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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 Tracking Architecture Performance Department (TAPD) in the Integrated Performance Subdivision (IPS) conducts directs and integrates modelbased analyses empowering teams and staff to deliver differentiated and contextinformed insights. The department is comprised of 15 engineers responsible for modeling simulation and analysis (MS&A) of missile defense and space domain awareness architectures and serves as a center of excellence for the development and assessment of tracking methods that fuse data from various sources.
The Project Engineer or Senior Project Engineer will interface with the customer to develop solutions to meet their sensor management and tracking requirements. This position requires capability to dive deep into technical areas including development and optimization of sensor architectures and sensor tasking approaches for MW/MT/MD.
Work Model
This fulltime position requires 100 onsite work in Colorado Springs CO El Segundo CA or Chantilly VA
What Youll Be Doing
Technical Direction and Advisement: Provide technical direction and advice to Technical Leads and members in algorithm development and detailed analyses support. Ensure application of engineering and scientific rigor and best practices.
Technical Oversight: Maintain a comprehensive integrated technical perspective of the development effort across all lifecycle phases and products in supporting that lifecycle.
External Partner Liaison: Serve as the primary technical point of contact for C2 National Team.
Technical Reviews: Perform thorough technical reviews of products.
Position Development and Review: Create and/or review team positions and make recommendations.
Mentorship and Guidance: Mentor and provide technical direction to team members and partnering organizations.
Supervision: Supervise team Lead Engineers from partnering organizations.
Technical Prioritization: Provide overarching technical prioritization for work efforts and review work plans for consistency with those priorities.
Emergent Task Leadership: Provide initial leadership for emergent tasks
What You Need to be Successful
Minimum Requirements for the Project Engineer Modeling & Simulation and Signal & Image Process Engineering:
Bachelors degree in a technical engineering or science discipline (Aerospace Eng. Electrical Eng. Mathematics Physics or related field) is .
A minimum of 6 years of applicable professional experience leading technical teams and coordinating complex modeling and analysis tasks.
Experience in algorithm development in MultiTarget Tracking radar and EO/IR sensor tasking and custody Missile Defense Battle Management or other related fields.
Willingness tooccasionally travel and/or work offbusiness hours to support customer needs approximately 10 (as .
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.
In addition to the above the minimum requirements for the Senior Project Engineer Modeling & Simulation and Signal & Image Process Engineering include:
A minimum of 10 years of applicable professional experience leading technical teams and coordinating complex modeling and analysis tasks.
How You Can Stand Out
It would be impressive if you have one or more of these:
Masters or PhD degree in related STEM discipline.
Expert level programming skills in languages such as C C Python FORTRAN
Expertise in C2BMC or related command and control systems.
Familiarity with tools such as Bitbucket GitHub JIRA Confluence
Current active TS/SCI or SAP clearance.
Leadership experience in a customerfacing organization.
The ability to communicate effectively with management program offices customers contractors and colleagues is essential.
Experience leading technical teams and mentoring junior staff
Experience in identifying prioritizing and resolving technical issues.
Knowledge of government space mission architectures and missioneffects chains involving multitarget tracking architectures.
Knowledge of extended Kalman filter unscented Kalman filter batch filter Gauss Von Mises track filtering/fusion kinematic model selection correlation and association.
Demonstrated strength in architecture and sensorlevel simulations and evaluation mission performance assessments with emphasis in multitarget tracking detection and estimation.
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.
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$12900 $249600Pay 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:
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 Illegal.
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