The National Systems Group serves as the technical advisor to the Intelligence Community and its mission partners involved in the collection and distribution of national and tactical intelligence, including electronics programs, advanced technologies, ground and communications, imagery programs, and systems engineering and launch.
The NSG Launch Directorate provides direct technical support to the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) Office of Space Launch (OSL) in the areas of Launch Vehicle Systems Engineering, Mission Integration Engineering, Launch Site Engineering, and Mission Assurance. In your role as the Launch Systems and Mission Engineering Associate Systems Director, you will assist in managing Launch Directorate personnel based in Chantilly, VA and providing direct support to the co-located OSL customer. You will provide managerial and technical leadership to a team focused on mission execution and mission success throughout the multi-year launch system development, mission integration, and mission readiness processes for NRO missions.
Work Model
This is a full-time position based in Chantilly, VA.
What You'll Be Doing
- Policy and Strategy work with OSL senior leadership
- Provide technical support for customer programs and projects with focus on launch system and mission integration technical issues
- Coordinate and direct Aerospace resources to respond effectively to customer needs
- Perform readiness assessments at key milestones in support of NRO launch readiness and mission certification processes
- Provide technical leadership, mentoring, and career guidance for staff members
- Assist the Launch Directorate management team to address staffing needs, performance reviews, and other supervisory tasks
What You Need to be Successful
Minimum Requirement for Associate Systems Director - Engineering Program Management:
- Bachelor's degree in a STEM field is required
- 12 or more years of engineering technical/management experience in launch vehicle or space vehicle design, development, build, test or operations
- Proven ability to interface proactively and communicate complex technical subject matter effectively with all levels of customers, contractors, and peers
- Demonstrated leadership and technical management skills including the ability to build consensus and establish cohesive working teams among diverse engineering disciplines and across multiple organizations within as well as outside of Aerospace
- Willing to travel 10-25% with extended durations during launch campaigns
- This position requires a current and active TS/SCI security clearance and polygraph, which is issued by the US government. U.S citizenship is required to obtain a security clearance.
How You Can Stand Out
It would be impressive if you have one or more of these:
- Advanced degree in a STEM field
- Familiarity with launch vehicles, specifically Falcon, Vulcan, New Glenn, Electron, etc.
- Knowledge of acquisition processes
- Ability to provide comprehensive technical analyses and recommendations in high stress, time critical environments
Leadership Competencies
Our leadership philosophy is simple: every employee, regardless of level and role, can demonstrate leadership. At Aerospace, our commitment is our people. To cultivate our talent and ensure that we have a strong pipeline of future leaders, we want individuals who:
- Operate Strategically
- Lead Change
- Engage with Impact
- Foster Innovation
- Deliver Results
Ways We Reward Our Employees
During your interview process, our team will provide details of our industry-leading benefits.
Benefits vary and are applicable based on Job Type. A few highlights include:
- Comprehensive health care and wellness plans
- Paid holidays, sick time, and vacation
- Standard and alternate work schedules, including telework options
- 401(k) Plan - Employees receive a total company-paid benefit of 8%, 10%, or 12% of eligible compensation based on years of service and matching contributions; employees are immediately eligible and vested in the plan upon hire
- Flexible spending accounts
- Variable pay program for exceptional contributions
- Relocation assistance
- Professional growth and development programs to help advance your career
- Education assistance programs
- A work environment built on teamwork, flexibility, and respect
We are all unique, from various backgrounds and all walks of life, yet one thing bonds all of us to each other-the belief that we can make a difference. This core belief empowers us to do our best work at The Aerospace Corporation.
Equal Opportunity Commitment
The Aerospace Corporation is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of race, age, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, color, religion, genetic information, marital status, ancestry, national origin, protected veteran status, physical disability, medical condition, mental disability, or disability status and any other characteristic protected by state or federal law. If you're an individual with a disability or a disabled veteran who needs assistance using our online job search and application tools or need reasonable accommodation to complete the job application process, please contact us by phone at 310.336.5432 or by email at [email protected] . You can also review Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal.
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What We Do
The space enterprise has been transformed by rapid change and growth. New vehicles for national security space, a more rapid launch cadence, proliferated satellite constellations, the pursuit of interplanetary exploration, and thriving commercial ventures are changing the nature of the space industry. The Aerospace Corporation (Aerospace) is a leading architect for U.S. space programs, shaping efforts to outpace threats to our national security while cultivating the technologies needed to further this new era of space commercialization and exploration. Aerospace works across the space enterprise in service of the public interest. In addition to supporting the Department of Defense and the Intelligence Community, our customers include NASA, NOAA, numerous federal agencies, and commercial space — all of whom benefit from our deep technical knowledge. We only pursue business related to the space mission and complementary fields, operating as the nation’s trusted partner to solve the toughest challenges and develop reliable and innovative technologies. Innovation in space occurs when people have the freedom to imagine and do. At Aerospace, we take pride in our readiness to solve some of the most complex challenges in the space enterprise.
Why Work With Us
We are a non-profit corporation chartered by the government to work on the hardest problems in space. We employ technical experts in every discipline of space-related science and engineering who touch every part of the US space program. Come join us as we make an impact bigger than ourselves.
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