Space Vehicle Engineer

4 weeks ago


El Segundo, California, United States The Aerospace Corporation Full time
Job Title: Space Vehicle Engineer

The Aerospace Corporation is seeking a highly skilled Space Vehicle Engineer to join our team in El Segundo, California. As a key member of our Space Domain Superiority Directorate, you will be responsible for developing and delivering critical space control capabilities to guarantee space superiority for our nation.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Leading and performing in-depth technical analyses, evaluations, and risk assessments
  • Providing Aerospace-tailored mission assurance for a national security space system
  • Contributing to requirements development, capability evaluation, and implementation of solutions for challenging problems
  • Forge pathways to inform decisions related to feasibility and advise customers and management of activities
  • Provide system engineering support, including technical guidance and insight of multiple prime contractors, working with the Enterprise community
  • Develop positive, lasting working relations with customer senior management and all levels of customer, contractor, and SETA
Requirements:
  • Bachelor's degree in engineering, mathematics, or related technical subject area
  • 8 or more years of experience in a relevant field which includes support of National Security Space missions
  • Systems engineering experience to include space systems development
  • Experience in spacecraft development (design, build, integration, and testing)
  • Experience in payload developments (e.g. optical, RF)
  • Experience with assessing designs for Mission Assurance
  • Experience building and maintaining effective teams and developing good working interpersonal relations with multiple government partners and contractors
  • Ability to travel moderately
  • Current Top Secret/SCI clearance required, which is issued by the US government. U.S citizenship is required to obtain a security clearance
  • Ability to obtain additional security accesses
What We Offer:
  • Competitive compensation package
  • Opportunity to work on a critical space control capability
  • Collaborative and dynamic work environment
  • Professional growth and development programs
  • Education assistance programs
  • Inclusive work environment built on teamwork, flexibility, and respect

The Aerospace Corporation is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. We believe that a diverse workforce creates an environment in which unique ideas are developed and differing perspectives are valued, producing superior customer solutions.



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