Sr. Enterprise Risk Management Engineer

The Aerospace Corporation; El Segundo (CA); On-site; USD 160,000 - 241,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health care

Paid holidays

Telework options

401(k) plan

Education assistance

Relocation assistance

Professional growth

Job summary

The Aerospace Corporation in El Segundo, CA, is seeking an Enterprise Risk Management Senior Project Engineer (Senior Project Engineer - Systems Engineering). The role guides US Space Force risk processes, coordinates cross-functional teams, and shapes end-to-end mission risk mitigation.

You will develop technical documentation, support risk analyses, and align budget and baseline activities while traveling domestically as needed; U.S.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in science, engineering, mathematics, or related technical discipline.
• 12+ years of experience in project management, team leadership, or technical program coordination.
• Ability to lead and coordinate across multiple technical teams with competing priorities and timelines.
• Strong written and oral communication skills with experience presenting to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Experience with data management, technical documentation, and information systems.
• Willing to travel occasionally (less than 10%, primarily domestic).
• This position requires ability to obtain and maintain a security clearance, which is issued by the U.S. government. U.S. citizenship is required to obtain a security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic guidance to the USSF on the Space Enterprise Risk Management process, including refinements to risk management policies, processes, and governance structures
• Coordinate technical subject matter expert support for risk analysis activities, ensuring analyses are aligned with risk management and mitigation objectives and delivered on schedule to support enterprise integration and system delivery timelines
• Lead coordination efforts across enterprise technical baseline and budget prioritization teams to align risk mitigation efforts, data repositories, and related activities for maximum effectiveness
• Participate in risk management forums as a technical advisor, representing Aerospace expertise and providing objective recommendations to USSF leadership
• Provide direct support to enterprise technical baseline and budget prioritization teams to establish a robust, integrated system that enables effective identification, prioritization, and mitigation of USSF risks, issues, gaps, and opportunities
• Develop technical documentation and data management systems to support enterprise-level risk tracking, analysis, and decision‑making

Skills

Project management

Team leadership

Technical coordination

Written & verbal communication

Data management

Information systems

Security clearance readiness

Education

Bachelor’s degree in science/engineering/math

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.

Defense Systems Group (DSG) provides analysis-based decision support to senior leaders on space architectures, policy and strategy, technology development, warfighter capability enablers, systems integration, defense industrial base, and threat reduction to help shape existing and future space missions across the national security space (NSS) enterprise. DSG is unique at Aerospace as it not only directly supports major customers, including the U.S. Space Force, U.S. Space Command, Air Force Materiel Command, and senior leadership at the Pentagon, but also provides a broad range of technical support across the national space enterprise, maintaining vertical responsibilities with customers’ portfolios as well as horizontal, matrixed responsibilities across the corporation. Additionally, DSG provides deep technical expertise to the Space Force Space Systems Command (SSC) in the conception, design, acquisition, launch and operations of satellite, launch vehicle, ground control, and range systems.

The Acquisition Management Department in the Space Architecture and Integration Division supports the United States Space Force with integration of end-to-end missions through the development of standards, MOSA strategies, enterprise technical baselines, spectrum management, space debris management, budget prioritization, and enterprise risk management. Our work directly shapes how the USSF fields capabilities faster, more efficiently, and with reduced strategic risk. We are looking for an Enterprise Risk Management Senior Project Engineer (Senior Project Engineer - Systems Engineering) who will provide strategic guidance to the USSF on enterprise risk management processes while coordinating cross-functional technical teams to identify, analyze, and mitigate critical space mission risks. This role offers a unique opportunity to work with multi-disciplinary teams of high-caliber subject matter experts to address the USSF's most critical risks while building the foundation for how the USSF will identify and mitigate risks to effectively integrate and deliver end-to-end missions in the future.

The selected candidate will be required to work full‑time, on‑site at our facility in El Segundo, CA.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Provide strategic guidance to the USSF on the Space Enterprise Risk Management process, including refinements to risk management policies, processes, and governance structures
• Coordinate technical subject matter expert support for risk analysis activities, ensuring analyses are aligned with risk management and mitigation objectives and delivered on schedule to support enterprise integration and system delivery timelines
• Lead coordination efforts across enterprise technical baseline and budget prioritzation teams to align risk mitigation efforts, data repositories, and related activities for maximum effectiveness
• Participate in risk management forums as a technical advisor, representing Aerospace expertise and providing objective recommendations to USSF leadership
• Provide direct support to enterprise technical baseline and budget prioritzation teams to establish a robust, integrated system that enables effective identification, prioritization, and mitigation of USSF risks, issues, gaps, and opportunities
• Develop technical documentation and data management systems to support enterprise-level risk tracking, analysis, and decision‑making

Minimum Requirements for Senior Project Engineer – Systems Engineering

• Bachelor’s degree in science, engineering, mathematics, or related technical discipline
• 12+ years of experience in project management, team leadership, or technical program coordination
• Demonstrated ability to lead and coordinate across multiple technical teams with competing priorities and timelines
• Strong written and oral communication skills with experience presenting to both technical and non‑technical audiences
• Experience with data management, technical documentation, and information systems
• Ability to assess technical analyses for alignment with program objectives and provide constructive guidance to subject‑matter experts
• Willing to travel occasionally (less than 10%, primarily domestic)
• This position requires ability to obtain and maintain a security clearance, which is issued by the U.S. government. U.S. citizenship is required to obtain a security clearance.

How You Can Stand Out

It would be impressive if you have one or more of these:

• Master’s or PhD degree in Systems Engineering or related discipline
• Experience with risk management processes, methodologies, or frameworks (e.g., enterprise risk management, program risk management)
• Experience with technical baseline management, configuration management, or systems architecture documentation
• Experience with budget development, budget prioritzation processes, or resource allocation decision support
• Prior experience supporting U.S. Space Force, Space Systems Command, or other national security space customers
• Current Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI) security clearance

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)

$160,300.00 - $240,500.00

Pay Basis: Annual

Leadership Competencies

Our leadership philosophy is simple: every employee, regardless of level and role, can demonstrate leadership. At Aerospace, our commitment is our people. To cultivate our talent and ensure that we have a strong pipeline of future leaders, we want individuals who:

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

Ways We Reward Our Employees

During your interview process, our team will provide details of our industry‑leading benefits.

Benefits vary and are applicable based on Job Type. A few highlights include:

• 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

The Aerospace Corporation is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of race, age, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, color, religion, genetic information, marital status, ancestry, national origin, protected veteran status, physical disability, medical condition, mental disability, or disability status and any other characteristic protected by state or federal law. If you’re an individual with a disability or a disabled veteran who needs assistance using our online job search and application tools or need reasonable accommodation to complete the job application process, please contact us by phone at 310.336.5432 or by email at [e-mail] . You can also review Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal.