Tracking Architecture Performance Engineer - Senior Member of Technical Staff

The Aerospace Corporation; El Segundo (CA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 194,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health care and wellness plans

Paid holidays and vacation

Relocation assistance

Job summary

The Aerospace Corporation seeks a Senior Member of Technical Staff / Engineering Specialist for the Tracking Architecture Performance Department. This 100% onsite role focuses on modeling, simulation, and analysis to ensure mission success across space, air, maritime, and ground domains.

You will develop tracking and multi-sensor fusion algorithms, create advanced simulations, and communicate results to leadership and customers. Requires clearances and leadership experience.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in STEM or related discipline; 4+ years leading modeling/analysis tasks.
• Active TS/SCI clearance; U.S. citizenship required.
• Willingness to travel and occasionally work off-hours to support customers.

Responsibilities

• Perform modeling and analysis studies for complex system-of-systems architectures with emphasis on tracking performance optimization.
• Evaluate multi-domain architectures with space, air, maritime, and ground-based components.
• Analyze tracking scenarios across space, air, maritime, and ground-based targets.
• Include multi-INT sensor systems such as radar, EO/IR, SIGINT, and GEOINT in analyses.
• Conduct trade-space analyses to balance performance and identify optimizations.
• Develop performance metrics and data visualizations for communication of results.
• Design and implement tracking algorithms and multi-sensor fusion methodologies.

Skills

Tracking algorithms

Multi-target tracking

Programming (C, C++, Python, FORTRAN)

MS&A tools familiarity

Education

Bachelor’s degree in STEM

Tools

Bitbucket

GitHub

JIRA

Confluence

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 Enterprise Effects Division (EED) integrates Aerospace’s strategic capabilities across the national space enterprise, applying a broad range of engineering disciplines to a diverse portfolio of programs, customers, and national challenges. The division spans the capability lifecycle from concept and architecture design to performance assessment and the application of space and space-enabled capabilities TAPD is part of EED's Integrated Performance Subdivision (IPS). It conducts model-based analyses of tracking performance across architecture scenarios in both nominal and contested operating environments. The department supports customers through concept development, engineering analysis, algorithm development, and evaluation of tracking performance for Radar, Electro-Optical (EO), Infrared (IR), Electronic Warfare (EW), space domain awareness (SDA), and missile warning/missile tracking (MW/MT) for single-INT and multi-INT architectures. TAPD mission focus includes missile defense, SDA, and surveillance architectures. Modeling, simulation, and analysis (MS&A) products developed by TAPD include architecture evaluations, what-if analyses, and the development, tuning, and optimization of multi-sensor tracking algorithms. TAPD work helps decision-makers understand system performance, identify gaps, assess vulnerability and resiliency, and improve architectural designs. We are seeking candidates with a strong technical background in tracking and sensor evaluations who are motivated by leadership, innovation, mentorship, and delivering excellent technical work aligned with customer mission areas to solve tough problems.

Senior Member of Technical Staff or Engineering Specialist is a technical role in the Tracking Architecture Performance Department. In this position, you will participate in modeling, simulation and analysis projects in collaboration with the department staff and other engineering departments across the corporation to ensure mission success. Work Model This full-time position requires 100% onsite work in El Segundo, Colorado Springs, Huntsville or Chantilly.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Perform modeling and analysis studies for complex system-of-systems architectures with emphasis on tracking performance optimization
• Evaluate multi-domain architectures incorporating space, air, maritime, and ground-based target and sensor architecture components
• Analyze tracking scenarios across all domains: space objects, airborne targets, maritime vessels, and ground-based entities
• Technical areas include multi-INT sensor systems, including but not limited to radar, EO/IR, SIGINT, and GEOINT technologies
• Perform trade-space analyses to balance system performance requirements and identify architectural optimizations for enhanced tracking capabilities
• Develop innovative performance metrics and create advanced data visualizations to communicate complex analytical results
• Design, develop, and implement tracking algorithms, multi-sensor data fusion algorithms, and novel methodologies to enhance sensor architecture performance
• Create cutting-edge simulation approaches, computational tools, and models to support emerging concept exploration and technology assessment

What You Need to be Successful

• Minimum Requirements for the Senior Member of Technical Staff - Modeling & Simulation and Signal & Image Process Engineering: Bachelor’s degree in STEM or related discipline. A minimum of 4+ years of applicable professional experience leading technical teams and coordinating complex modeling and analysis tasks. Knowledge of tracking algorithms, multi-target tracking, and tracking performance assessment Willingness tooccasionally travel and/or work off-business hours to support customer needs, as required. This position requires a current and active TS/SCI clearance, which is issued by the U.S. government. U.S. citizenship is required to obtain a security clearance
• In addition to the above, the minimum requirements for the Engineering Specialist - Modeling & Simulation and Signal & Image Process Engineering include: A minimum of 6+ years of applicable professional experience leading technical teams and coordinating complex modeling and analysis tasks.

How You Can Stand Out

• Master’s or PhD degree in related STEM discipline.
• Expert level programming skills in languages such as C, C++, Python, FORTRAN
• Familiarity with tools such as Bitbucket, GitHub, JIRA, Confluence
• Current, active TS/SCI or SAP clearance.
• Leadership experience in a customer-facing organization.
• Knowledge of government MW/MT, space domain awareness and/or ISR mission architectures
• Experience with end-to-end modeling, simulation, and analysis of integrated sensor architectures across operational domains (space, air, maritime or ground), with experience in radar, electro-optical/infrared (EO/IR), or Lidar system performance assessment
• Experience collaborating in major MS&A initiatives across other FFRDCs, government entities, UARCs, SETAs and/or industry.
• The ability to communicate effectively with management, program offices, customers, contractors, and colleagues is essential.
• Experience leading technical teams, and mentoring junior staff
• Experience in identifying, prioritizing, and resolving technical issues.

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) $110,400.00 - $193,500.00 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.

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Right Place The Aerospace Corporation has over 26 locations nationwide, which allows us to build a workforce that will nurture the best ideas, and generate the most novel innovations and solutions to our nation’s toughest space enterprise challenges. Right Path Aerospace covers all stages of the space lifecycle, from concept to operations. We believe our people are our most valuable resource and that’s why we propel our employees forward in their careers through ongoing education, training, and professional development. Right Purpose We can all serve a mission much greater than ourselves, and at Aerospace that is exactly what we do. By hiring the industry’s most preeminent scientists and engineers, Aerospace advances emerging technologies that protect some of the most critical missions on Earth and above it. Return to the Aerospace Careers site. Aerospace employees working in organizations with technical responsibilities are required to obtain a Security Clearance. U.S. citizenship is required for those positions.