• Provide acquisition support for Advanced Space Project acquisition planning and development, including generating recommendations for acquisition strategies, procurement plans, and source‑selection documentation.
• Develop and maintain acquisition artifacts such as project baselines, requirements traceability plans, memorandums of agreement, project management plans, and resource/policy implementation plans.
• Integrate analytical methods to evaluate program concepts, mission strategies, and system performance to inform cost, schedule, budget, and technical trade decisions.
• Lead development of architectures for modeling, simulation, and data tools, ensuring alignment with acquisition objectives, operational needs, and prototype mission use cases.
• Identify risks across operations, resources, networks, architectures, and mission areas to support strategic decision-making regarding priorities, funding, requirements, and resourcing.

• Support hosted payload acquisition planning, including maintaining integrated views of cost, schedule, budget, and technical performance relevant to payload hosting agreements.
• Serve as a key interface between the program office and functional areas including contracting, technical engineering teams, cost/schedule analysts, and other program stakeholders.
• Apply skills such as program management, contracting knowledge, technical analysis, price analysis, and budget/cost management to ensure acquisition cohesion and program execution health.

• Lead project teams including Aerospace personnel, government customers, and contractors across concurrent studies, eliciting needs, requirements, constraints, and engineering inputs.
• Mentor early‑career and experienced mission engineers, guiding development of mission engineering capabilities to meet emerging customer demands.
• Oversee development of technical architecture artifacts, requirements verification materials, and strategic communication products for senior‑level program decision forums.

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Physics, Mathematics, Computer Science, or other STEM discipline.
• 6+ years experience in space, intelligence, or defense mission areas.
• Experience with project planning, team leadership, and multi‑organization collaboration.
• Experience preparing and presenting strategic decision‑making products, technical architecture documentation, and engineering review artifacts.
• Ability to manage multiple concurrent projects, lead cross‑functional teams, and coordinate acquisition and technical activities across stakeholders.
• Willingness to travel (<10%).
• Active TS/SCI clearance (U.S. citizenship required).

Perks and Benefits

• Vacation:

  New Hires Accrue 20 days of PTO and 10 Holidays per Year
• Health Insurance:

  Zero Deductible Health Plans
• Flexible Schedules:

  Flex Schedules
• Professional Development:

  Up to $10,000 Annual Education/Training Reimbursement
• ESOP:

  Funded Stock Ownership Plan
• 401k Match+:

  6% 401k Match + Immediate Vesting
• Bonus Program:

  Semi-Annual Bonus Opportunity
• Mentorship:

  Career Mentorship Programs

Why is MTSI a great place to work

• Interesting Work:

  Our co-workers support some of the most important and critical programs to our national defense and security.
• Values:

  Our first core value is that employees come first. We challenge our co-workers to provide the highest level of support and service, and reward them with some of the best benefits in the industry.
• 100% Employee Owned:

  We have a stake in each other's success, and the success of our customers. It's also nice to know what's going on across the company; we have company wide town-hall meetings three times a year.
• Great Benefits - Most Full-Time Staff Are Eligible for:
• • Starting PTO accrual of 20 days PTO/year + 10 holidays/year
  • Flexible schedules
  • 6% 401k match with immediate vesting up to $9k annually
  • Semi-annual bonus eligibility (July and Decemeber)
  • Company funded Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) - a separate qualified retirement account
  • Up to $10,000 in annual educational reimbursement
  • Other company funded benefits, like life and disability insurance
  • Optional zero deductible Blue Cross/Blue Shield health insurance plan
• Track Record of Success:

  We have grown every year since our founding in 1993.

Modern Technology Solutions, Inc. (MTSI) is a 100% employee-owned engineering services and solutions company that provides high-demand technical expertise in Digital Transformation, Modeling and Simulation, Rapid Capability Development, Test and Evaluation, Artificial Intelligence, Autonomy, Cybersecurity and Mission Assurance

MTSI delivers capabilities to solve problems of global importance. Founded in 1993, MTSI today has employees at over 20 offices and field sites worldwide.

For more information about MTSI, please visitwww.mtsi-va.com

EEO Statement

Why is MTSI a great place to work

• Interesting Work: Our co-workers support some of the most important and critical programs to our national defense and security.
• Values: Our first core value is that employees come first. We challenge our co-workers to provide the highest level of support and service, and reward them with some of the best benefits in the industry.
• 100% Employee Owned: We have a stake in each other's success, and the success of our customers. It's also nice to know what's going on across the company; we have company wide town-hall meetings three times a year.
• Great Benefits - Most Full-Time Staff Are Eligible for:
• • Starting PTO accrual of 20 days PTO/year + 10 holidays/year
  • Flexible schedules
  • 6% 401k match with immediate vesting up to $9k annually
  • Semi-annual bonus eligibility (July and Decemeber)
  • Company funded Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) - a separate qualified retirement account
  • Up to $10,000 in annual educational reimbursement
  • Other company funded benefits, like life and disability insurance
  • Optional zero deductible Blue Cross/Blue Shield health insurance plan
• Track Record of Success: We have grown every year since our founding in 1993.

Modern Technology Solutions, Inc. (MTSI) is a 100% employee-owned engineering services and solutions company that provides high-demand technical expertise in Digital Transformation, Modeling and Simulation, Rapid Capability Development, Test and Evaluation, Artificial Intelligence, Autonomy, Cybersecurity and Mission Assurance

MTSI delivers capabilities to solve problems of global importance. Founded in 1993, MTSI today has employees at over 20 offices and field sites worldwide.

For more information about MTSI, please visit www.mtsi-va.com