Aerospace Corporation
Future Systems Lead
Chantilly, VA · Contract
No sponsorship$171k-$257kDetected 7 days ago
TypeScriptMachine LearningCybersecuritySystems EngineeringSensorsResearchLeadershipCommunicationRemote Sensing
About the role
- The grade-based pay range for this job is listed below.
- At Aerospace, our commitment is our people.
- This core belief empowers us to do our best work at The Aerospace Corporation.
Responsibilities
- Lead a diverse team of technical SMEs to support these activities in a timely and responsive fashion to help define the acquisition tradespace and inform customer decision-making
- Define and lead the development of a potential Aerospace payload prototype or testbed as well as any independent lab or range testing, analysis, modeling and simulation, advanced processing or AI/ML, or any other capabilities needed to reduce risk, solve contractor problems or advance mission capabilities
- Identify and develop R&D investment opportunities, both within and external to Aerospace, to help the customer advance the state of technology in the future system
- Twelve or more years of professional engineering or technical management experience, working across boundaries to develop an integrated system
- Willing to provide occasional backup support to other team members and flex with program office needs as the mission evolves
- Willing to support frequent travel (typically 1 trip per month)
- Experience developing SAR or RF payloads specifically for National Security Space customers
- Industry experience developing ISR or commercial remote sensing satellites
- Deliver Results
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in mathematics, physics, engineering or related technical discipline
- Experience with the development and test of RF or SAR space systems or payloads
- Experience with requirements development, verification or systems architecting
- Ability to distill complex technical information into key findings and communicate those findings efficiently and credibly to the customer team at the appropriate level of technical depth
- U.S. citizenship is required to obtain a security clearance.
- It would be impressive if you have one or more of these:
- Advanced degree in mathematics, physics, engineering or related discipline
Compensation
- The grade-based pay range for this job is listed below.
- Pay Basis: Annual
Benefits
- Comprehensive health care and wellness plans
- Paid holidays, sick time, and vacation
- Flexible spending accounts
- Education assistance programs
- Provide technical leadership to shape the future system vision, technology development roadmap, requirements, architecture, and associated demonstration missions while applying lessons learned from heritage missions
Company info
- Strong customer-oriented attitude, ability to cultivate strong relationships across organizations, and demonstrated aptitude for coordinating exchanges between technical SMEs and customers
- We offer a competitive compensation package where you'll be rewarded based on your performance and recognized for the value you bring to our business.
Equal opportunity
- Commitment
- The Aerospace Corporation is an equal opportunity 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, color, religion, genetic information, 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 you're 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 email at peoplemangmnt.mailbox@aero.org. You can also review Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal.
- The Aerospace Corporation is an equal opportunity 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, color, religion, genetic information, 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.
Visa & Work Authorization
- This position requires a current and active TS/SSBI/SCI security clearance and polygraph, which is issued by the U
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