Chief Engineer

Odyssey is seeking a Chief Engineer 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 Chief Engineer for Golden Dome would have extensive experience leading the design, development, and integration of complex, multi-domain space systems-particularly within the national security space enterprise. They must be skilled in enterprise architecture, mission engineering, and technical risk management, with a proven ability to align system design with operational needs in contested and resilient space environments.

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.

Why Golden Dome?

Unparalleled Impact: Play a leading role in protecting millions of Americans and reinforcing global deterrence.

Cutting-Edge Technology: Engage in frontier systems-space interceptors, hypersonic sensors, AI-driven C2, and next-gen radars.

HighProfile Leadership: Work under Gen. MichaelGuetlein and Secretary Hegseth.

CrossSector Collaboration: Join a diverse team from across defense, commercial tech, and space sectors to tackle the hardest engineering, strategic, and operational challenges ever attempted.

If you're driven to protect the nation, push technological boundaries, and collaborate with top-tier talent across aerospace and defense, Golden Dome is where your legacy begins.

This is a full-time position located in Huntsville, AL.

***Contingent upon contract award***

Duties include, but are not limited to:

Technical Authority & Architecture Oversight: Serve as the lead technical authority, shaping and validating the end-to-end system architecture to ensure alignment with Golden Dome's mission objectives and resiliency goals.

• Engineering Integration & Execution: Oversee the integration of all engineering disciplines-space, ground, cyber, and communications-ensuring cohesive design, development, and operational performance

• Technical Risk Management: Identify, assess, and mitigate technical risks across the program life-cycle, including design trades, technology insertion, and system vulnerabilities.

• Mission Thread and Capability Alignment: Ensure that system designs fully support key mission threads, CONOPS, and joint operational requirements through rigorous systems engineering practice.

• Stakeholder Engagement & Technical Leadership: Lead technical coordination across government, industry, and mission partners, providing clear guidance, decision support, and strategic technical vision.

***Contingent upon contract award***

Citizenship: Must be a US citizen

Minimum Required Qualifications

Clearance: Must have and be able to maintain an active TS/SCI level clearance and CI Polygraph

Education: Master's Degree in related field

Years of Experience: 20 years of directly related experience

- Expert in highly classified space control space, ground, and C2 systems (concepts, development, build, and test)
- Expert in maturing technologies through all TRL levels
- Expert in architecture and technical requirements development
- Highly knowledgeable in space situational awareness architecture development and capability limitations
- Expert in systems engineering and program management focused on development, testing, and employing information operations, space, and airborne systems
- Expert in space system design, development, integration, test, and operations
- Expert in multiple space control-related technologies, including but not limited to optical sensors, radar, electronic support, signals intelligence, and communications
- Highly knowledgeable in space control mission area
- Demonstrates ability to develop, update, and coordinate ACAT-like program documentation
- Highly knowledgeable in ground system design, development, integration, test, and operations
- Demonstrates ability to organize and conduct system level technical design reviews and audits

Additional Information

Location: Huntsville, AL

Travel: ~10%

Remote, Onsite, or Hybrid: 100% onsite pending Government approval regarding hybrid

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***Contingent upon contract award***

Odyssey Systems is a world-class technical, engineering, and integration company serving the warfighting ecosystem with airborne integration, ISR, C2, and warfighter readiness capabilities. Odyssey meets the military's operational needs by integrating layered defense systems from equipment, technology, and services to data, information, and business operations. We streamline defense acquisition and sustainment, engineering the technical battlefield with domain-specific proficiency to ensure lethality. Odyssey is dedicated to excellent contract execution, peak organizational performance, and fostering a workplace built on employee care.

Odyssey is proud to live out our core values of commitment, ambition, and respect in our work and communities through OdysseyCares, a philanthropic group focused on giving back through direct donations, an employer match program, and volunteering events.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

Final compensation for this position will be determined by various factors such as the Federal Government contract labor categories and contract wage rates, relevant work experience, specific skills and competencies, geographic location, education, and certifications.

This position is filled through continuous recruitment and will remain open until a sufficient pool of applications has been received.

Hired applicants may be eligible for benefits, including but not limited to, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, Tricare supplement, short-term disability, long-term disability, 401(k) match, flexible spending accounts, health savings accounts, employee assistance program, learning and development benefit, paid time off, and holidays.

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