Space Domain Awareness (SDA) Chief Software Integration Engineer

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. The Defense Systems Group (DSG) provides analysis-based decision support to senior leaders on space architectures, policy and strategy, technology development, warfighter capability enablers, systems integration, defense industrial base, and threat reduction to help shape existing and future space missions across the national security space (NSS) enterprise. DSG is unique at Aerospace as it not only directly supports major customers, including the U.S. Space Force, U.S. Space Command, Air Force Material Command, and senior leadership at the Pentagon, but also provides a broad range of technical support across the national space enterprise, maintaining vertical responsibilities with customers’ portfolios as well as horizontal, matrixed responsibilities across the corporation. Additionally, DSG provides deep technical [... source excerpt omitted ...] takeholder buy-in through implementation and test. The Chief Engineer will work with the Government to identify, prioritize and cost solutions based on current state realities and requirements held by many programs across various classification levels. The selected candidate will be required to work full-time, on-site at our facility in El Segundo, CA What You’ll Be Doing Acting as the SDA Chief Software Integration Engineer, working directly with various Government Program Managers up through the Program Acquisition Executive (PAE) as well as various FFRDC, SETA, and contractor personnel Collaborating with multiple stakeholders with vastly different interests to prioritize imple [... source excerpt omitted ...] teams to perform risk reduction research and development Ensuring the long-term sustainment and viability of the proposed implementations What You Need to be Successful Minimum Requirements for Principal Engineer -Cloud Computing Architecture and Software Architecture Engineering: Bachelor’s degree in a STEM field or equivalent 15 or more years of applicable experience in software integration, software acquisition, agile, network engineering, and/or cloud technologies Proven ability to collaborate with multiple government stakeholders with vastly different interests finding collaborative solutions that will be adopted Experience delivering software solutions to the enterprise