Senior Space Vehicle & Operations Engineer

The Aerospace Corporation; Virginia; On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

The Aerospace Corporation in Chantilly, VA is hiring a Space Vehicle and Operations Engineer (Project Engineer/Senior Project Engineer) for multi-disciplinary engineering. This full-time role requires 100% onsite presence to support space vehicle and payload system development, testing, and mission operations.

The ideal candidate brings a bachelor’s in engineering, 6 years of space program engineering experience, prior leadership or PM experience, and an active TS/SSBI/SCI clearance with U.S.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related STEM field.
• 6 years of responsible professional engineering experience on space programs.
• Active TS/SSBI/SCI clearance; U.S. citizenship required.
• Experience with development, test, and implementation of Space systems.
• Prior engineering leadership or project management experience.
• Willing to support frequent travel (typically once or twice per month).

Responsibilities

• Coordinate Aerospace technical support for space vehicle portions of an integrated system and support to on-orbit checkout and mission operations.
• Support Space Vehicle development and test.
• Provide technical leadership to Aerospace domain expert engagement in hardware development and design challenges.
• Collaborate with Aerospace counterparts external to the program office across the Enterprise.
• Participate in non-conformance, anomaly, and major technical issue response teams during Space Vehicle and Payload-related customer activities.
• Coordinate Subject Matter Expert support for milestone reviews.
• Provide on-site Aerospace presence and communicate with the customer, SETA, and contractors.
• Collaborate with SETA and government customer counterparts to meet mission needs.

Skills

Space systems

Project leadership

Engineering

Customer liaison

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Job description

The Aerospace Corporation in Chantilly, VA is hiring a Space Vehicle and Operations Engineer (Project Engineer/Senior Project Engineer) for multi-disciplinary engineering. This full-time role requires 100% onsite presence to support space vehicle and payload system development, testing, and mission operations.

The ideal candidate brings a bachelor’s in engineering, 6 years of space program engineering experience, prior leadership or PM experience, and an active TS/SSBI/SCI clearance with U.S.