Technical Advisor and Systems Engineering Lead
Company | The Aerospace Coporation |
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Location | Alexandria, VA, USA |
Salary | $Not Provided – $Not Provided |
Type | Full-Time |
Degrees | Bachelor’s, Master’s |
Experience Level | Senior, Expert or higher |
Requirements
- 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
- Willing to travel domestically on occasion when required by the customer (approx. <10%)
- This position requires a current Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI) security clearance, which is issued by the US government. US citizenship is required to obtain a security clearance.
- 10 years of increasingly responsible professional engineering/scientific experience, including multi-disciplinary systems engineering and/or program management environments
- Experience in systems-of-systems (SoS) engineering and enterprise architecting and model-based system engineering (MBSE) discipline (e.g. Cameo), literature, tools, and processes
- Exposure to and/or substantive knowledge of the breadth and depth of the USSF or national security space enterprise
Responsibilities
- Collaborate and function effectively in an onsite environment with the customer and work with senior Government leaders, the various Aerospace program offices, and the Aerospace Engineering and Technical Group (ETG) to address technical and programmatic issues and provide the customer with the best available technical analyses and recommendations
- Develop, foster, and maintain relationships with field and headquarters offices across the United States Space Force (USSF)
- Be positioned to help address the breadth and depth of Space Force systems engineering and integration challenges and issues, build end-to-end processes and models, and lead data infrastructure development activities
- Deliver results on time-sensitive staff inquiries and provide technical support and assistance with official responses to Congress, the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the Department of the Air Force, HQ Space Force and the Intelligence Community (IC)
Preferred Qualifications
- Advanced degree in engineering, mathematics, science, or other related technical discipline
- Demonstrated examples of innovative and entrepreneurial solutioning
- Demonstrated experience briefing senior Government leaders (General Officer and/or SES)
- Possess a thorough understanding of the roles played by the Office of the Secretary of Defense; the Office of the Secretary of the Air Force; the United States Space Force, U.S. Space Command; the space system program offices; the defense agencies; the Joint Staff; and other government organizations in the acquisition, management, and operation of the national security space enterprise
- Proven ability to work effectively with senior government and military personnel
- Demonstrated ability to manage multiple concurrent projects and comfort with ambiguous tasks