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 National Systems Group serves as the technical advisor to the Intelligence Community and its mission partners involved in the collection and distribution of national and tactical intelligence, including electronics programs, advanced technologies, ground and communications, imagery programs, and systems engineering and launch.
Within NSG, the Electronic Programs Division (EPD) serves as SIGINT domain experts to define, deliver, and analyze performance for SIGINT systems. In this opportunity you will serve as a SIGINT Systems Engineer (Sr. Project Engineer – Enterprise Systems Engineering) for a new architecture, to include all associated system and subsystem interfaces and functionality. You will be the team’s front-facing representative with Senior Government Officials to review and advise them on architecture trade studies, in-depth potential capability analysis, and planning for future capabilities. You will be responsible for defining architecture-level studies and working with user groups to translate needs statements into capability requirements.
You will work closely with the Aerospace modeling and simulation team to define study parameters, create executive-level products, and ensure Aerospace tools are maintained for consistent Aerospace quality across organizations. You will analyze impacts from requirements changes, architecture changes, and to define impacts to risks. Additionally, you will work with other Directorates to manage interface definitions and requirement linkages.
This is a full-time position based in Chantilly, VA, which requires 100% onsite work at a customer facility.
What You’ll Be Doing
Serve as a multi-disciplined systems engineer in the program office assisting in the development and fielding of the next generation SIGINT architecture.
Contribute to authorship of payload and mission suite performance and interface definitions across the architecture.
Lead architectural implementation trades leveraging the Aerospace mission analysis team.
Lead Aerospace matrix engineering organization and laboratory resources (ETG) to support concept development, requirement and mission analyses, and technology demonstrations.
Serve as the primary Aerospace interface to the Government Customer(s), while working collaboratively with a wide variety of other support contractors (e.g.- SETA) and development contractors who are associated with the program.
Independently generate technical findings and recommendations for Government Customers and Aerospace management
Assist the customer in shaping and enabling advancement and capability development efforts underway with effective technical and operational understanding of end users.
Support and influence enterprise-level assessments against customer activities and offering specific plans of action or mitigation against emerging issues.
What You Need to be Successful
Minimum Requirements for the Sr. Project Engineer – Enterprise Systems Engineering :
Bachelor’s or advanced degree in science, engineering, mathematics, or a related technical field.
12 years of progressively more responsible systems engineering experience.
Experience in research and development of new technologies for space systems, such as microelectronics, optical sensors, or RF systems.
Demonstrated ability to work effectively as part of a team consisting of customer, contractor, Aerospace, and SETA personnel.
Technical knowledge of…