Sr. Technical Advisor - Offensive Unmanned Aircraft Systems; OsUAS) Program Office

# Sr. Technical Advisor - Offensive Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (OsUAS) Program Office The Aerospace Corporation  
· aerospace.org Category:
Red Team / Offensive

Location:

Wright-Patterson AFB, OHLevel:
Senior Salary:
$151,300 – $226,900

Clearance:
TS/SCIThe 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. Aerospace’s Joint and Multi-Domain Subdivision supports a broad sponsor landscape, extending Aerospace’s space-based technical expertise to operational end users. With projects ranging from state of the art research and concept development, to prototyping, cutting-edge laboratory environments, fully integrated operational capabilities, and robust analytics and decision support tools, Aerospace’s support to the military Services, Combatant Commands, and other government agencies helps to enable strategic decisions, explore new operational concepts, and drive toward integrated, multi-domain capabilities.

As a Senior Technical Advisor supporting the USAF Offensive Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (OsUAS) Program Office, you will play a critical role in the development, test, procurement, and fielding of Group 1-3 sUAS capabilities capable of performing in both permissive and contested environments.  In this position you will function as a trusted technical advisor—shaping engineering decisions, informing acquisition strategy, and ensuring technical rigor across the portfolio.

The selected candidate will be required to work full-time, on-site at our facility in Dayton, OH.What You'll Be Doing Serve as a Senior Technical Advisor to the OsUAS portfolio, providing independent assessment and guidance across the development, test, and procurement of a wide range of small UAS systems. Provide expert technical judgment to inform program-level decisions, including system design trades, acquisition strategy considerations, risk assessments, and technical readiness evaluations.

Foster collaborative working relationships across government, SETA, contractor, and FFRDC partners to deliver high‐quality technical assessments, engineering analyses, and decision-support products that advance OsUAS capabilities and meet warfighter needs.

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