Chief Systems Engineering Lead - PAE Advanced Concepts

The Aerospace Corporation is the trusted partner to the nation’s space programs, solving the hardest problems and providing unmatched technical expertise. As the operator of a federally funded research and development center (FFRDC), we are broadly engaged across all aspects of space— delivering innovative solutions that span satellite, launch, ground, and cyber systems for defense, civil and commercial customers. When you join our team, you’ll be part of a special collection of problem solvers, thought leaders, and innovators. Join us and take your place in space.

The Defense Systems Group (DSG) provides analysis-based decision support to senior leaders on space architectures, policy and strategy, technology development, warfighter capability enablers, systems integration, defense industrial base, and threat reduction to help shape existing and future space missions across the national security space (NSS) enterprise. DSG is unique at Aerospace as it not only directly supports major customers, including the U.S. Space Force, U.S. Space Command, Air Force Materiel Command, and senior leadership at the Pentagon, but also provides a broad range of technical support across the national space enterprise, maintaining vertical responsibilities with customers’ portfolios as well as horizontal, matrixed responsibilities across the corporation. Additionally, DSG provides deep technical expertise to the Space Force Space Systems Command (SSC) in the conception, design, acquisition, launch and operations of satellite, launch vehicle, ground control, and range systems.

We are seeking a senior-level Chief Systems Engineering Lead to join the Defense Strategic Space Advanced Capabilities office and provides support to the Portfolio Acquisition Executive for Advanced Capabilities (PAE-AC).  This role provides technical expertise and engineering support in the development and fielding of critical capabilities.

The selected candidate will be required to work full-time, on-site at our facility in Chantilly, VA.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Providing technical authority and leadership for multi-program portfolio of proliferated acquisitions
• Serving as technical lead across organizational boundaries
• Defining and coordinating teams to address difficult technical issues internal to the program and across program lines, and communicating recommendations to Aerospace and customer management
• Identify, analyze, and mitigate technical, schedule, or cost risks impacting mission success.
• Cross-Functional integration across manufacturing, quality assurance, project management, and supply chain teams.
• Acts as the primary technical point of contact for system design, performan...

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