Senior Mission Engineer
Senior Mission Engineer
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$ 151300 - 226900
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Job Description
The Aerospace Corporation is the trusted partner to the nations 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 youll 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 Aerospaces 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 spaceenabled capabilities.
The Mission Engineering Department provides technical expertise and leadership in mission engineering methods processes and tools to a broad range of customers including National Security Space (NSS) and other defense programs NASA NOAA NNSA and others. Members of the Mission Engineering Department evaluate and assess customer missionintegration needs and/or challenges develop endtoend mission threads and provide timely advice make recommendations to enterprise leaders on risks issues and gaps and develop recommended solutions to enable desired mission outcomes. The Mission Engineering Department applies the missionengineering tradecraft to build and analyze endtoend effectschains.
Senior Engineering Specialists typically serve as senior technical authority consultant primary investigator or team leader on one or more projects. They lead or organize interfaces between customers and Aerospace technical and management staff coordinate largescale technical efforts across program/project lines mentor and serve as role models for junior staff.
Work Model:
This is an onsite position based in El Segundo CA.
What Youll Be Doing
You will design and develop system of systems and enterprise engineering MBSE models and mission engineering principles to capture endtoend mission threads
You will develop and integrate analytical methods and tools to evaluate program and mission strategic concepts to influence solution conceptual designs for performance risk and resilience to disruptive events or threats
You will lead development of architecture for modeling simulation and data tools and their interactions defining concepts of operations and use cases and overseeing implementation to ensure that intended objectives are met
You will lead and develop models and analysis to identify risks on new capabilities. The analysis will include strategic assessments operations resources networks and data across the national security space enterprise. The recommendations will inform customer decisions on priorities funding requirements and resourcing for organizations systems and training
You will lead project teams comprising Aerospace customer and contractor personnel on multiple concurrent projects to elicit and identify needs requirements and constraints for studies and marshal technical expertise in multiple technical disciplines and domains to enable concurrent engineering approaches developing and mentoring junior staff as part of the role
What You Need to be Successful
Minimum Requirements for Sr. Engineering Specialist:
You must hold a Bachelors degree in a technical field or a Bachelors degree and equivalent technical experience
You must have substantive experience in the space intelligence and/or defense domains typically 12 or more years
You must be proficient with engineering and analytic capabilities such as Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) or modeling and simulation.
You must have experience with project planning and team leadership
You need excellent interpersonal skills and ability to work effectively with customers Aerospace program offices and contractors; to collaborate with other functional organizations within Aerospace; and to mentor and develop junior staff
You must have experience developing and presenting strategic decisionmaking and strategic communications artifacts for seniorlevel management and technical architecture design artifacts for engineeringlevel reviews
You need exceptional timemanagement skills with the ability to manage multiple concurrent projects and to organize and lead crossfunctional crossorganizational teams to execute studies and assessments
You must be available and willing to travel domestically and internationally approx. 510
This position requires a current and active TS/SCI security clearance which is issued by the US government. U.S citizenship is to obtain a security clearance
How You Can Stand Out
It would be impressive if you have one or more of these:
Advanced degree in engineering math science or related technical discipline
Demonstrated success in organizing and leading crossfunctional crossorganizational teams to execute studies and assessments and generate quality products
More relevant work and/or graduate school experience greater than 5 years in system or enterprise architecting systems engineering modelbased systems engineering or digital engineering
More relevant work and/or graduate school experience greater than 5 years in space systems. Experience in command and control system of systems engineering system test and training are desired.
Handson experience with system or enterprise modeling in the Systems Modeling Language SysML Unified Architecture Framework (UAF) or Unified Profile for DoDAF and MODAF (UPDM)
Experience working closely with key Aerospace customer agencies in the defense and intelligence community including strong knowledge of their domain and strong professional networks
Experience leading and executing digital transformation initiatives
We offer a competitive compensation package where youll be rewarded based on your performance and recognized for the value you bring to our business. The gradebased pay range for this job is listed below. Individual salaries within that range are determined through a wide variety of factors including but not limited to education experience knowledge and skills.
(Min Max)
$151300 $226900Pay Basis: AnnualLeadership Competencies
Our leadership philosophy is simple: every employee regardless of level and role can demonstrate leadership. At Aerospace our commitment is our people. To cultivate our talent and ensure that we have a strong pipeline of future leaders we want individuals who:
- Operate Strategically
- Lead Change
- Engage with Impact
- Foster Innovation
- Deliver Results
Ways We Reward Our Employees
During your interview process our team will provide details of our industryleading 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 companypaid 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 various backgrounds and all walks of life yet one thing bonds all of us to each otherthe 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 equalopportunity employer. 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 colorreligiongeneticinformation 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 youre 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 emailat .You can also reviewKnow Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegalas well as thePay Transparency Policy Statement.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
