The Aerospace Corporation

2027 System of Systems Engineer

The Aerospace Corporation$80K — $90K *
Aerospace & Defense
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in aerospace engineering, systems engineering, math, or related field (recent graduates welcome)
  • 0-1 year of industry experience
  • Minimum GPA of 3.0
  • Strong interpersonal skills and ability to collaborate with diverse teams
  • Ability to function in multi-disciplinary systems engineering environments
  • Willingness to travel approximately 10%
  • Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government security clearance (citizenship required)

Responsibilities

  • Provide engineering and analytical support to government customers in portfolio management
  • Interact directly with Aerospace program personnel and government customers
  • Develop enterprise-level models and roadmaps for informed decision-making
  • Support deployment of Aerospace tools with government clients
  • Identify new capabilities and enhancements for customer support
  • Contribute to studies for solving technical problems
  • Collaborate within cross-organizational teams

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health care and wellness plans
  • Paid holidays, sick leave, and vacation
  • Standard and alternate work schedules, including telework options
  • 401(k) plan with company-paid benefits and matching contributions
  • Flexible spending accounts
  • Variable pay program for exceptional contributions
  • Relocation assistance
  • Professional growth and development programs
  • Education assistance programs
  • Inclusive work environment built on teamwork and respect
Full Job Description

Job Summary

The Enterprise Effects Division (EED) drives integration of Aerospace’s strategic capabilities across the national space enterprise. The division leverages a broad array of engineering disciplines against a wide-ranging and dynamic portfolio of programs, customers, and national challenges. EED spans the capability lifecycle from concept and architecture design to performance assessment to application of space and space-enabled capabilities.

As part of the Enterprise Design Subdivision (EDS), the Portfolio Analysis Department (PAD) drives responsive and comprehensive trades in customer portfolios. Working closely with corporate program offices PAD delivers portfolio decision insights that expand options for senior leaders and accelerates delivery of end effects. PAD integrates expertise, system analysis and design capabilities from across the corporation.

This position will follow an in-person 100% onsite work required at one of Aerospace’s campuses in Chantilly, VA, Colorado Springs, CO, or El Segundo, CA.

What You’ll Be Doing

  • Provide engineering and analytical support to government customers in the area of portfolio management and system-of-systems engineering
  • Interact directly with Aerospace program office personnel as well as government customers
  • Provide enterprise engineering and analytical support in portfolio management, digital engineering, and systems engineering across defense, intelligence, and civil government domains
  • Develop enterprise-level models and roadmaps that enable stakeholders to make informed, data-driven decisions on complex, cross-organizational challenges
  • Support the deployment or implementation of existing Aerospace tools and frameworks with government customers
  • Identify new capabilities and enhancements to current capabilities that will better support the customer base
  • Contribute to studies designed to solve new technical problems and provide new technical solutions
  • Take initiative to inform management of perceived technical problems and recommend courses of action
  • Collaborate with and work on cross-organizational teams
  • Occasional travel may be required

What Corporate Skills You’ll Bring

  • Strong written and oral communication skills
  • Must work well in a team environment
  • Possess organizational, time management and project management skills
  • Demonstrate flexibility and ability to adapt to changing organizational need
  • Interpersonal skills to coordinate efforts and work with other internal and external organizations

What You Need to be Successful

Minimum Requirements:

  • Completing a Bachelor's degree in aerospace engineering, systems engineering, math, or related technical discipline (pursuing or conferred within last 12 months).
  • 0 61 year of industry experience
  • Minimum GPA of 3.0or better
  • Excellent interpersonal and networking skills and ability to work effectively with a diverse set of collaborators
  • Ability to function in multi-disciplinary systems engineering and/or program management environments
  • Coursework or research experience in system architecting activities
  • Willing to travel (domestically/internationally) approx. 10%
  • This position requires ability to obtain and maintain a security clearance, which is issued by the US government. U.S citizenship is required to obtain a security clearance.
  • Transcripts required for this position

How You Can Stand Out

It would be impressive if you have one or more of these:

  • Active security clearance
  • Experience in systems-of-systems (SoS)engineering and architectingand model-based system engineering (MBSE) discipline, literature, tools, and processes
  • Coursework or research experience in broad, multidisciplinary teams involving system design, acquisition and/or operations in one or more of the following areas: satellite systems, ground systems, launch systems, spacecraft buses, and spacecraft payloads
  • Prior experience with related Aerospace architecting and design capabilities (Concurrent Design Center,Portfolio Decision Support Tool, various performance, cost, and risk analysis tools, etc.)

We offer a competitive compensation package where youll be rewarded based on your performance and recognized for the value you bring to our business. The grade-based pay range for this job is listed below. Individual salaries within that range are determined through a wide variety of factors including but not limited to education, experience, knowledge and skills.

(Min - Max)

$80,000.00 - $90,000.00

Pay Basis: Annual

Leadership Competencies

Our leadership philosophy is simple: every employee, regardless of level and role, can demonstrate leadership. At Aerospace, our commitment is our people. To cultivate our talent and ensure that we have a strong pipeline of future leaders, we want individuals who:

  • Operate Strategically
  • Lead Change
  • Engage with Impact
  • Foster Innovation
  • Deliver Results

Ways We Reward Our Employees

During your interview process, our team will provide details of our industry-leading benefits.

Benefits vary and are applicable based on Job Type. A few highlights include:

  • Comprehensive health care and wellness plans

  • Paid holidays, sick time, and vacation

  • Standard and alternate work schedules, including telework options

  • 401(k) Plan 61 Employees receive a total company-paid benefit of 8%, 10%, or 12% of eligible compensation based on years of service and matching contributions; employees are immediately eligible and vested in the plan upon hire

  • Flexible spending accounts

  • Variable pay program for exceptional contributions

  • Relocation assistance

  • Professional growth and development programs to help advance your career

  • Education assistance programs

  • An inclusive work environment built on teamwork, flexibility, and respect

We are all unique, from various backgrounds and all walks of life, yet one thing bonds all of us to each otherthe belief that we can make a difference. This core belief empowers us to do our best work at The Aerospace Corporation.

About The Aerospace Corporation

The Aerospace Corporation is a nonprofit corporation that operates a federally funded research and development center (FFRDC) headquartered in El Segundo, California. The corporation provides technical guidance and advice on all aspects of space missions to military, civil, and commercial customers. Aerospace also designs and develops spacecraft, sensors, and other systems in support of national security, civil, and commercial customers. The corporation has more than 4,000 employees and operates a number of laboratories and test facilities across the United States.
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1960

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