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The Aerospace Corporation

Systems Engineer - Space Futures Integration

AI summary of the role

This is a Systems Engineer role supporting Space Force future concept and force design activities within the Defense Systems Group at The Aerospace Corporation.

What you’ll do

  • Lead and direct technical teams supporting Space Force future concept and force design activities.
  • Identify gaps and opportunities, propose and implement solutions to improve effectiveness, coherence, and technical depth of future concept and force design work.
  • Collaborate with senior Government leaders, Aerospace program offices, and the Engineering and Technical Group to address technical and programmatic issues.
  • Develop, foster, and maintain relationships with field and headquarters offices across the United States Space Force (USSF).

What you’ll bring

  • Bachelor's degree in engineering, mathematics, science, or other related technical discipline.
  • 6 years of increasingly responsible professional engineering/scientific experience, including multi-disciplinary systems engineering and/or program management environments.
  • Familiarity with/knowledge of the USSF or national security space enterprise.
  • Current Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI) security clearance; US citizenship required.

Technologies

systems engineering · modeling · enterprise architecture · digital environments · wargaming · concept development · force design · data infrastructure

About The Aerospace Corporation

Independent nonprofit FFRDC delivering objective systems engineering, mission assurance, R&D, and integration for U.S. national-security, civil, and commercial space programs.

Bootstrapped · 2000–5000 people

Source and classification

Deployment strategy · Evidence for this classification:

responsibilities with government customers but also horizontal, matrixed responsibilities across the corporation. This position is for a Systems Engineer - Space Futures Integration (Project Engineer – Enterprise Systems Engineering) with a start-up mentality. We’re looking for teammates who can wear different hats on different days as we build a new program for an emerging mission set. At times, the selected candidate may find themselves leading a team of technical staff to define questions, conduct systems engineering and modeling, execute analyses, and develop prototypes alongside the Government in support of the services’ future-oriented activities. The Systems Engineer will work with a growing futures support team and reach across Aerospace for technical support to provide valuable expertise on a number of enterprise systems engineering, concept development, and wargaming
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