Enterprise Architect​/Ground Systems 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.

Building on The Aerospace Corporation's reputation as a trusted, impartial advisor with integrity and dedication to mission success, the Civil Systems Group (CSG) combines deep technical expertise with market-leading innovation to help our customers solve complex systems engineering and integration challenges. CSG is organized by core customer-facing lines of business to manage and grow programs within NASA, NOAA, and the NNSA, while extending our capabilities to other civilian federal government agencies fully integrated within Aerospace rules, regulations, processes, values, and behaviors.

The Environmental Remote Sensing directorate works closely with NOAA Satellite programs to transform earth observations into actionable information for weather forecasts and warnings. We are looking for a highly experienced Enterprise Architect/Ground Systems Engineer (MTS Retiree Casual III
- Systems Engineering) to bridge the gap between ground architecture model developers and NOAA Satellite Ground Systems subject matter experts, particularly in translating future satellite architecture scenarios into technical requirements and concepts of operations to enable rapid algorithm updates. The successful candidate will provide crucial oversight to ensure model outputs are consistent with expectations and can accurately assess the value dimension of trade studies, enabling informed decisions about cost-effective changes in NOAA's ground system.

The successful candidate will help tailor the models so that the benefits, costs and risks associated with Artificial Intelligence enabled technologies and harnessing commercial capabilities (Ground System as a Service) are incorporated. The successful candidate will assist with extending this model capability to other government agencies associated with satellite ground system operations, and mentor/train early and mid-career enterprise architects/ground systems engineers for this exciting field.

The selected candidate will be required to work part-time remote with some onsite work required in Silver Spring, MD.

What You'll Be Doing

* Working closely with NOAA Satellite program leadership, ground engineers and scientists to understand future architecture scenarios and translate them into technical requirements to optimize current and planned ground system capabilities

* Ensure ground system cost-value models appropriately assess the value dimensions of trades between architecture scenarios, particularly in the realm of commercial services versus government owned and operated.

* Update cost-value models to incorporate savings achievable by using the latest technologies associated with Artificial Intelligence

* Provide recommendations for extending cost-value models beyond NOAA customers

* Mentor and train early and mid-career cost-value ground system engineers and architects

What You Need to be Successful

Minimum Requirements:

* Master's degree in aerospace engineering or related field

* 10 or more years of increasingly responsible professional engineering/scientific experience, including experience in a systems engineering and program lifecycle environment

* Deep knowledge of satellite ground systems, both government and commercially owned/operated

* An authority on all types of Concepts of Operations (CONOPS) documentation in the Government and extensive experience developing operational use cases for major system acquisitions

* Deep knowledge of NOAA Satellite programs and ground systems

* Experience running cost-value scenarios associated with ground system architecture

* This position may require the ability to…