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 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 Aerospace Narrowband Systems program office supports the acquisition, design, development, fielding, and operations for the DoD’s UHF Narrowband military communications mission, which provides warfighters with all-weather communications. With MUOS achieving full operational capability in 2019, the program office is embarking on an exciting and challenging competition to build two new satellites to extend the current MUOS mission into the 2030s. Opportunities await to play a major role in the integration of the Service Life Extension (SLE) satellites into operational space and ground segments while providing improvements for the warfighter.
The Narrowband (NB) Systems Engineering, Integration, and Test (SEIT) Lead will be responsible for providing leadership in a broad range of engineering, technical, and programmatic activities associated with system engineering, integration, operations and sustainment for communication programs within the Narrowband SATCOM Division (SSC/NX), with a primary focus on the successful integration of the SLE satellites into the MUOS system architecture.
This is a full-time position based in San Diego, CA offering a hybrid work model that combines 4 regular onsite workdays and remote flexibility as business needs allow.
What You’ll Be Doing
The primary customers of Aerospace’s Narrowband Systems group are the Narrowband Space and Engineering Branches of the US Space Force’s Narrowband SATCOM Division (SSC/NX)
Aerospace’s Narrowband Systems group is the primary technical advisor to SSC/NX across the space and systems integration segments of the MUOS and MUOS SLE programs
Provide technical recommendations to MUOS Program Office and serve as a technical counterpart to SSC/NX Chief Engineer
Ensure the SLE satellites successfully integrate with the existing MUOS space and ground segments
Help develop end-to-end System V&V and testing strategies to ensure successful integration of SLE including requirements development for test beds
Participate as the primary Aerospace representative to program systems engineering and risk boards/working groups
Provide leadership to system integration activities across program elements at different points in their lifecycle
Support areas of the NX SEIT organization, as required, including System Analysis, Cybersecurity, Crypto, IV&V, Requirements, Reliability, and CONOPs
What You Need to be Successful
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