SDA Data & C2 Engineer

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, 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 United States Space Force, United States Space Command, Air Force Material 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.

The Enterprise Data and Digital Solutions team is focused on integrating a large portfolio of digital technologies across the USSF enterprise to provide near term solutions to our customer’s pressing information system challenges. The Global Mission Data Dominance (GMDD) Branch is tasked with supporting the Space Enterprise in developing data distribution, storage, analytics, and networks to support the war in space. This Project Leader or Sr. Project Leader role is a technical position actively engaged in Aerospace’s support to this Space Systems Command program office.

Work Model

This is a mainly on-site position located in Colorado Springs with the government customer and requires at least four regular onsite workdays and teleworking flexibility as the business needs allow.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Providing Aerospace support to the Global Mission Data Dominance Branch
• This a key position with the potential to shape both the Space Force thinking and future corporate activities in the management of Space Data
• Working in a fast-paced environment with geographically dispersed teams across the Space Enterprise
• Activities will include leading projects, evaluating contractor designs, shepherding the integration of key data sets, prototyping new technologies, and provided strategic inputs that enables the larger space community
• The following activities encompass the broad responsibilities for a Sr. Project Leader. A Project Leader, with less experience, is expected to contribute to many of the activities but with more guidance from management.
• Acts as spokesperson for working groups, advising the customer including GMDD Branch leadership in formulating, evaluating, and overseeing understanding of system requirements and system engineering practices 
• Providing insight to Aerospace leadership and the customer on risks, issues, opportunities and associated mitigation strategies and corrective actions 
• Responsible for ensuring successful execution of systems integration efforts between space, ground, and the integration of segments across of the GMDD portfolio
• Shaping requirements definition GMDD systems including development, coordination, and approval of system capability documents, system requirements documents, and interface control documents 
• Assessing mission trades between segments and products for system-level design reviews to help identify optimal systems architecture designs 
• Maintaining effective working relationships with customer leadership, capability-delivering contractors, Aerospace engineering teams and other program office support organizations, including the creation of technical materials and the ability to present to key stakeholders and senior leaders 
• Lead diverse teams in the execution of the systems engineering, integration, and test responsibilities, to include the coordination of subject matter experts and the integration of inputs to provide corporate and customer leadership with technical advice 
• Acts as a senior mentor to team members, providing technical guidance to staff in both technical duties and program office responsibilities as well as development insights 
• Providing oversight and management of program staffing budgets, including the identification and recruitment of subject matter experts to contribute to system acquisition and support activities 

What You Need to be Successful – Project Leader, Data Engineering

Minimum Requirements: