Position, Navigation, and Timing; PNT Project Leader

Position: Position, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) Project 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 Enterprise Effects Division (EED) drives integration of Aerospace's strategic capabilities across the national space enterprise. The division leverages a broad array of engineering disciplines against a dynamic portfolio of programs, customers, and national challenges. EED spans the capability lifecycle from concept and architecture design to performance assessment to application of space and space-enabled capabilities.

The Surveillance and Navigation Architecture Performance Department (SNAPD) in the Integrated Performance Subdivision aspires to be the premier force advising the evolution of national security and civil space enterprises, leveraging our modeling and simulation (M&S) expertise to evaluate end-to-end architecture performance.

Within SNAPD, the Navigation and Positioning Architectures Section (NPAS) develops and maintains technical capabilities in modeling, simulation, and analysis (MS&A) to perform requirements verification, analyses-of-alternatives (AoA), and performance evaluation for navigation and positioning systems. We are looking for curious and innovative teammates to help us address our customers' hardest problems!

Work Model:

This full-time position requires 100% onsite work in El Segundo, CA, Chantilly, VA, or Colorado Springs, CO.

What You'll Be Doing

* Serve as integration leader for analysis that drives recommendations for research, development, and acquisition decisions for legacy and emerging navigation and positioning systems

* Serve as a key point of contact and advise key stakeholders for specialized technical expertise in geolocation, PNT architecture analysis or PNT resilience

* Lead cross-department teams in conducting specialized technical analysis and development tasks

* Independently translate customer needs into project objectives and provide technical evaluations

* Perform end-to-end (E2E) performance evaluations and analysis-of-alternatives (AoA) using in-house or internally developed analysis tools

* Serve as a technical mentor to junior staff in one or more department focus areas, coordinating training and delivering a strategy for maintaining bench depth in department capabilities.

* Develop and present timely and technically accurate presentations and reports that clearly communicate analysis results to technical leads, management, and customers

* Support development and sustainment of the organization's analysis and simulation tools and capabilities

* Build and maintain a strong network of customers and collaborators by forming effective working relationships with cross-organization internal partners, government customers, and contractor teammates.

What You Need to be Successful:

Minimum Requirements:

Project Leader

* B.S. degree in aerospace engineering, electrical engineering, systems engineering, mathematics, or a related discipline from an accredited school

* 8 or more years of relevant professional, technical, and program management work experience

* Professional experience with one or more of the following subjects: space-related modeling and simulation, geolocation, mission data processing, signal processing, space threats, resilient systems, advanced PNT technologies, algorithm design, software development, or mathematical modeling

* Proficiency with one or more software languages that may include Python, C, C++, MATLAB, Fortran, Java

* This position requires the ability to obtain and maintain a TS/SCI security clearance, which is issued by the U.S. government. U.S. citizenship is required to obtain a security clearance

How You Can Stand Out

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