Senior Navigation & Positioning Architect (MTS) MS&A Lead

The Aerospace Corporation; El Segundo (CA); On-site; USD 87,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive health care and wellness

Paid holidays, sick time, vacation

401(k) Plan with company match

Relocation assistance

Education assistance programs

An inclusive work environment

Job summary

The Aerospace Corporation in El Segundo, CA, seeks a Senior Member of Technical Staff to lead analysis in geolocation, navigation, and timing for national security space programs. This on-site role requires strong modeling, simulation, and software development skills, with a path to lead small teams and mentor junior staff.

Preferred candidates bring experience in PNT technologies, architecture evaluation, and delivering technically rigorous analyses to support critical decisions for defense and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in aerospace engineering, physics, operations research, mathematics, or a related field from an accredited program.
• Over one year of professional experience in relevant topic areas post bachelor’s degree (e.g., modeling and simulation, mission analysis, astrodynamics, or space operations).
• Familiarity with one or more software languages that may include Python, C/C++, and/or High-Performance Computing/Linux environments.
• For Senior, 5 years of relevant educational, professional, and/or technical work experience post bachelor’s degree in relevant topic areas (e.g., modeling and simulation, mission analysis, astrodynamics, or space operations).
• Professional experience with geolocation, positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT) technologies and architectures, PNT resilience and interference analysis, mathematical modeling, space-related modeling and simulation, mission data processing, signal processing, space threats, resilient systems, algorithm design, or software development.

Responsibilities

• Support analysis in mission areas: geo-spatial intelligence, signals intelligence, space surveillance, navigation systems, and space protection for defense or intelligence.
• Independently apply engineering techniques to support recommendations for research, development, and acquisition decisions of legacy and emerging PNT solutions.
• Perform architecture evaluation modeling overall performance using in-house or custom-developed tools.
• Plan and conduct deep dives, trade studies, and assessments with senior staff; translate customer needs into project objectives and deliver quality results.
• Develop and present timely, technically accurate presentations and reports that communicate analysis results and recommended solutions.
• Aid in sustainment, development, and growth of the organization’s analysis and simulation capabilities for our customer base.
• As a Senior Member of Technical Staff, lead small teams and mentor junior staff in routine analysis and development tasks as part of larger projects.

Skills

Python

C/C++

Mathematics

Modeling & Simulation

Operations Research

Education

Bachelor's degree in aerospace engineering or related field

Tools

MATLAB

Fortran

Java

Job description

The Aerospace Corporation in El Segundo, CA, seeks a Senior Member of Technical Staff to lead analysis in geolocation, navigation, and timing for national security space programs. This on-site role requires strong modeling, simulation, and software development skills, with a path to lead small teams and mentor junior staff.

Preferred candidates bring experience in PNT technologies, architecture evaluation, and delivering technically rigorous analyses to support critical decisions for defense and