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.
Internship conversion position for the Software Implementation and Integration Department (SIID) within the Information Systems and Cyber Division (ISCD). This position will be full-time, 100% onsite at our office in Chantilly, VA.
Job Summary
Information Systems and Cyber Division (ISCD) staff couple the latest in information system technologies, such as elastic compute clouds, containerization, microservices, real-time operating systems, and visualization frameworks, with expertise in cyber security, software architecture, software engineering, data science, Artificial Intelligence, process improvement, and software development to deliver responsive, resilient, high-performance software intensive systems to our Intelligence Community, DoD, and civilian customers.
The Software Implementation and Integration Department (SIID) and do cool work in a growing industry! Utilize latest software technologies and understanding of software architecture to support work on space systems for our customers in Space Force, Air Force, NASA, and other federal and commercial industries.
What You’ll Be Doing
Providing software systems engineering skills to space, ground, and launch systems in the national security, civil, and commercial domains.
Leveraging a wide range of technical skills to solve complex problems in various software systems domains such as software development; software architectures; enterprise systems; technology recommendations; cloud and virtualization deployments; microservices and API development; and systems modeling.
Identifying exciting opportunities for adopting new technologies to solve existing needs and predicting future challenges.
Driving positive change by introducing new perspectives, challenging established practices, and fostering a culture of innovation within the team
Collaborating with teams across the corporation to develop cross-domain space solutions.
Operate strategically through engaging with customers in leveraging the latest technology that provides innovative solutions to their challenging problems in the space arena.
What Corporate Skills You’ll Bring
Strong written and oral communication skills
Must work well in a team environment
Possess organizational, time management and project management skills
Demonstrate flexibility and ability to adapt to changing organizational need
Interpersonal skills to coordinate efforts and work with other internal and external organizations
What You Need to be Successful
Minimum Requirements
Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college/university program in computer science, computer engineering, electrical engineering, or related field, pursuing or conferred within 12 months
Prior internship with The Aerospace Corporation.
Ability to lead tasks and work on multiple tasks concurrently.
Strong software engineering life-cycle experience and problem-solving skills.
Experience in at least one of the following areas: DODAF and generation of related models and dashboards
Data lakes and data pipelining
Model-based systems engineering and complex systems modeling
AI/ML (LLM, Neural Network, NLP, etc.)
Alternative software development methodologies (Agile, DevOps, etc.)
Willing to travel occasionally.
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.
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