Space Domain Awareness and Mission Analyst

Join the Enterprise Effects Division (EED) at The Aerospace Corporation where we tackle some of the nations most critical space challenges. Our division integrates strategic capabilities across the national space enterprise working on everything from concept design to performance assessment of space and space-enabled systems.

Wereseeking exceptional space professionals to support mission-critical analyses operational architecture development and strategic decision support acrossspace domain awareness space control electronic warfare directed energy effects advanced sensorsorbit determination position navigation and timingand space protectionmission areas. This role combines technical analytical excellence with operational missionanalysesto support the future of national security space operations.

As aSpace Domain Awareness & Mission Analystyoullprovide technical leadership and analytical support across awiderange of space security challengesoperatingat the intersection of operators engineers intelligence professionals acquisition stakeholders and senior government leaders.Youllprovide technical leadership and analytical supporttranslating complex operational problems into actionable recommendations and decision-quality productsthat directlyimpactnational security.

Work Model:100% on-site in Colorado Springs CO

What Youll Do:

Space Domain Awareness & Threat Assessment

• Analyze sensor systems Evaluate electro-optical (EO) infrared (IR) radar and passive RF sensor concepts and architectures for space surveillance applications

• Assess terrestrial and space-based sensor architectures supporting space domain awareness missions

• Evaluate sensor performance operational coverage detection capabilities and tracking accuracy

• Analyze space surveillance network sensor operations and architecture integration

• Support assessments of advanced sensor concepts for enhanced space domain awareness

• Assess threats and build resilience Conduct comprehensive risk assessments covering RF interference optical threats and counterspace capabilities affecting satellite operations

• Analyze kinetic threats debris environments and collision risks to space assets

• Evaluate counterspace threat capabilities and their operational impacts on satellite systems

• Support space protection mission analysis and operational resilience assessments

• Conduct threat-informed analysis examining contested space environments and emerging threat vectors

Modeling Simulation & Analysis

• Model and simulate Use industry-leading tools and custom frameworks to analyze complex space scenarios including space domain awareness coverage tracking performance and threat engagement timelines

• Develop algorithms and analytical methods to solve emerging space domain challenges

• Create computer tools and simulations to support space surveillance space control and space protection missions

• Collaborate with modeling and simulation teams to ensure operationally relevant outputs

• Support mission-thread analysis and operational experimentation for future space capabilities

Electronic Warfare & Directed Energy Effects

• Analyze electronic warfare impacts on space systems and ground-based infrastructure

• Evaluate directed energy effects on satellite operations and space mission capabilities

• Model RF interference scenarios and assess mitigation strategies

• Support passive RF collection modeling and analysis for space domain awareness applications

Leadership & Mission Integration

• Lead and mentor Support technical leads on modeling and simulation efforts while guiding early-career engineers

• Drive independent studies Lead analytical teams and provide expert assessments to government stakeholders

• Translate complex technical analysis into actionable recommendations for senior decision-makers

• Support strategic wargames tabletop exercises and operational planning activities

• Serve as technical expert bridging space domain awareness operations with analytical capabilities

What You Need to be Successful: Engineering Specialist

• Bachelors degree with8 yearsof relevant experience in national security space space operations missile warning/defense command and control or related mission areas.

• Masters degree or PhD in mathematics engineering physics computer science or related field

In additional to above for Senior Engineering Specialist:

• Bachelors degree with12 yearsof progressively responsible experience in space domain awareness space control operational analysis mission architecture or force design

Technical & Mission Skills

• Experience in Space Domain Awareness (SDA) space controlspace surveillance sensorsmissile warning missile defense or command-and-control mission areas

• Knowledge of electronic warfare and/or directed energy effects

• Background in modeling simulation and analysis

• Proficiencyin at least one programming language:Python MATLAB C Java C or FORTRAN

• Experience developing computer tools simulations or interpreting technical analysis outputs

• Ability to assess operational implications of technical analysis sensor architecture assessments and threat-informed analysis

Professional Skills

• Strong written and oral communication skills including ability to brief senior government military and executive stakeholders

• Demonstrated ability to translate complex operational problems into clear recommendations and decision products

• Ability to work independently and collaboratively in fast-paced classified multi-organizational environments

• Experience working with operators engineers intelligence professionals and acquisition organizations

• This position requires the ability to obtain a TS/SCI security clearance issued by the U.S. Government. U.S. citizenship is required to obtain a security clearance.

How to Stand Out:

• ActiveTS/SCI clearance

• 20 yearsof operational and strategic experience across space operations missile warning/defense command and control or future force design

Operational Background

• Operational experience as orbit analyst space control operator or space operations center personnel

• Air Force Weapons School graduate

• Space surveillance network sensor operations background Strategic & Architecture Experience

• Experience supporting future force design operational architecture or capability integration forU.S. Space Force Space Warfighting Analysis Center Space Systems Command U.S. Space Command Missile Defense Agency or similar organizations

• Experience supporting national-level space wargames operational experimentation or contested space operations analysis

• Experience advising senior leaders general officer-level staff combatant commands or national security space organizations

• Experience supporting multinational joint combatant command or interagency planning activities

Technical Specializations

• Experience with EO/IR sensors particularly forspace surveillanceapplications

• Experience assessing terrestrial and space-based sensor architectures for operational coverage and mission effectiveness

• Agile software development experience with object-oriented languages

• Experience working with modeling simulation sensor EW/DE algorithm or systems engineering teams