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ID #44644366
State Virginia
City Crystalcity
Job type Permanent
Salary USD TBD TBD
Source Aerospace Corporation
Showed 2022-08-06
Date 2022-08-05
Deadline 2022-10-04
Category Et cetera
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M&S Systems Engineer

Virginia, Crystalcity, 22202 Crystalcity USA

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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.

At Aerospace, we are committed to providing an inclusive and diverse workplace for all employees to share in our common passion and aspiration - to carry out a mission much bigger than ourselves.

We remain committed to maintaining a safe environment for hiring as we look forward to the future of work. Click here for information on Aerospace's COVID-19 directives and safety procedures implemented to keep our workplace safe.

The Aerospace Corporation's Civil Systems Group (CSG) is seeking qualified individuals for the position of Sr. Project Engineer in the Federal Programs Division (FPD). The Division is responsible for providing full lifecycle independent assessment, systems engineering and integration (SE&I), and mission assurance to Federal agencies and commercial sector customers across the space, aviation, and related sophisticated systems enterprise. The candidate selected for this position will be working in a team supporting customers and reaching back to other groups for additional technical support and expertise. The candidate selected for this position will be responsible for performing technical work and project engineering and management, e.g., interacting with the customer and coordinating with additional technical support.

This is a hybrid position based at our Crystal City, VA location.

What You'll Be Doing
  • Provide technical systems engineering, mission assurance, systems architecting, technology planning and assessments, enterprise-level assessment functions within the Federal Civil & Homeland Security Directorate.
  • Perform system engineering and integration (SE&l) activities in support of customer efforts.
  • Support studies and analysis in support of technical and organizational decision-making on programs and projects.
  • Work includes the development, evaluation and execution of systems engineering and mission assurance processes and practices, enterprise-level and organizational effectiveness assessments, systems architecture studies, analysis of alternatives (AoA) studies, technology planning and evaluation, and technical and programmatic risk assessments.
  • Work collaboratively with program development and program execution staff to demonstrate the Corporation's analytical capabilities in all relevant areas.
  • lnteract directly with customers: Department of Homeland Security, Department of Transportation, along with cross cutting efforts that include the National Science Foundation, and other civil agencies.
  • Participate in work execution and integrate technical analyses into high quality, unified final products.
  • Support business development efforts.

What You Need to Be Successful

Minimum Requirements
  • Bachelor's degree from an accredited university in engineering, science, physics, or other technical discipline.
  • 12 years of progressively responsible technical experience
  • Proven team leadership and program management experience.
  • Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with all levels of customers, contractors and technical staff
  • Demonstrated initiative, creativity, and mature judgment
  • Excellent verbal and written communications skill
  • ability to travel
  • Demonstrated execution skills in a technical environment including formulating task plans, supporting effective studies, delegating within the program office and to the engineering and technology group is required.
  • Demonstrated leadership, execution, analysis and product delivery capabilities, as evidenced through examples of recent integrated products are required. Strong oral and written communication, interpersonal, organizational and team building skills are required.
  • Ability to work in a self-motivated and directed manner with senior customer personnel on a variety of technical, programmatic, and administrative issues is required.
  • Experience in the analysis of complex technical programmatic, and management environments is required.
  • This position requires ability to obtain and maintain a security clearance, which is issued by the US government. U.S citizenship is required to obtain a security clearance.

How You Can Stand Out

It would be impressive if you had one or more of the following
  • 10 years experience in relevant Space Traffic Management, Space Control, Space Situational Awareness and/or Space Asset Protection technical subject areas
  • Experience with electro-optical and/or RF sensing systems (e.g., telescopes, radars, etc.)
  • Experience with Uncrewed Air Systems (UAS) and Counter Uncrewed Air Systems (CUAS).
  • Experience with aircraft operating in National Air Space (NAS), Advanced Air Mobility (AAM), UAS Traffic Management (UTM)
  • Experience performing or working with people performing machine learning (ML), Artificial Intelligence (AI), autonomy
  • Experience with Operations Research (OR)
  • Experience performing or working with people performing Modeling, Simulation, and Analysis (MS&A).
  • 12 years of systems engineering, system trades, requirements management, technology development, and system architecting experience.
  • Broad knowledge and experience with the Aerospace Corporation's business.
  • Knowledge of the Department of Homeland Security, Department of Transportation, National Science Foundation, and other civil agencies mission areas.
  • Experience with technology maturation.
  • Experience working within a matrixed technology organization.
  • Advanced technical degree
  • Current Top Secret clearance

Ways We Reward Our Employees

During your interview process, our team will provide details of our industry-leading benefits.

Benefits vary and are applicable based on Job Type. A few highlights include:
  • Comprehensive health care and wellness plans
  • Paid holidays, sick time, and vacation
  • Standard and alternate work schedules, including telework options
  • 401(k) Plan - Employees receive a total company-paid benefit of 8%, 10%, or 12% of eligible compensation based on years of service and matching contributions; employees are immediately eligible and vested in the plan upon hire
  • Flexible spending accounts
  • Variable pay program for exceptional contributions
  • Relocation assistance
  • Professional growth and development programs to help advance your career
  • Education assistance programs
  • An inclusive work environment built on teamwork, flexibility, and respect

We are all unique, from diverse backgrounds and all walks of life, yet one thing bonds all of us to each other-the belief that we can make a difference. This core belief empowers us to do our best work at The Aerospace Corporation.

Equal Opportunity Commitment

The Aerospace Corporation is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. We believe that a diverse workforce creates an environment in which unique ideas are developed and differing perspectives are valued, producing superior customer solutions. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of race, age, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, color, religion, genetic information, marital status, ancestry, national origin, protected veteran status, physical disability, medical condition, mental disability, or disability status and any other characteristic protected by state or federal law. If you're an individual with a disability or a disabled veteran who needs assistance using our online job search and application tools or need reasonable accommodation to complete the job application process, please contact us by phone at 310.336.5432 or by email at ieo.mailbox@aero.org . You can also review The Equal Employment Opportunity is the Law and the supplement , as well as the Pay Transparency Policy Statement .

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