The Aerospace Corporation

Space Warfighting Engineer

The Aerospace Corporation$117K — $226K *
Aerospace & Defense
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in engineering, science, mathematics, or a related field
  • 8 years of experience in space architectures analysis and operations
  • Proven ability to maintain effective relationships with contractors and customers
  • Experience in conducting independent technical assessments
  • Prior experience leading cross-organization projects
  • Willingness to travel up to 15% of the time
  • Active TS security clearance and SCI access required.

Responsibilities

  • Develop engineering assessments of command, control, and communications (C3) systems integration
  • Lead modeling and analysis of C3 and telemetry, tracking, and command (TT&C) systems
  • Identify risks and opportunities for C3 and TT&C systems
  • Develop C3 and TT&C capability requirements for space missions
  • Coordinate technical exchanges with government and program offices

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health care and wellness plans
  • Paid holidays, sick time, and vacation
  • Flexible work schedules and telework options
  • Generous 401(k) Plan with company-paid benefits
  • Education assistance programs
Full Job Description

Defense Systems Group (DSG) provides analysis-based decision support to senior leaders on space architectures, policy and strategy, development planning, system of systems engineering, and threat reduction to help shape the future space missions across the national security space (NSS) enterprise. DSG is unique at Aerospace as it not only directly supports major customers, including US Space Force, U.S Space Command, Air Force Materiel Command, and senior leadership at the Pentagon, but also provides a broad range of services and support across the national space enterprise, maintaining vertical responsibilities with customers but also horizontal, matrixed responsibilities across the corporation. DSG also assists the Space Force Space Systems Command (SSC) in the conception, design, acquisition, launch and operations of satellite, launch vehicle, ground control, and range systems.

As a Space Warfighting Engineer (Project Engineer/Senior Project Engineer 6 Enterprise Systems Engineering), you will analyze the performance of command, control, and communications (C3) that enable space mission areas including Orbital Warfare (OW), Electromagnetic Warfare (EW), and Cyberspace Warfare (CW), Satellite Communications (SATCOM), Navigation Warfare (NAVWAR), Missile Warning and Tracking (MWT), Space-Based Sensing and Targeting (SBST), and Theater Electromagnetic Warfare (TEW). In this role, you will collaborate across space programs and communicate your analysis findings to the government to provide technical advice on the C3 system capabilities needed for military space operations. Your end-to-end systems integration work will ensure critical commands propagate across communication networks to space systems that deliver space warfighting effects.

This position requires full-time on-site presence at our facility in El Segundo, CA.

What You 6ll Be Doing

  • Work independently with customers and with technical support, to develop engineering assessments of C3 systems integration and satellite control telemetry, tracking, and command (TTC) capabilities
  • Lead modeling, simulation, and analysis efforts to characterize the performance of C3 and TTC systems of systems
  • Identify analytically grounded risks, issues, gaps, and opportunities for C3 and TTC systems
  • Develop system of system C3 and TTC capability requirements needed across the space mission areas
  • Coordinate across government and program offices to conduct technical exchanges, collect data, and communicate study findings

What You Need to be Successful

Minimum Requirements for the Project Engineer 6 Enterprise Systems Engineering

  • Bachelor 6s degree from an accredited program in engineering, science, mathematics, or an equivalent technical field
  • 8 years of combined experience inspace architectures analysis, design,modeling, acquisition,test, integration, and/or operation for satellite or ground systems
  • Proven ability toestablishand maintain effective working relationships with contractors, customers, and corporate staff
  • Experience conducting independent research and gathering information to perform technical assessments
  • Prior experience leading projects that required collaborating across organizations
  • Willing to travelup to approximately15% time
  • This position requires an active TS security clearance and SCI access with the ability to obtain and maintain Special Access Program (SAP), which is issued by the U.S. government. U.S. citizenship is required.

In addition to the above, the minimum requirements for Senior Project Engineer 6 Enterprise Systems Engineering include:

  • Prior role as a senior technical authority, consultant, primary investigator, or team leader
  • Experience coordinating large-scale technical efforts
  • Proven ability to mentor emerging engineering talent
  • Demonstrated ability to bring in tasks and projects beyond personal activities
  • 12 years of combined experience inspace architectures analysis, design,modeling, acquisition,test, integration, and/or operation for satellite or ground systems

How You Can Stand Out

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

  • Conducted architecture design and evaluation processes such as problem definition, implementation and operational context, alternative architectures, systems definition, analysis, integration and synthesis
  • Conducted communication systems engineering or network systems engineering performance analysis, architecture modeling, simulation, prototyping, testing, or integration
  • Modeled command and control data paths from a commander center to the destination satellite, aircraft, watercraft, or vehicle to conduct military operations
  • Prior roles in a program office responsible for engineering or operations of ground or space systems in the above mission areas
  • Developed architectural descriptions using DODAF views and Systems Modeling Language (SysML)
  • Hands-on experience with AFSIM, STK, SOAP, Python, MATLAB, Excel
  • Current SAP access

We offer a competitive compensation package where you 6ll 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)

$117,300.00 - $226,900.00

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 6 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 other 6the 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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