SATCOM Payload Engineer

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Los Angeles AFB, CA:
Full time:
Posted Today:
R016967

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 architecture, 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 because it directly supports major customers—including the U.S. Space Force, U.S. Space Command, Air Force Materiel Command, and senior leadership at the Pentagon—while also delivering a broad range of technical support across the national space enterprise through both customer portfolio responsibilities and horizontal, matrixed collaboration across the corporation.

Additionally, DSG provides deep technical expertise to Space Force Space Systems Command (SSC) in the conception, design, acquisition, launch, and operations of satellite, launch vehicle, ground control, and range systems.

The Evolved Strategic SATCOM (ESS), the next generation of nuclear command, control, and communication (NC3) satellite system, seeks a
** SATCOM Payload Engineer
** to serve as a technical advisor for payload engineering within an integrated program office supporting the U.S. Space Force. This position requires an experienced RF communications engineering expert who will focus on the satellite RF payload subsystems, provide technical advisory services to government customers, and ensure alignment between acquisition strategies and mission capability requirements. This is a high-impact opportunity to shape a critical communications payload portfolio at a pivotal stage of program execution.

This role will work with a highly experienced payload engineering team, interface regularly with Space Force leadership, Aerospace Corporation management and personnel, support contractors, and prime contractors to ensure successful execution of this critical national security space program.

The selected candidate will be required to work full-time, on-site at our facility at Los Angeles Air Force Base, CA.
** What You’ll Be Doing
** ESS is a communications satellite program for resilient, reliable, and secure communications for NC3 users worldwide; within this program, the SATCOM Payload Engineer position encompasses responsibility for technical advisement for the RF payload portfolio including phased array antenna and XDR modem subsystems. The selected candidate will:  
* Provide insight to Aerospace leadership and the customer on prime contractor execution status, risks, issues, and opportunities for the RF payload.
* Maintain effective working relationships with customer leadership, contractors, ETG and other supporting contractors.
* Manage allocated resources to prioritize tasking for ETG subject matter experts.
* Deliver, in collaboration with ETG, technical position papers, design assessments, and briefings on technical, cost, and schedule risk to the program relating to communication payload design and implementation.
* Act as a technical advisor to the Space Force…