Sr. Space Vehicle Engineering and Integration Leader

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, technology development, warfighter capability enablers, systems integration, defense industrial base, and threat reduction to help shape existing and future space missions across the national security space (NSS) enterprise. DSG is unique at Aerospace as it not only directly supports major customers, including the U.S. Space Force, U.S. Space Command, Air Force Material Command, and senior leadership at the Pentagon, but also provides a broad range of technical support across the national space enterprise, maintaining vertical responsibilities with customers’ portfolios as well as horizontal, matrixed responsibilities across the corporation.

Additionally, DSG provides deep technical expertise to the Space Force Space Systems Command (SSC) in the conception, design, acquisition, launch and operations of satellite, launch vehicle, ground control, and range systems. The Sr. Space Vehicle Engineering and Integration Leader is part of the Defense Strategic Space Advanced Capabilities office and provides support to the Portfolio Acquisition Executive for Advanced Capabilities (PAE-AC).

This role provides technical expertise and engineering support in the development and fielding of critical capabilities. The selected candidate will be required to work full-time, on-site at our facility in Chantilly, VA.

• Identifying and directing potential innovations and risk reduction activities (such as independent analyses and laboratory testing capabilities) within the program office and in support of corporate strategic projects and initiatives
• Defining and coordinating teams to address difficult technical issues internal to the program and across program lines, and communicating recommendations to Aerospace and customer management
• Mentoring personnel in the program office and ETG
• Collaborating with SETA and government customer counterparts to meet mission needs
• Responsible for engaging and working closely with customers and other Aerospace Offices to identify and apply resources to ensure successful program execution
• Advising the Government on the trades associated with alternative analyses and recommending capability and risk-based courses of action considering operational, technical, and acquisition factors
• Leading and coordinating subject matter experts across multiple efforts in the execution of the systems engineering, integration, and test activities, including integrating and formalizing inputs for reports to corporate and customer leadership

Minimum Requirements for Sr. Project Leader – Engineering Program Management and Systems Engineering:

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited program in engineering, physics, mathematics, computer science or other applicable degree
• 12 or more years of relevant engineering/technical/operational/integration/system fielding experience
• Experience with development and integration of DoD and/or IC space capabilities, missions, and/or programs in standard and/or rapid acquisition environments
• Experience with…