Mission Protection Engineer

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 Space Control and Awareness Department (SCAD) is seeking a new team member to support space mission analyses and operations. SCAD performs concept development systems engineering architecture analysis algorithm development and evaluation support for national security space and government customers emphasizing radar electrooptical (EO) radio frequency (RF) and infrared (IR) sensors orbit determination positioning navigation and timing (PNT) command and control missions electronic warfare (EW) directed energy (DE) nuclear weapon effects space domain awareness (SDA) and space protection and security.

Work Model: This is a full time position located in Colorado Springs CO

What Youll Be Doing

• Perform space protection and space/mission threat susceptibility vulnerability analysis and resiliency assessments over a broad range of counterspace threats including electronic warfare (EW) directed energy (DE) and nuclear

• Working with a broad range of DoD national and civil space customers

• Conduct a range of analysis using a framework of modeling simulation and analysis capabilities including inhouse custom and commercially available/government provided modeling tools

• Act as senior technical authority consultant primary investigator or team leader. May lead or organize interfaces between customers and Aerospace technical and management staff. Coordinates largescale technical efforts across program/project lines. Mentors less experienced MTS and serves as role model.

• Independently conducts longrange technical studies and reports findings. Initiates studies designed to solve new technical problems and provide new technical solutions within area of expertise.

• Provide astrodynamic analytical support algorithm development systems engineering and architecting and modeling and simulation analysis for space systems and missions.

• Analyze EO IR radar and passive radio frequency sensor concepts architectures and algorithms.

• Support exercises of space systems and evaluate exercise and training requirements.

• Application of modeling and simulation for mission operations

• Become proficient in the areas of Space Control SDA Battle Management Command and Control BMC2 space control orbit determination

• Provide independent assessments and lead studies with teams of analysts.

What you need to be successful

Minimum Requirements

• 2 years of applicable aerospace engineering physics or mathematics experience

• Bachelors degree in engineering physics mathematics or another related technical discipline

• Experience working with DoD national and civil space customers

• Space protection and space/mission threat susceptibility vulnerability analysis and resiliency assessment Experience in modeling simulation and analysis and/or algorithm development

• Software development experience and proven capabilities in at least one the following programming languages; Java C Python MATLAB C or FORTRAN

• Good interpersonal communication skills along with the ability to work independently and interact effectively with Aerospace and contractor personnel

• This position requires the ability to obtain and maintain a security clearance which is issued by the U.S. government. U.S. citizenship is to obtain a security clearance.

How you can stand out

• Four years of applicable aerospace engineering physics or mathematics experience

• Advanced technical degree in engineering physics mathematics or another related technical discipline

• Familiarity and analytical experience with directed energy and RF interference (RFI) threat mitigation concepts for EO and IR sensor and sensor concepts

• Experience in researching developing and applying advanced and innovative techniques for algorithm development for directed energy and RFI threat detection and reporting

• Background in modeling of EO and RF sensor systems. Experience with satellite systems and orbital mechanics

• Background in Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence applied to space systems data problems

• Current or previous TS/SCI clearance