Senior Technology Advisor and Integration Engineer

The Aerospace Corporation; Chantilly (VA); On-site; USD 151,000 - 227,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive health care

Relocation assistance

Paid holidays

401(k) matching

Education assistance

Inclusive work environment

Job summary

The Aerospace Corporation seeks a Senior Technology Advisor and Integration Engineer to support CFO/TDG and the IC budget process. You will lead technical advisory efforts, guide system capability assessments, and collaborate with DoD officials to optimize mission systems.

The role requires a TS/SCI clearance and extensive experience in enterprise systems engineering, acquisition governance, and program management. Onsite work across Tysons Corner, Bethesda, and Chantilly campuses is expected.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in STEM or related discipline.
• 10+ years in engineering or software development.
• Experience with technology transition plans.
• Experience with systems engineering activities and governance.
• Understanding of acquisition management and policy.

Responsibilities

• Develop trusted-partner technical advisory relationships with senior customers.
• Ensure compliance with technical standards across CFO/TDG.
• Provide guidance on system capabilities and constraints to stakeholders.
• Maintain documentation such as system architecture diagrams and design documents.
• Conduct risk assessments and mitigation strategies for initiatives.
• Lead technical planning and trade studies across a mission enterprise.
• Provide leadership for requirements gathering and verification planning.
• Assess systems-of-systems vulnerabilities and resiliency.
• Design solutions interfacing with industry leaders and SMEs.
• Manage teams to deliver strategic analysis and study results.

Skills

Technical advisory

Systems engineering

Risk assessment

Project planning

Stakeholder guidance

Security clearance

Education

Bachelor’s degree in STEM

Advanced degree preferred

Tools

Model-based systems engineering

Digital engineering

IT baseline configuration management

PM/DAWIA or PMP certification

Job description

The Aerospace Corporation is the trusted partner to the nation’s space programs, solving the hardest problems and providing unmatched technical expertise. As the operator of a federally funded research and development center (FFRDC), we are broadly engaged across all aspects of space— delivering innovative solutions that span satellite, launch, ground, and cyber systems for defense, civil and commercial customers. When you join our team, you’ll be part of a special collection of problem solvers, thought leaders, and innovators. Join us and take your place in space.

The National Systems Group (NSG) serves as the technical adviser to the Intelligence Community (IC) and its mission partners involved in the collection and distribution of national and tactical intelligence, including electronics programs, ground and communications, imagery programs, and systems engineering and launch.

The National Intelligence Division within NSG supports the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, Chief Financial Officer Technology Development Group (CFO/TDG) organization. The CFO is the IC component responsible for ensuring effective financial management of National Intelligence Program resources and supporting the Director of National Intelligence in formulating and justifying the NIP budget. The CFO office is also champion of acquisition reform and innovation, advising on some of the most complex systems the IC fields with a focus to make acquisition and IC resources a strategic advantage — not a barrier. The Aerospace team supports CFO leadership decision making by delivering insight on the future intelligence environment with fact-based analysis on capability gaps, information system requirements, cost, schedule and performance management. Aerospace is looking for a Senior Technology Advisor and Integration Engineer (Senior Project Engineer - Enterprise Systems Engineering). This position will support Aerospace’s impact on the Intelligence Community’s financial management, planning, programming, and budgeting process.

This is a full-time position based in the National Capital Region, requiring 100% onsite work across our Tysons Corner, Bethesda, and Aerospace Chantilly Campus locations.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Leverage your technical acumen and soft-people skills in working shoulder to shoulder with our senior customers to develop trusted-partner technical advisory relationships.
• Develop and ensure compliance with technical standards, policies, and procedures across the CFO/TDG organization
• Provide technical guidance to stakeholders and leadership on system capabilities and constraints
• Advise on the maintenance and future evolution of technical documentation, including system architecture diagrams and design documents
• Conduct risk assessments and develop mitigation strategies for technical initiatives
• Offer expert advice on technology planning, system concept development and system transition planning that span a mission enterprise
• Provide technical leadership to support requirements gathering, analysis of alternatives, technical deep dives and trade studies
• Perform objective analysis of systems-of-systems vulnerabilities, security and resiliency
• Design solutions to complex problems by interfacing and collaborating with industry leaders and subject matter experts
• Strengthen programs by performing independent program assessments Work with Aerospace subject matter experts to form and manage teams to deliver strategic analysis and study results for senior customers.
• Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change, or new ones may be assigned as needed.

What You Need To Be Successful

• Minimum Requirements for the Senior Project Engineer - Enterprise Systems Engineering:
• Bachelor’s degree in applicable STEM areas or other relevant disciplines.
• 10 or more years of applicable experience in engineering or software development.
• Experience with developing or assessing technology transition plans
• Experience with systems engineering activities, to include system requirements and concept of operations development, architectural trade-offs, risk and opportunity identification, readiness review principles, integration and verification planning and execution, quality assurance, configuration management
• Experience with program management activities, to include business and engineering governance
• Understanding of acquisition management disciplines, agile or commercial acquisition practices, and USSF and IC acquisition policies
• Knowledge of systems-of-systems, space, ground, or C2 systems
• Ability to work in a proactive, self-motivated, and self-directed manner
• Ability to develop project plans, contribute to high-impact work, and balance schedule commitments
• Demonstrated Ability to optimally present complex technical material to senior Department of Defense (DoD) and other U.S. government officials
• This position requires a current and active TS/SCI security clearance and polygraph, which is issued by the US government. U.S citizenship is required to obtain a security clearance.

How You Can Stand Out

• Advanced degree from an accredited program in Engineering or a related STEM field
• Experience with engineering and business process governance, change control and IT baseline configuration management
• Experience applying model-based systems engineering, digital engineering, or concurrent engineering methods and tools to a major acquisition
• Familiarity with IC acquisition and systems engineering governance and activities
• Acquisition, systems engineering, or program management related certifications (e.g., DAWIA Program Manager Level II, PMP)
• Engagement in acquisition and/or systems engineering recognized professional societies (e.g., INCOSE, SERC)
• Recognition as a subject matter expert through teaching, publications, presentations, or contributions to the professional community

We offer a competitive compensation package where you’ll be rewarded based on your performance and recognized for the value you bring to our business. The grade-based pay range for this job is listed below. Individual salaries within that range are determined through a wide variety of factors including but not limited to education, experience, knowledge and skills.

(Min - Max)

$151,300.00 - $226,900.00

Pay Basis: Annual

Leadership Competencies

• Operate Strategically
• Lead Change
• Engage with Impact
• Foster Innovation
• Deliver Results

Ways We Reward Our Employees

• Comprehensive health care and wellness plans
• Paid holidays, sick time, and vacation
• Standard and alternate work schedules, including telework options
• 401(k) Plan — Employees receive a total company-paid benefit of 8%, 10%, or 12% of eligible compensation based on years of service and matching contributions; employees are immediately eligible and vested in the plan upon hire
• Flexible spending accounts
• Variable pay program for exceptional contributions
• Relocation assistance
• Professional growth and development programs to help advance your career
• Education assistance programs
• An inclusive work environment built on teamwork, flexibility, and respect

We are all unique, from various backgrounds and all walks of life, yet one thing bonds all of us to each other—the belief that we can make a difference. This core belief empowers us to do our best work at The Aerospace Corporation.

Equal Opportunity Commitment

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