Jobs at The Aerospace Corporation

Support the full systems engineering lifecycle for complex avionics systems, including requirements management, systems integration, verification, data analysis, project performance, and barrier resolution. Collaborate across engineering disciplines to deliver customer solutions and meet business milestones. The role is based in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, requires initial onsite work followed by a hybrid schedule, and includes up to 15% travel.

Supports environmental remediation strategy, HSE litigation, legacy liability management, environmental due diligence for corporate transactions, and public-company SEC disclosures. Advises on CERCLA, RCRA, federal and state environmental laws, contamination claims, indemnification, insurance recovery, and environmental liabilities. Coordinates with outside counsel, consultants, experts, and internal stakeholders to resolve remediation and litigation matters.

Senior legal advisor responsible for environmental remediation strategy, legacy liability management, HSE litigation, OSHA compliance, and workplace safety matters. The role manages CERCLA and RCRA matters, regulatory negotiations, contribution claims, consent decrees, site access agreements, environmental real estate issues, OSHA inspections and citations, outside counsel, consultants, and multidisciplinary teams across aerospace manufacturing operations.

Lead aerospace electrical engineering projects focused on EMC/EMI compliance, electrical system design, power supplies, digital hardware architectures, and certification testing. Responsibilities include developing compliance strategies, reviewing schematics and PCB layouts, performing lightning and transient analyses, troubleshooting hardware, supporting qualification testing, and guiding cross-functional teams. The role also involves technical leadership, project management, customer support, and employee development.

Lead the architecture, requirements, integration, verification, qualification, and certification of safety-critical avionics platforms. Responsibilities include developing redundant and fault-tolerant architectures, maintaining traceability across hardware and software, coordinating multidisciplinary teams, supporting safety assessments, managing system testing and troubleshooting, preparing compliance documentation, and serving as the technical customer interface. The role requires expertise in navigation systems, airborne interfaces, aerospace standards, certification, and system-level development.

Designs and develops complex embedded flight-control and avionics systems. Responsibilities include creating system and software requirements, MATLAB/Simulink/Stateflow modeling, system integration, troubleshooting, flight testing, verification and validation, technical reviews, certification processes, and stakeholder coordination. The role also supports innovation, technical documentation, patents, and execution across global teams.

Leads engineering execution for complex aerospace hardware programs, serving as the technical focal point for scope, schedule, cost, quality, risks, and milestones. Coordinates systems, hardware, and software teams; drives requirements, trade studies, design reviews, verification, validation, and problem resolution. Manages customer and supplier collaboration while supporting avionics development and sustaining projects in a regulated environment.

Directs aerospace contract administration, including contract negotiation, proposal support, document review, compliance, and termination. Leads contracts professionals, advises management on contractual rights and obligations, resolves complex legal and contractual issues, protects proprietary interests, and represents the company with customers and government representatives. The role also develops contracts strategies and policies, ensures regulatory compliance, and supports business growth and risk mitigation.

Supports the F-35 Program Director and program managers across aerospace defense portfolios. Responsibilities include proposal and contract support, order execution, government property coordination, export compliance documentation, SDRL and CFM reporting, customer coordination, scheduling, risk management, lead-time initiatives, budgeting, and program funding tracking.

Provides administrative support to senior management by managing calendars, meetings, travel arrangements, correspondence, presentations, records, files, and office supplies. The role requires strong organization, attention to detail, prioritization, and proficiency with Microsoft Office. Candidates must be U.S. persons due to export-control compliance. A bachelor’s degree and five or more years of administrative experience are valued.

Designs, develops, tests, maintains, and integrates embedded software for aircraft Flight Management Systems. Collaborates with systems, hardware, and testing teams on requirements analysis, feature definition, software integration, verification, validation, debugging, code reviews, and performance optimization. The role supports reliable avionics solutions that improve aircraft navigation, safety, and operational performance.

Develop system architectures, requirements, technical baselines, verification plans, and interface documentation for spaceborne optical systems. Support design reviews, payload architecture trade studies, integration, environmental qualification, acceptance testing, anomaly investigations, and corrective actions. Collaborate with multidisciplinary engineering teams, customers, suppliers, and mission operations to ensure compliance with mission requirements throughout the product lifecycle.

Leads technical and operational execution of complex RF subsystem development projects from requirements through design, prototyping, testing, and production transfer. Manages engineering scope, schedule, budget, resources, earned value, risks, trade studies, design reviews, and customer interfaces. Provides technical direction across RF, mechanical, manufacturing, integration, test, and systems engineering teams while supporting program management and bid activities.

Designs, analyzes, simulates, and tests rotating and static turbomachinery components for turbofan, turboshaft, and APU engines. Performs FEA covering vibration, fatigue, thermal, crack growth, burst, and deflection analyses; supports component and engine testing; analyzes test data; documents engineering findings; and presents design reviews. The role also contributes to process improvement, technical mentoring, and knowledge capture.

Lead aerospace engineering projects for flight recorder systems from initiation through completion. Define scope, schedules, budgets, milestones, and deliverables; track KPIs and execution; manage risks, suppliers, customers, and stakeholders; and provide project updates. The role also supports productivity, execution excellence, and innovation initiatives within the Services and Connectivity organization.

Designs and evaluates electrical, electronic, and electromechanical components for high-reliability aerospace hardware. Responsibilities include component selection and validation, failure investigations, part assessments, specification review, qualification requirements, obsolescence analysis, compliance communication, and technical collaboration with engineering teams and suppliers. The role supports hardware design, testing, and continuous improvement while ensuring components meet customer and reliability requirements.

Leads the architecture and development of aerospace propulsion control systems using MBSE, SysML, and MATLAB/Simulink. Oversees requirements validation, traceability, verification, certification support, and compliance with aerospace standards including DO-178C, DO-254, and ARP4754A. Mentors multidisciplinary engineering teams, resolves technical risks, leads reviews, and engages customers and regulatory agencies.

Design and develop next-generation flight recorders across requirements, electronic hardware design, verification, and qualification. Improve recorder reliability and manufacturing costs, collaborate with systems and software teams, suppliers, and customers, and support compliance, reporting, documentation, product roadmaps, and industry working groups. The role requires electronics expertise in analogue, high-speed digital, power supply, signal integrity, and MCU integration within aerospace or similar hardware systems.

Leads propulsion control system architecture, integration, modeling, requirements management, verification, and validation using MBSE methods. Guides multidisciplinary engineering teams, resolves technical risks, conducts technical reviews and customer engagements, and supports aerospace certification and regulatory activities. Requires extensive aerospace systems engineering experience, knowledge of DO-178C, DO-254, or ARP4754A, and proficiency with SysML or MATLAB/Simulink.

Designs and develops RF system architectures for aerospace, space, and defense Software Defined Radio solutions. Translates requirements, leads technical decisions, performs trade studies, defines verification strategies, supports laboratory integration and qualification testing, troubleshoots RF performance issues, and contributes to technical reviews, risk management, scheduling, and continuous process improvement.