Space Vehicle Systems Director — Bus Subsystems Lead

The Aerospace Corporation; Virginia; On-site; USD 168,000 - 252,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health care and wellness plans

401(k) plan with company match

Relocation assistance

Education assistance programs

Flexible spending accounts

Telework options

Job summary

The Aerospace Corporation seeks a Systems Director to lead the Space Vehicle engineering team for a premier national security space program. You will design, build, and test bus subsystems, manage a bi-coastal team, and coordinate with the customer and prime contractor to ensure mission success.

The role requires a TS/SCI clearance, 12+ years in engineering management and systems engineering, and domestic travel.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant engineering, mathematics, science, or related technical discipline.
• Minimum of 12 years of experience with progressively increasing responsibility.
• Experience in spacecraft bus subsystem engineering, development, test, launch and initialization, and failure analysis and anomaly resolution.
• Demonstrated ability to effectively communicate with a broad range of customers, technologists, program managers, system engineers, and senior government leadership.
• Willing to travel domestically (1-2 weeks per month).
• 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.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary link between the Government Space Vehicle Division Lead and the Aerospace team.
• Manage engineering activities related to design, manufacture and test of spacecraft bus subsystems, subsystem integration into the space vehicle, satellite launch and initialization of bus subsystems, and failure analysis and anomaly resolution during the build cycle and operations.
• Work directly with customers to identify engineering support needs for hardware in various stages of acquisition, establish priorities, define budgets, and manage resources.
• Ensure effective collaboration and communication across GDO, related program offices and Aerospace Engineering & Technology Group (ETG) staff
• Engage Aerospace ETG matrix support for design, build, test and integration, launch and initialization engineering support
• Maintain a world-class diverse systems engineering staff and facilitate staff development.
• Keep customers informed about issues/risks/concerns and recommend mitigation approaches.
• When necessary, coordinate across Aerospace, SETA, and customer teams from other organizations to create enterprise solutions.

Skills

Engineering program management

Systems engineering

Customer communication

Leadership

Travel willingness

Security clearance

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering/science

Advanced degree (preferred)

Job description

The Aerospace Corporation seeks a Systems Director to lead the Space Vehicle engineering team for a premier national security space program. You will design, build, and test bus subsystems, manage a bi-coastal team, and coordinate with the customer and prime contractor to ensure mission success.

The role requires a TS/SCI clearance, 12+ years in engineering management and systems engineering, and domestic travel.