Sr. Space Security EW​/RF Operational Engineer

Sr. Space Security EW/RF Operational 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, 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 Space Security and Defense Program (SSDP) Electromagnetic Warfare (EWD) Department team is seeking a Sr. Space Security EW/RF Operational Engineer to provide operationally focused space solutions for warfighter and end user in support of our Department of War (DoW), Intelligence Community (IC), and civil customers. We serve as the United States Space Force's (USSF) point integrating modeling and simulation tools, future threat analysis, emerging technologies along with Service and Combatant Commander strategic visions to craft force Designs.

Do you want to have a positive impact on the present and future space enterprise? Join us on the SSDP team at The Aerospace Corporation!

The selected candidate will be required to work full-time, on-site at our facility in Colorado Springs, CO.

What You'll Be Doing

• Leading and coordinating multi-disciplinary teams of ETG technical specialists to advise Space Security and Defense Program (SSDP) on technical and analytical approaches, force design, systems engineering, and development of systems and capabilities for customers across multi-phase projects.
• Managing technical contributions in electromagnetic warfare (EW) and SATCOM RF expertise, investigating urgent technical problems as needed.
• Directing systems engineering efforts to include requirements development, system concept development/evaluation, design review, system integration, and test campaign support.
• Providing expertise for identifying, developing, evaluating, and testing modifications and enhancements to EW architectures.
• Leading team efforts to identify, develop, evaluate, and test modifications and enhancements to EW architectures, including conducting link budget analyses for a wide range of frequency bands, satellites, and ground systems.
• Working cooperatively across the organization to identify common program challenges and risks, provide enterprise recommendations, and lead issues to closure.
• Interacting directly with government organizations including SSDP, US Space Command, US Space Force and their subordinate field commands and relevant squadrons, Intelligence Community (IC) partners, other Service partners, and Combatant Commands.
• Identifying needed expertise and leading analytic teams from Aerospace Engineering and Technology Group (ETG) technical specialists to address customers' key technical hard questions and challenges through data driven analysis.
• Working closely and effectively with external partners in integrated product teams that include government, contractor, and FFRDC members…