Position Overview

Responsibilities

• Create and maintain a user-centric, capability-focused vision and roadmap for your team, aligned to ATLAS program priorities and customer mission needs.
• Define, order, and maintain the team backlog so development effort is directed at the highest value-added capabilities.
• Balance new capability, sustainment, and technical debt in coordination with the ATLAS Lead Engineer and peer Product Owners.
• Coordinate with peer Product Owners to sequence cross-team dependencies and keep your team’s roadmap consistent with the integrated ATLAS baseline.

• Write user stories and acceptance criteria clear enough that development and test can execute against them without ambiguity.
• Refine the backlog with the team so upcoming work is ready, understood, and correctly sized before planning.
• Represent the customer in program increment and sprint planning, supplying prioritized, well-formed work for the team to plan against.
• Accept or reject completed work against defined acceptance criteria and maintain a release cadence the customer can plan around.
• Partner with the Scrum Master on delivery flow and impediment resolution; escalate risks affecting scope, schedule, or cross-team dependencies to ATLAS program leadership.

• Capture and advocate for stakeholder needs among developers, testers, and management.
• Articulate SSA and SDA capability needs to stakeholders and developers, translating operational language into implementable requirements and technical constraints back into mission terms.
• Serve as the day-to-day product interface with government stakeholders and mission users; conduct demonstrations and convert feedback into backlog items.
• Coordinate with lateral development and user teams to ensure maximum synergy between concurrent development efforts.

• Advocate for software accuracy, usability, and output consistency with the operational systems ATLAS supports.
• Support the team by augmenting skill gaps as necessary. These gaps may include software development, software testing, document generation, and user training.
• Contribute to onboarding of new team members and ensure lessons learned are captured and applied across increments.

Minimum Requirements

• US Citizenship required
• Security Clearance: Active TS/SCI required.
• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Space Operations, Aerospace Engineering, or a related technical field. Four additional years of relevant experience may substitute for the degree.
• Experience:
  • 8 or more years of relevant experience in software development, astrodynamics engineering, or SSA/SDA operations.
  • Demonstrated experience as a Product Owner, technical lead, or equivalent role on an Agile software development team, including ownership and prioritization of a product backlog.
  • Experience in one or more of the following: astrodynamics software development, SSA or SDA operations, or technical software development using an Agile philosophy.
  • Proven ability to write user stories and acceptance criteria that result in predictable delivery.
  • Advanced skillset in time management and task prioritization across competing stakeholder demands.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication, with the ability to brief both development teams and government leadership.
  • Ability to work independently, identify opportunities for process improvement, and drive them to adoption.

Preferred Qualifications

• Education: Master’s degree in Computer Science, Space Operations, Aerospace Engineering, or a related technical field.
• Experience:
  • 12 or more years of relevant experience, with a focus on Space Domain Awareness operations and/or software development.
  • Prior experience with ATLAS, SPADOC, ASW, or comparable SDA mission systems.
  • Experience in Space Force SSA or SDA operations at Vandenberg SFB, Schriever SFB, or Naval Support Facility Dahlgren.
  • Working familiarity with Java, full-stack web development, or cloud-integrated architectures sufficient to engage credibly with the development team on design trade-offs.
  • Familiarity with test automation frameworks, test-driven development, and CI/CD pipelines.
  • Experience with Jira, Confluence, and the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe).
  • Experience in one or more ATLAS team competencies such as software development, software testing, technical training, or technical documentation.
  • Prior work with government or DoD customers.
• Certifications: Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO), SAFe Product Owner/Product Manager (POPM), Certified ScrumMaster (CSM), or equivalent Agile certification; DoD 8570/8140 IAT Level II (e.g., Security+ CE).

Working Relationships

• Reports to: Omitron ATLAS Manager.
• Leads: An integrated ATLAS product team of software developers, test engineers, and supporting functions.
• Collaborates with: ATLAS program leadership, including the Program Manager, Lead Engineer, and peer Product Owners; team Scrum Master; lateral development and user teams.
• Customer Interface: Government program stakeholders and mission users; Prime program personnel, as delegated.

Schedule and Environment

• Remote position; proximity to Omitron's Colorado Springs, CO office is preferred, with on-site presence as required for program increment planning, software test, deployment, and problem resolution.
• Work is accomplished primarily Monday through Friday during standard business hours; due to the operational nature of the supported mission, work may occasionally be required outside those times.
• Travel is required. Product Owners travel for program planning events and to user sites to support user engagements and software rollouts. Expect approximately 4 to 8 weeks of travel per year for a Colorado-based candidate.
• Candidates based outside Colorado should expect roughly 3 additional weeks of travel per year to attend planning events in Colorado Springs.

Company Overview

Compensation and Benefits

• Health, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• HSA or FSA accounts
• Company-paid Short-Term/Long-Term Disability and AD&D insurance
• Paid Federal Holidays
• Paid Vacation and Sick Leave
• Parental Leave
• 401(k) with company match
• Supplemental insurance options (AFLAC, Voluntary Life)
• Professional Development Reimbursement