Remote Sensing Architecture Performance Engineer

The Enterprise Effects Division (EED) drives integration of Aerospace’s 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 space-enabled capabilities.   

The Surveillance and Navigation Architecture Performance Department (SNAPD) in the Integrated Performance Subdivision aspires to be the premier force advising the evolution of national security and civil space enterprises, leveraging our modeling and simulation (M&S) expertise to evaluate end-to-end architecture performance.  

We are seeking a Remote Sensing Architecture Performance Engineer that will make use of sophisticated modeling and simulation tools in support of requirements verification, analyses-of-alternatives (AoA), and performance modeling for space-based remote sensing architectures.  

Work Model:  

100% onsite at one of the three major Aerospace Corporation locations in Chantilly VA, or El Segundo CA, or Colorado Springs CO. 

What You’ll Be Doing: 

• Support analysis in one or more of these specific mission areas: geo-spatial intelligence, signals intelligence, space surveillance, navigation systems, and/or space protection supporting defense or intelligence capabilities. 

• Provide analysis to support recommendations for research, development, and acquisition decisions of legacy and emerging customer space-based sensing architectures. 

• Perform architecture evaluation modeling overall performance using in-house or custom-developed analysis tools. 

• Work closely with senior staff, management, and a team to translate customer needs into project objectives and provide quality controlled and assured deliverables to customer organizations 

• Develop and present timely and technically accurate presentations and reports that clearly communicate analysis results and provide recommended solutions to technical leads, management, and customers.  

• Grow awareness of analysis outcomes to provide initial assessments when needed and defend unanticipated results to both internal and external stakeholders. 

• Aid in sustainment, development, and growth of the organization’s analysis and simulation capabilities to support increasing functional areas for our diverse customer base. 

What You Need to be Successful:  

Minimum Requirements for Senior Member of Technical Staff: 

• B.S. degree in aerospace engineering, physics, operations research, mathematics, or a related field from an accredited program.  

• 5 years of relevant educational, professional, and/or technical work experience post bachelor’s degree in relevant topic areas (e.g., modeling and simulation, mission analysis, astrodynamics, or space operations.) 

• Demonstrated technical leadership, personal accountability, and adaptability to changing customer expectations  

• Knowledge in one or more of these specific national security space or intelligence mission areas: signals intelligence, geo-spatial intelligence, space surveillance, navigation systems or space protection 

• Familiarity with one or more software languages that may include Python, C/C++, and/or High-Performance Computing/Linux environments.  

• This position requires the ability to obtain and maintain a security clearance, which is issued by the U.S. government. U.S. citizenship is required to obtain a security clearance. 

In addition to the above, the minimum requirements for Engineering Specialist include: 

• 8 or more years of increasingly responsible engineering experience 

• Professional experience with one or more of the following subjects: space-related modeling and simulation, geolocation, mission data processing, signal processing, space threats, resilient systems, advanced PNT technologies, algorithm design, software development, or mathematical modeling 

• Proficiency with one or more software languages that may include Python, C, C++, MATLAB, Fortran, Java 

How You Can Stand Out:  

It would be impressive if you have one or more of these: 

• Graduate degree in one of the fields of study mentioned above   

• Significant, firsthand work history in one or more of the functional/mission areas listed above. 

• Academic or professional background in systems engineering, modeling & simulation, or space-based remote sensing architectures. 

• Demonstrated responsible professional engineering/scientific experience, to include the ability to:   

• Self-manage multiple tasks, deadlines, and deliverables  

• Maintain deliverable quality and manage customer expectations 

• Take direction, work independently, and develop productive working relationships  

• Interact and collaborate across a diverse team in different locations 

• Knowledge of Intelligence Community or U.S. Department of Defense business practices, acquisition policies, or space mission portfolios.  

• Current TS/SCI access with polygraph.