Senior Technology and Policy Advisor

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.

The National Intelligence Division within NSG supports the Requirements, Cost, and Effectiveness (RC&E) organization.  RC&E advances the integration of mission priorities and capability needs across the IC to meet future challenges and opportunities in support of our Nation’s security.  The Aerospace team supports RC&E leadership decision making by delivering insight on the future intelligence environment with fact-based analysis on strategic issues, acquisitions, capabilities, cost, and effectiveness.  Aerospace is looking for a Senior Technology and Policy Advisor (Senior Project Engineer -Enterprise Systems Engineering) role. This position will support Aerospace’s impact on the Intelligence Community’s space enterprise requirements, programming, and budgeting process.

Work Model

This is a full-time position based in the Tyson’s area in the National Capital Region, which requires 100% onsite work with the possibility of some assignments at the Aerospace Chantilly Campus.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Leverage your technical acumen and soft-people skills in working shoulder to shoulder with our senior customers to develop trusted-partner technical advisory relationships.
• Act as an advisor to senior leaders across ODNI on issues related to space capability requirements, costs, and integration into the IC space architecture.
• Work with Aerospace subject matter experts to form and manage teams to deliver strategic analysis and study results for senior customers.
• Operate strategically to propose new areas, projects, and tasks to expand Aerospace’s impact on enterprise space integration for multiple divisions and offices across ODNI and other IC elements.
• Help improve and accelerate executive decision making by providing deep technical understanding of technological advancements, mission and capability needs, or priorities for strategic investment portfolio reviews.
• Engage with and coordinate with stakeholders across Aerospace and other IC elements to understand mission needs driving future systems architectures.
• Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change, or new ones may be assigned as needed.

What You Need to be Successful

Minimum Requirements Senior Project Engineer -Enterprise Systems Engineering:

• Bachelor’s degree in applicable STEM areas or other relevant disciplines.
• 10 or more years of increasing responsibility and applicable experience in engineering, technical, or strategic planning roles.
• Demonstrated effective skills in communication, organization, time and resource tracking.
• Proven ability to quickly analyze technical material and provide clear, concise, and timely assessments in support of decision making and strategic planning.
• This position requires a current and active TS/SCI security clearance and polygraph, which is issued by the US government. U.S citizenship is required to obtain a security clearance.

How You Can Stand Out

It would be impressive if you have one or more of these:

• Advanced degree in applicable STEM areas or other relevant discipline
• Significant and demonstrated experience and deep technical knowledge of aspects of the IC mission requirements, acquisition processes, or relevant commercial technologies (space/ground systems, advanced sensors, cyber, etc.)
• Experience in leading technical, multidisciplinary teams.
• Demonstrated experience in cost, schedule, and performance risk/issue management of IC or industry space architectures
• Demonstrated ability to build relationships with other intelligence community and national security space organizations, working groups, or senior leaders.
• Demonstrated strategic thinker with the ability to think ahead and anticipa