The Enterprise Effects Division (EED) drives integration of Aerospace’s strategic capabilities across the national space enterprise. The divisionleveragesa broad array of engineering disciplines against a 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 a member of the Space Object Risk Department, you will be providing technical capabilities to support our customers in advancing situational awareness and hazard assessment and mitigation to operate safely in space.  Specifically, we are looking for an experienced technical expert and leader with skills in electromagnetic interference spaceflight safety, or, more specifically, RF and/or optical/laser risk assessment and mitigation involving geometric conjunction and power/link budget analysis relating to spacecraft and launch vehicles. 

Work Model 

This full-time position is based on a hybrid work model, requiring on-site presence at facilities in El Segundo, CA, Chantilly, VA or Colorado Springs, CO for at least 4 days per week, subject to business needs. 

What You’ll Be Doing  

• Contribute to a focus area of electromagnetic interference spaceflight safety while also providing additional support to related department functions, which could include space traffic management, space domain awareness data management, space object cataloguing, space object and debris environment assessment and projections, risk assessment and mitigation of launch, orbital, and suborbital threats related to debris, re-entry, and kinetic collisions. 

• Independently provide deep technical expertise, innovation, and project coordination/leadership in technical deep dives, trade studies, and assessments in teams with multi-disciplinary technical leaders across the company, Aerospace Program Office personnel, and external customers to define and address customer needs  

• Develop and present timely and technically accurate briefings and reports that clearly communicate analysis results and provide recommended solutions to technical leads, management, and customers 

• Train and mentor junior staff 

• Travel occasionally (as necessary) to support customer efforts 

Additional Duties for a Senior Engineering Specialist: 

• Act as a department senior liaison, providing proactive coordination and consultation to customers and Aerospace staff across the company

• Provide support in strategic planning,identifyingopportunities to leveragedevelopment and analysis across diverse projects and analysis types while suggesting ways to close capability gaps 

What You Need to be Successful  

Minimum Requirements for an Engineering Specialist: 

• Bachelor’s degree in relevant STEM discipline