Space Systems Integration Engineer — Sensing & Intelligence

The Aerospace Corporation; El Segundo (CA); On-site; USD 117,300 - 226,900; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Paid holidays

Telework options

401(k) plan

Relocation assistance

Professional development

Education assistance

Inclusive work environment

Job summary

The Aerospace Corporation in El Segundo, CA seeks a Senior Project Engineer - Enterprise Systems Engineering to assemble a holistic view of national security space systems and develop recommendations to enhance mission capability. You will work within the Defense Systems Group and interact with government partners to guide architecture decisions.

The role requires 10+ years in relevant engineering, ability to lead multi-disciplinary teams, and the security clearance described above.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, science, mathematics, or an equivalent technical field.
• Six or more years of applicable experience with increasing responsibility in engineering and technical roles.
• Demonstrated leadership skills with proven ability to maintain effective working relationships with contractors, industry professionals, government customers, and technical staff.
• Ability to collaborate with U.S. government counterparts, and advise senior leaders on engineering solutions through presentations, discussions and decision-making process.
• Experience in large-scale space systems engineering, acquisition, architecting, and integration for multi-domain or joint mission architectures.
• Willing to travel domestically/internationally approximately 25%.
• This position requires a current TS/SCI security clearance with the ability to obtain and maintain Special Access Program (SAP) clearances.

Responsibilities

• Collaborating with mission and capability teams in SSIO, field and combatant commands, and across military branches to characterize the architecture of enterprise space-based sensing and targeting systems
• Identifying key enterprise performance parameters and leading the evaluation of architecture performance capability under various combinations of mission and environmental demands
• Identifying risks, issues, gaps, and opportunities to improve enterprise performance and advocating for their implementation via enterprise requirements and policies
• Serving as a technical sensing and intelligence process point-of-contact and mentor for government acquirers and end users
• Organizing problems, funding, and products that both anticipate future government needs and help proactively build Aerospace's technical backplane

Skills

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Systems thinking

Communication

Travel willingness

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering or equivalent

Tools

TS/SCI clearance

Job description

The Aerospace Corporation in El Segundo, CA seeks a Senior Project Engineer - Enterprise Systems Engineering to assemble a holistic view of national security space systems and develop recommendations to enhance mission capability. You will work within the Defense Systems Group and interact with government partners to guide architecture decisions.

The role requires 10+ years in relevant engineering, ability to lead multi-disciplinary teams, and the security clearance described above.