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*** The position is in Aurora, CO and/or Colorado Springs, CO***
The Infinity’s Next Generation Control Segment (OCX) Team is seeking qualified candidates to support Raytheon Company (RTN) in its efforts to transition to operations and sustain the Global Positioning System (GPS) III Control Segment (CS) program (also referred to as GPS OCX) into its next phase of development.
The GPS Advanced Control Segment (OCX) will provide new capabilities to continue to ensure GPS remains the world standard for PNT and eliminates shortcomings and vulnerabilities inherent in the current architecture that threaten to severely impact vital military operations, civil commerce, transportation, and public safety. The overall acquisition strategy of GPS / OCX is to incrementally develop a ground control segment that can introduce new capabilities through block deliveries to operations.
In general, an ideal candidate will support RTN in achieving the overall and specific objectives defined in the GPS OCX Government (RTN’s Customer) Statement of Work. Each candidate shall develop products and provide services in accordance with GPS OCX approved plans, work instructions, templates, and related process documentation.
Prospective Applicant product areas – The products that will be supported are 1) Navigation (NAV), 2) Key Management (KEM), and 3) Space Vehicle Control (SVC ITT). These products require Software Sustainment support.
Program Methodology - Raytheon and Applicant will maintain an agile program increment (PI) management approach to deliver DR/PR capacity targets. The Applicant shall deliver Deficiency Report (DR) and / or Problem Report (PR) Workoff resolution per direction of the Office of Chief Engineer (OCE) and / or Customer as determined by the Sprint plan. Applicant shall maintain agreed to DR Work Off velocity per the Sprint plan. RTN has adopted a 13-week Program Increment (PI), utilizing 2-week sprints release model for software DR/PR work off. The Applicant shall support any quarterly PI planning sessions as well as sprint-based team efforts (e.g., daily status, sprint retrospectives, etc.).
Software Baseline Maintenance - The Applicant shall provide maintenance of the Navigation (NAV), Key Management (KEM) and Space Vehicle Control (SVC ITT) software in alignment with the program technical baseline. The Applicant shall provide sustainment of the NAV, KEM and SVC-ITT CI Systems Engineering requirements baselines including, but not limited to, interfaces, requirements, algorithms and use cases. The Applicant shall maintain the Unit, Functional Test baselines, and related tools (e.g., message validation tool). The primary means for sustaining the technical baseline is via the DR/PR processes.
Software Build, Deployment, Assembly and Release - The Applicant shall provide maintenance of the NAV, KEM and SVC-ITT software CI build and deployment artifacts to meet the objectives provided by RTN. The Applicant shall support the defined Software Release cadence by delivering any agreed-upon DRs in accordance with the Program Increment and Sprint plan, support the Master Control Station Element assembly process, and provide inputs into the Release Closure Review (RCR). The Applicant is expected to support the execution of the Nightly/Weekly miniOps tenant pipelines which act as the continuous integration enabler and regression test. The Applicant is expected to support the resolution of any issues resulting from the execution of the pipelines.
Configuration Management and Data Management – The Applicant shall comply with Configuration Management standards as directed by RTN and / or Customer and adhere to industry best practices for Configuration Management. Planning and Schedule - The Applicant shall support preparation of an Integrated Master Plan (IMP) and Integrated Master Schedule (IMS) for the tasks they are responsible for and shall status the IMS on a weekly basis.
Quality Product and Acceptance – This requirement is to ensure Applicant’s Work conforms to the requirements of the ultimate Agreement. To support the Acceptance process, Applicant’s performance and any required deliverables shall be uniquely identifiable so that RTN’s inspectors or receivers can identify status and document quality history records or certification documents, as applicable.
This position is suited for a wide range of junior to senior career candidates. The level placement of the selected candidate will be between an Individual Contributor (IC) 2 and 5 (i.e., Associate (IC2), Staff (IC3), Senior Staff (IC4), or Lead (IC5)) based on the specific qualifications and previous relevant experience outlined below. A qualified candidate will be expected to meet some or all of the minimum and preferred qualifications and possess a combined 3-12 years of relevant experience in both back-end software engineering.
Primary Responsibilities