The Aerospace Corporation

Capability Transformation Integration Lead

The Aerospace Corporation$155K — $233K *
Aerospace & Defense
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in a STEM or technical discipline.
  • 10+ years in progressively responsible engineering roles, especially in DE and M&S.
  • Hands-on experience with C++ and/or Python for enterprise-scale M&S libraries.
  • Familiarity with DE and M&S ecosystems, cloud, and HPC services.
  • Expertise in CI/CD practices using tools like GitLab CI or Jenkins.
  • Excellent communication skills to convey complex concepts to diverse audiences.
  • Ability to obtain and maintain a security clearance.

Responsibilities

  • Develop digital integration strategies for Aerospace and government clients.
  • Architect scalable M&S solutions for enterprise use.
  • Serve as a liaison for proactive coordination with software teams.
  • Drive organization-wide adoption of common M&S components.
  • Provide integrated perspectives to align cross-functional teams.

Benefits

  • 100% onsite work in locations including Chantilly, VA and El Segundo, CA.
  • Opportunity to influence digital capabilities in government and Aerospace.
  • Engagement in high-impact, technically demanding projects.
Full Job Description

The Digital Innovation Division (DID) is accountable for generating and executing integrated strategies, providing governance, and managing internal investments that form the foundation of Aerospace’s digital transformation. 

 

Th Digital Innovation Division is seeking an experienced and dynamic leader to support Modeling & Simulation (M&S) Software Integration activities for Aerospace and its customers. This role will provide leadership and advice to a range of Aerospace and government customers seeking assistance with digital transformation integration efforts, especially technically demanding activities related to the development of common software components and their integration into M&S Software applications and AI across multiple classifications and platforms. You will lead efforts to define M&S interface standards, drive interoperability across platforms, and ensure data and software quality, security, compliance at scale, and enable agentic workflows. Inherent in this job will be opportunities to significantly influence the future of digital capabilities for both the government and the Aerospace Corporation. 

 

 

This is a fulltime position that requires100% onsite work in Chantilly, VA;  El Segundo, CA; Colorado Springs, CO; or Huntsville, AL 

 

What You’ll Be Doing 

  • Develop and execute digital integration strategy(-ies) in support of Aerospace and government customers. Develop and drive digital integration strategies in support of Aerospace and government, with a focus on modernizing enterprise modeling and simulation workflows.  

  • Architect scalable M&S solutions. Design and implement software solutions – including common physics and engineering model components – built on enterprise Modeling and Simulation libraries and frameworks. Lead architecture decisions that account for diverse user requirements, use cases, and trade space constraints, ensuring solutions are optimized for deployment across cloud and high-performance computing environments 

  • Liaison. Serve as a senior liaison, providing proactive coordination and consultation to Aerospace and customers; specifically, lead adoption with software development teams to establish and mature CI/CD pipelines for M&S workflows, enabling automated testing, integration, and deployment of common components. Champion software engineering best practices – version control, containerization, automated validation – to accelerate delivery and improve credibility across program  

  • Drive organization-wide adoption. Develop and execute roadmaps and strategies to accelerate adoption of common M&S software components across multiple programs and teams. Build and encourage a community of practice, establish feedback loops with development teams, measure adoption, and performance metrics to demonstrate value and secure stakeholder buy-in. 

  • Provide integrated perspective. Provide expertise that incorporates the needs of Aerospace and the range of stakeholders to ensure that advice and solutions reflect consistent, balanced, and integrated strategies based on what is best for the entire space enterprise. aligning cross functional teams around goals and timelines.  

 

What You Need to be Successful  

Minimum Requirements : 

  • Bachelor’s degree in STEM or other technical discipline 

  • 10 or more years of increasingly responsible professional engineering roles, especially related to DE and M&S. 

  • Hands-on software development experience in C++ and/or Python, particularly in the context of building, maintaining, or integrating enterprise-scale M&S libraries, physics, models, or simulation frameworks 

  • Knowledge of and experience with DE and M&S ecosystems, cloud and HPC environments and services, data management, AI/ML technologies 

  • Expertise with CI/CD tools and practices including platforms such as GitLab CI, Jenkins, or GitHub Actions – with demonstrated experience designing or managing automated build, test, and deployment pipelines for simulation software 

  • Exceptional communication skills, with the ability to covey complex technical and mission focused concepts across a broad range of audiences and  multiple disciplines.  

  • Ability to Initiate acquisition of technical support from appropriate corporate resources 

  • Track record in building technical proficiency through mentoring and talent development initiatives  

  • 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. 

 

How You Can Stand Out 

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

  • Advanced degree in STEM or other technical discipline

  • 12or more years of increasingly responsible professional engineering roles, especially related to DE.

  • Experience in space domain modeling, simulation, and analysis 

  • Demonstrated success leading large-scalesoftware development andintegrationprojects

  • Direct experience with cloud, data, AIservice providersand/or platforms

  • Direct experience with DoD, NNSA,orcivilspace missions and capabilities

  • Effective communication skills, to include the ability to explain complex concepts clearly and conciselyto various typesof stakeholders

  • Knowledge / experience with specificDOD,NNSA, or civil space digital environments

  • Experience developing or deploying agentic AI systems,includingdesigningmulti-agent workflows, autonomousreasoning frameworks applied

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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