Senior OsUAS Program Lead — Offensive Small UAS

The Aerospace Corporation; Bath Township (OH); On-site; USD 156,000 - 234,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health care and wellness plans

Relocation assistance

Education assistance programs

401(k) plan with company match

Paid holidays, sick time, and vacation

Telework options (as applicable)

Job summary

The Aerospace Corporation in Dayton, OH is seeking a Senior Project Leader to drive Enterprise Systems Engineering in support of the USAF OsUAS program office. You will lead a diverse team, align technical priorities, and coordinate reachback across our organization to deliver timely UAS solutions.

Responsibilities include providing technical leadership across autonomy, sensing, payload integration, and test activities, with travel up to 25%. A TS/SCI clearance and U.S.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a STEM discipline or closely related technical field.
• 12 or more years of progressive technical and leadership experience, including multi‑disciplinary systems engineering within a defense acquisition or program oversight environment.
• Demonstrated experience leading complex technical teams, including team development, mentoring, collaboration, and conflict resolution.
• Experience conducting technical analyses and engineering trades related to UAS system or subsystem capabilities
• Proven success working effectively with government program offices, senior leaders, and cross‑organizational technical teams.
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate with contractors, SETA organizations, government labs, and internal Aerospace groups to deliver high‑quality technical and programmatic support.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Active TS/SCI security clearance. U.S. citizenship is required to obtain a security clearance.
• Current access and/or ability to maintain SAP/SAR program access
• Ability to travel up to 25% of the time or as needed to meet mission needs.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage a multi‑disciplinary Aerospace team providing end‑to‑end technical support to the USAF OsUAS Program Office, including oversight of program execution, alignment of technical priorities, and coordination of reachback expertise across Aerospace.
• Serve as the primary technical and programmatic focal point for the OsUAS government customer, establishing a trusted working relationship and delivering direct contributions to UAS development, integration, test, and fielding activities.
• Collaborate across government, SETA, contractor, and FFRDC partners to deliver high‑quality technical assessments, engineering analyses, and decision‑support products that advance OsUAS capabilities.
• Lead integration of Aerospace experts in autonomy, orchestration, EO/IR sensors, EW, communications, PNT, mesh networking, LIDAR, and kinetic/non‑kinetic effects for diverse UAS challenges.
• Coordinate support across direct program staff and technical reachback teams to enable concept development, requirements refinement, system engineering working groups, mission engineering assessments, and test activities.
• Break down complex technical tasks, set team direction, mentor staff, and foster collaboration across organizations and stakeholders.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

UAS knowledge

Multidisciplinary team leadership

Education

Bachelor’s degree in STEM

Job description

The Aerospace Corporation in Dayton, OH is seeking a Senior Project Leader to drive Enterprise Systems Engineering in support of the USAF OsUAS program office. You will lead a diverse team, align technical priorities, and coordinate reachback across our organization to deliver timely UAS solutions.

Responsibilities include providing technical leadership across autonomy, sensing, payload integration, and test activities, with travel up to 25%. A TS/SCI clearance and U.S.