Space Combat Forces Sr. Systems 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.

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 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.

As part of the Space Enterprise and Warfighting Division, the Space Warfighting Directorate provides high-quality analytical support to the US Space Force’s Space Operations Command (SpOC), Space Training and Readiness Command (STARCOM), and United States Space Forces - Space (S4S) Field Commands, advising the Government on the design, performance, operational employment, and resilience of current and future space forces to integrate into the joint fight delivering combat relevant space effects, in, from, and to space to win the next war. We are seeking an experienced and highly motivated Senior Systems Engineer to support Headquarters Space Operations Command (SpOC).  The successful candidate will be able to provide experience-based technical expertise and trusted counsel to SpOC leadership on all aspects of the USSF space operations portfolio.

Work Model: This position requires 100% on site work at Peterson Space Force Base in Colorado Springs, CO and the Aerospace Colorado Springs campus.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Providing trusted technical counsel to HQ SpOC, including senior leadership, on all aspects of Orbital and Electronic Warfare (OW & EW), Space-Based Sensing and Targeting (SBST), Space Domain Awareness (SDA), Battle Management Command and Control (BMC2), and Offensive Cyber Operations (OCO) capabilities from initial concept and requirements definition, through programming, development, testing, operations, and sustainment.
• Serving as a key advisor for the customer’s proponency role representing the operational community to inform the design, requirements, development, fielding, planning, integration, operational employment, and sustainment of enterprise capabilities.
• Solving the customers’ hardest enterprise integration problems optimizing the broader space operations portfolio for space warfighting.
• Providing the customer with technical assessments of system design, process integrity, and schedule confidence for missions with rapid acquisition timelines.
• Supporting Space Forces Generation (SPAFORGEN) and other activities to ensure the readiness of space combat forces to meet Combatant Command warfighting objectives prior to presentation to the joint force.
• Working with mixed government, Systems Engineering & Technical Analysis (SETA) and FFRDC teams on architecture, strategy, and systems engineering projects and tasks.
• Delivering high quality technical products in a timely manner.
• Exemplifying Aerospace corporate values of objectivity and integrity when serving as a trusted agent to our government customers.

What You Need to be Successful - Senior Project Engineer - Systems Engineering - Acquisition and Systems Engineering

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, physics, mathematics or other relevant technical discipline.
• Twelve or more years of increasingly responsible relevant professional engineering experience supporting National Security Space (NSS) missions.
• An operational background in electronic warfare, orbital warfare, space domain awareness, battle management command and control, or offensive cyber mission areas.
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