Lead SEIT Engineer, MEO Missile Warning & Tracking

The Aerospace Corporation; Colorado Springs (CO); On-site; USD 151,000 - 227,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health care

Paid holidays

Education assistance

Relocation assistance

401(k) plan

Job summary

The Aerospace Corporation seeks a Lead SEIT Engineer for the Missile Warning & Tracking team to guide Epoch 2 programs from design through verification. You will coordinate government and contractor efforts, drive MBSE adoption, and shape the technical baseline and verification strategy across two vendors.

You will act as a primary technical liaison, support SE interview boards, and ensure alignment with broader NSS objectives. A Secret clearance and DoD program experience are required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a STEM field is required.
• 12+ years of progressively responsible experience in systems engineering or program management.
• Experience in the acquisition and development of complex technical systems (space/defense).
• Experience with Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) and digital technical baselines.
• Ability to travel domestically 4–6 times per year.
• Current and active Secret clearance with ability to obtain TS/SCI; U.S. citizenship required.

Responsibilities

• Drive alignment between government and contractor teams to ensure requirement decomposition adequacy and to develop and execute the program verification & validation approach.
• Serve as the go-to technical voice for the government test lead and government chief engineer, coordinating with the Aerospace Epoch 2 lead.
• Proactively identify risk and opportunity trades and present findings to government decision makers; participate in risk and opportunity boards.
• Identify and guide SMEs to assess technical adequacy of contractor work products across Epoch 2 vendors.
• Build the technical playbook for SEIT processes and engineering review cadence for Epoch 2 vendors.
• Provide technical support to interface finalization, G/R management, and program SE processes.
• Coordinate with enterprise test lead and SEIT lead to ensure alignment with broader program goals.

Skills

MBSE

Digital baselines

Stakeholder management

Interpersonal skills

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in STEM

Job description

The Aerospace Corporation seeks a Lead SEIT Engineer for the Missile Warning & Tracking team to guide Epoch 2 programs from design through verification. You will coordinate government and contractor efforts, drive MBSE adoption, and shape the technical baseline and verification strategy across two vendors.

You will act as a primary technical liaison, support SE interview boards, and ensure alignment with broader NSS objectives. A Secret clearance and DoD program experience are required.