The Aerospace Corporation

Tracking Architecture Performance Department Engineer

The Aerospace Corporation$95K — $142K *
Aerospace & Defense
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in a STEM field is required.
  • Minimum of 2 years of applicable educational or professional experience with space systems or algorithms.
  • Experience programming in MatLab, C, C++, Java, Python or FORTRAN.
  • Experience with Microsoft Office applications (Word, PowerPoint and Excel).
  • Ability to obtain and maintain a security clearance, U.S. citizenship required.

Responsibilities

  • Perform modeling and analysis of missile warning/missile tracking sensors and systems.
  • Conduct a range of analysis using modeling, simulation and analysis capabilities.
  • Analyze performance of sensors such as EO, radar and passive RF.
  • Develop and implement radar, lidar, and tracking algorithms.
  • Create computer tools and simulations to support systems engineering assessments.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health care and wellness plans
  • Paid holidays, sick time, and vacation
  • Standard and alternate work schedules, including telework options
  • 401(k) Plan with company-paid benefits and matching contributions
  • Professional growth and development programs to help advance your career
Full Job Description

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.

The Tracking Architecture Performance Department (TAPD) performs concept development, systems engineering, architecture analysis, algorithm development and evaluation support for national security space customers emphasizing Radar, Electro-Optical (EO) and Infrared (IR) sensors, missile warning/missile tracking (MW/MT) missions, Electronic Warfare (EW), space domain awareness (SDA), and space protection and security. The selected candidate will provide analytical support, algorithm development, systems engineering and architecting, and modeling and simulation analysis for space surveillance systems, space protection and space threat susceptibility, vulnerabilityanalysisand resiliencyassessment.

Work Model

This position will belocated100% onsite in El Segundo, CA or Colorado Springs, CO

WhatYouBe Doing

  • Performmodeling and analysis of MW/MT/MD sensors and systems and their broader system-of-systems architectures.

  • Conduct a range of analysis using a framework of modeling, simulation and analysis capabilities including in-house,customand commercially available/government provided modeling tools.

  • Analyze the performance of sensors such as electro-optical (EO), radar and passive radio frequency sensor concepts, architectures, and algorithms.

  • Develop and implement radar, lidar, and/or related tracking algorithmsand help improve existing modeling and simulation tools.

  • Develop computer tools and simulations to support analyses of interdisciplinary support teams andperforminggeneral and specific systems engineering trades assessments.

What You Need to be Successful

MinimumRequirementsfor theMember of Technical Staff (MTS)include:

  • Bachelor9s degree in a STEM field isrequired.

  • A minimum of2yearsofapplicableeducational orprofessionalexperiencewith space systemsor algorithms.

  • Experience programming inMatLab, C, C++, Java, Pythonor FORTRAN.

  • Experience with Microsoft Office applications (Word,PowerPointand Excel).

  • This position requires the ability to obtain andmaintaina security clearance, which is issued by the U.S. government. U.S. citizenship isrequiredto obtain a security clearance.

How You Can Stand Out

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

  • Master9s or PhD degree in related STEM discipline.

  • Current, active TS/SCI or SAP clearance.

  • Experience in researching,developingand applying advanced and innovative techniques for algorithm development

  • Experience with tracking, detection, and estimation.

  • Active security clearance

  • Experience in developing and delivering presentations, leading small groups, etc.

  • Experience in working in an autonomous work environment on complex projects

  • Software design, development, unit testing and integration experience

  • Practice robust statistics and decisionlogic

We offer a competitive compensation package where you9ll 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)

$95,200.00 - $142,800.00

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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1960

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