, near-space, space, and any system that operates in those environments.
Key responsibilities include:
- Provide lifecycle logistics support in the development and sustainment of systems engineering, architecture development and decision making, integrated logistics planning & execution, and overall product support throughout the acquisition lifecycle (design, development, test, production, sustainment, improvement modifications, and system disposition)
- Develop, deliver, and refine draft product support requirements documents.
- Implement and manage support functions to field and maintain the readiness and operational capability of weapon systems, subsystems, and components, and provide oversight of product support functions for fielded systems.
- Use the Financial and Air Clearance Transportation System (FACTS) and Defense Enterprise and Accounting Management System (DEAMS), and provide personnel to manage military cargo.
- Provide product support to space systems, including Development Security Operations (DevSecOps), rapid prototyping, and fielding.
- Develop and maintain technical order management and maintenance activities.
- Assist with the development of new technical order development strategies (request for information (RFI); request for proposal (RFP), statement of work (SOW), etc.).
Qualifications: Educational Requirements: REQUIRED Experience: - 20+ years’ experience; be a SME-recognized industry leader.
- Experience establishing product support strategies that align with acquisition strategies and identifying required infrastructures, processes, and procedures to maintain system capabilities.
- Experience integrating system engineering quantitative design characteristics (reliability, maintainability, etc.) with the functional logistics/integrated product support elements to identify product support resources.
- Experience and knowledge in implementing and executing the twelve (12) Product Support Elements (PSE).
- Intimate knowledge of Financial and Air Clearance Transportation System (FACTS) and Defense Enterprise and Accounting Management System (DEAMS).
- Experience working in a fast-paced, mission-driven environment.
- Strong background in U.S. Space Force systems and organizations, particularly Space Systems Command.
Security Clearance: Additional InformationWe offer a full range of benefits, including competitive salary, a comprehensive health plan including dental and vision coverage, company-paid life & disability insurance policies, 401(k) plan with company match, and an educational reimbursement program.
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
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