OPIR Missile Warning and Tracking Systems Engineer

aero; El Segundo (CA); On-site; USD 151,300 - 226,900; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health care

Relocation assistance

Education assistance

401(k) plan

Job summary

The Aerospace Corporation in El Segundo, CA, is seeking an Enterprise Systems Integration Engineer with a focus on missile warning and OPIR programs. The role emphasizes space-to-ground system integration across ground and space segments and close collaboration with government and FFRDC teams.

Requirements include a STEM bachelor’s degree and 12+ years of multi‑disciplinary systems engineering experience. Active clearance or eligibility is required for access to sensitive programs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a STEM field is required.
• Twelve or more years of responsible professional engineering experience, including multi‑disciplinary systems engineering and/or ground systems.
• Applied disciplined system integration methods, processes, and tools to identify, assess and enable the resolution of technical disconnects in the successful integration of ground and space segments.
• Delivered ground development technical support for integrating, testing, and transitioning the space assets to their ground systems.
• Defined critical system integration decision points and milestones/events to ensure the successful transitioning of system capabilities from development to operations.
• Recommended integration requirements for digital engineering models and simulations at the system level.

Responsibilities

• Provide the government with space‑to‑ground system integration expertise for the SN OPIR Programs.
• Identify and resolve architectural conflicts or gaps between segments and mission areas.
• Conduct program status evaluations and independent risk assessments that inform government and Aerospace leadership of perceived technical problems and recommend courses of action.
• Work shoulder‑to‑shoulder with government, SETA, SE&I and other FFRDC leads to ensure system performance for the ground and space programs, to include the combined ground-space infrastructure.
• Collaborate with the government on developing a mission integration plan and roadmap for the multi‑segment delivery of missile warning capabilities and performance with successful transition to operations.

Skills

System integration

Architecture evaluation

Risk assessments

Ground-space integration

Digital engineering models

Education

Bachelor’s degree in STEM

Advanced degree in STEM

Tools

None

Job description

The Aerospace Corporation in El Segundo, CA, is seeking an Enterprise Systems Integration Engineer with a focus on missile warning and OPIR programs. The role emphasizes space-to-ground system integration across ground and space segments and close collaboration with government and FFRDC teams.

Requirements include a STEM bachelor’s degree and 12+ years of multi‑disciplinary systems engineering experience. Active clearance or eligibility is required for access to sensitive programs.