Director, Space Vehicle Systems

The Aerospace Corporation; Town of Westfield (NY); On-site; USD 168,000 - 252,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive health care and wellness

Paid holidays, sick time, and vacation

Relocation assistance

Professional growth and development

Education assistance programs

Inclusive work environment

Job summary

The Aerospace Corporation seeks a Systems Director to lead the Space Vehicle engineering team for a premier national program. This on-site role in Chantilly, VA directs design, build, and test of spacecraft bus subsystems, coordinating with customers and contractors to ensure mission success.

You will guide a bi-coastal team, manage requirements, resolve issues, and oversee testing and integration, while ensuring strong customer communication and program performance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant engineering, mathematics, science, or related technical discipline.
• Minimum of 12 years of experience with progressively increasing responsibility.
• Experience in spacecraft bus subsystem engineering, development, test, launch and initialization, and failure analysis and anomaly resolution.
• Current TS/SCI clearance and polygraph; U.S. citizenship is required.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary link between the Government Space Vehicle Division Lead and the Aerospace team.
• Manage engineering activities related to design, manufacture and test of spacecraft bus subsystems, subsystem integration into the space vehicle, satellite launch and initialization, and failure analysis and anomaly resolution.
• Work directly with customers to identify engineering support needs, establish priorities, define budgets, and manage resources.
• Ensure effective collaboration and communication across GDO, related program offices and Aerospace Engineering & Technology Group staff.
• Engage Aerospace ETG matrix support for design, build, test and integration, launch and initialization engineering support.
• Maintain a world-class diverse systems engineering staff and facilitate staff development.
• Keep customers informed about issues/risks/concerns and recommend mitigation approaches.
• Coordinate across Aerospace, SETA, and customer teams to create enterprise solutions when necessary.

Skills

Leadership

Communication skills

Travel willingness

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering, mathematics, science, or related technical discipline

Job description

The Aerospace Corporation seeks a Systems Director to lead the Space Vehicle engineering team for a premier national program. This on-site role in Chantilly, VA directs design, build, and test of spacecraft bus subsystems, coordinating with customers and contractors to ensure mission success.

You will guide a bi-coastal team, manage requirements, resolve issues, and oversee testing and integration, while ensuring strong customer communication and program performance.