Senior Project Engineer/Project Engineer – Space Data Networks Force Design

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.

At Aerospace, we are committed to providing an inclusive and diverse workplace for all employees to share in our common passion and aspiration – to carry out a mission much bigger than ourselves.

The Defense Systems Group (DSG) provides analysis-based decision support to senior leaders on space architectures, policy and strategy, developmental planning, system of systems engineering, and threat reduction to help shape future space missions across the national security space enterprise. DSG is unique at Aerospace as it not only directly supports major customers, including Air Force Space Command, U.S. Strategic Command, Air Force Materiel Command, and senior leadership at the Pentagon, but also provides a broad range of services and support across the national space enterprise, maintaining vertical responsibilities with customers but also horizontal, matrixed responsibilities across the corporation.

As part of the Space Enterprise and Warfighting Division, the Space Warfighting Analysis Department provides high-quality analytical support to the USSF’s Space Warfighting Analysis Center (SWAC), advising the Government on the design of future joint forces communications architectures to win the next war.

Work Model

This position requires 100% onsite work in classified facilities in Colorado Springs, CO.

What You’ll Be Doing

Provide leadership and technical support to the Space Warfighting Analysis Center (SWAC).  This fast-paced organization is developing the next generation of capabilities to provide space effects to the joint warfighter and operate in a highly contested operational environment. The ideal candidate will work collaboratively in a multi-level classification environment with interagency, military, and civilian communities in the planning, conduct and interpretation of analysis to shape the force design of the future space data networks architecture.

• Advise the SWAC’s Government leadership on analytical approaches, force design, systems engineering and development of future Space Data Transport architectures.

• Develop analytic plans, define analytic tasks, and execute analysis needed to understand spaced data network mission needs and refine force designs.

• Translate SWAC Government leadership needs for engineering and analytical support to members of Aerospace’s Engineering and Technology Group (ETG).

• Plan, assign, and manage the workload of interdisciplinary teams to meet customer requirements.

• Identify Aerospace resources and expertise that can be brought to bear on tough customer problems.

• Provide periodic execution reviews to Aerospace and customer senior management.

• Lead or participate in teams conducting analysis of technology and capabilities and providing analytically backed recommendations.

• Provide frequent communication to government counterparts about Aerospace ETG support.

• Collaborate with other Aerospace personnel across all corporate locations and organizations.

• Direct interaction with various government partner organizations including US Space Force (USSF), Space Warfare Analysis Center (SWAC), Space Systems Center (SSC), US Space Command (USSC), and the subordinate Space Operations Squadrons (SOPS), the Intelligence Community and other Combatant Commands.

This position is available as a Project Engineer or Senior Project Engineer

What You Need to be Successful for a Project Engineer

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor of Science degree in engineering, science, mathematics, or related technical field from a recognized institution.

• 8 or more years of progressively more responsible technical experience with communications and network systems development and acquisition, analysis, operations and/or program management.

• Familiarity with strategic space and ground data networks and communications systems, architectures, and operations.

• Knowledge of military and commercial SATCOM missions, system designs, and operations.

• Experience with modeling, simulation, and analysis of communications architectures.

• Experience providing technical deliverables.