Senior PNT & SCN Project Engineer (On-Site)

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

Benefits offered by this job

Health care and wellness plans

Relocation assistance

Education assistance

401(k) Plan

Telework options

Job summary

The Aerospace Corporation seeks a Sr. Project Engineer – Operations Systems Engineering to steward the MD 31 Chief Engineer’s program, coordinating Aerospace resources across offices and labs to meet mission objectives.

You will formulate technical solutions, perform risk analyses, and drive integration across diverse teams, ensuring resilient space and ground architectures while advancing cybersecurity and systems engineering practices.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in systems engineering, computer science or equivalent STEM field.
• 12+ years of technical and leadership experience in ground communications, satellite communications, information systems development and acquisition, technical analysis, space operations or program management.
• Experience with mixed government, SETA, and FFRDC teams in systems, and cross collaboration of organizations.
• Experience with the government system acquisition lifecycle and leading technical teams.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills; ability to convey complex ideas to leadership.

Responsibilities

• Serve as Aerospace's direct point of contact to the MD 31 Chief Engineer, coordinating resources and leading tasks.
• Assist in formulating and evaluating technical solutions and conducting risk analyses for customers.
• Work across directorates to integrate evolving capabilities for resilient, secure systems including cybersecurity and systems engineering.
• Identify and lead major program tasks on system-level analysis, conceptual design, and integration of new capabilities.

Skills

Systems engineering

Leadership

Technical analysis

Verbal/written communication

Strategic thinking

Education

Bachelor's degree in systems engineering, computer science or equivalent STEM field

Job description

The Aerospace Corporation seeks a Sr. Project Engineer – Operations Systems Engineering to steward the MD 31 Chief Engineer’s program, coordinating Aerospace resources across offices and labs to meet mission objectives.

You will formulate technical solutions, perform risk analyses, and drive integration across diverse teams, ensuring resilient space and ground architectures while advancing cybersecurity and systems engineering practices.