Tracking Architecture & Performance Engineer - Space Systems

The Aerospace Corporation; El Segundo (CA); On-site; USD 95,000 - 143,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive health care and wellness

Paid holidays, sick time, and vacation

Telework options

401(k) Plan with company match

Flexible spending accounts

Variable pay program

Relocation assistance

Education assistance programs

Job summary

The Aerospace Corporation is the trusted partner to the nation’s space programs, solving the hardest problems and providing unmatched technical expertise. The Tracking Architecture and Performance Department (TAPD) conducts model-based analyses and supports customers with engineering analysis and algorithm development.

This 100% onsite role in El Segundo, CA involves modeling sensors, developing tracking algorithms, and contributing to system-of-systems architectures within the TAPD. U.S.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a STEM field is required.
• A minimum of 1 year of applicable educational or professional experience with space systems or algorithms.
• Experience with physics-based state models and state estimation techniques.
• Experience programming in Matlab, C, C++, Java, Python or FORTRAN.
• Experience with Microsoft Office applications (Word, PowerPoint and Excel).
• This position requires the 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

• Perform modeling and analysis of MW/MT/MD sensors and systems and their broader system-of-systems architectures.
• Conduct a range of analysis using a framework of modeling, simulation and analysis capabilities including in-house, custom and commercially available/government provided modeling tools.
• Analyze the performance of sensors such as electro-optical (EO), radar and passive radio frequency sensor concepts, architectures, and algorithms.
• Develop and implement radar, lidar, and/or related tracking algorithms and help improve existing modeling and simulation tools.
• Develop computer tools and simulations to support analyses of interdisciplinary support teams and perform general and specific systems engineering trades assessments.

Skills

Space systems

Algorithms experience

Matlab

C/C++

Java

Python

FORTRAN

MS Office

Security clearance

Education

Bachelor’s degree in a STEM field

Job description

The Aerospace Corporation is the trusted partner to the nation’s space programs, solving the hardest problems and providing unmatched technical expertise. The Tracking Architecture and Performance Department (TAPD) conducts model-based analyses and supports customers with engineering analysis and algorithm development.

This 100% onsite role in El Segundo, CA involves modeling sensors, developing tracking algorithms, and contributing to system-of-systems architectures within the TAPD. U.S.