Tracking Architecture Performance Department Engineer/ Sr. Tracking Architecture Performance Department Engineer
About The Position
The Aerospace Corporation is hiring an Engineering Specialist or Senior Engineering Specialist in the Tracking Architecture Performance Department (TAPD), part of the Integrated Performance Subdivision. TAPD conducts and integrates model-based analyses and is a center of excellence for developing and assessing tracking methods that fuse data from diverse sources. Its engineers model, simulate, and analyze missile defense and space domain awareness architectures. In this role, you will develop and improve tools, models, simulations, algorithms, and performance metrics for sensors and sensor architectures, including radar, electro-optical/infrared, lidar, and passive radio-frequency systems. You will support systems engineering studies and mission performance assessments, collaborating with department staff and other engineering teams. The position is full-time and requires 100% onsite work in El Segundo, California, or Chantilly, Virginia. Occasional travel or work outside business hours may be needed to support customer needs, approximately 5–10% as required.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in STEM or a related discipline.
- For the Engineering Specialist level: at least 6 years of applicable professional experience leading technical teams and coordinating complex modeling and analysis tasks.
- For the Senior Engineering Specialist level: at least 10 years of applicable professional experience leading technical teams and coordinating complex modeling and analysis tasks.
- Demonstrated strength and experience in modeling, simulation, and analysis of space systems.
- Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government security clearance; U.S. citizenship is required to obtain a clearance.
- Willingness to travel occasionally and/or work outside business hours to support customer needs, approximately 5–10% as required.
- Expert-level programming skills in languages such as C, C++, Python, or FORTRAN.
- Familiarity with tools such as Bitbucket, GitHub, JIRA, and Confluence.
Nice To Haves
- Master’s or Ph.D. in a related STEM discipline.
- Current, active Secret, TS/SCI, or SAP clearance.
- Leadership experience in a customer-facing organization.
- Knowledge of government space mission architectures and mission-effects chains involving multi-target tracking architectures.
- Strength in architecture- and sensor-level simulations and evaluation, and mission performance assessments emphasizing multi-target tracking, detection, and estimation.
- Experience collaborating on major modeling, simulation, and analysis initiatives across other FFRDCs, government entities, UARCs, SETAs, and/or industry.
- Financial and business acumen gained through program or business-unit leadership.
- Ability to communicate effectively with management, program offices, customers, contractors, and colleagues.
- Experience leading technical teams and mentoring junior staff.
- Experience identifying, prioritizing, and resolving technical issues.
Responsibilities
- Independently lead tool development for modeling and analysis studies of sensors, sensing systems, and system-of-systems architectures.
- Collaborate with team members on tool development and systems engineering studies assessing tradeoffs, system performance, and optimization.
- Design modeling, simulation, and analysis strategies that leverage modeling, simulation, and analysis tools.
- Develop performance metrics and analyze electro-optical, radar, and passive radio-frequency sensor concepts, architectures, and algorithms.
- Develop and implement algorithms for tracking, data fusion, and performance improvements for radar, lidar, and related sensors and sensor architectures.
- Lead ongoing improvements to existing modeling and simulation tools.
- Develop simulation approaches, computer tools, and simulations to support interdisciplinary analysis teams.
- Lead technical teams and coordinate complex modeling and analysis tasks.
Benefits
- Comprehensive health care and wellness plans.
- Paid holidays, sick time, and vacation.
- Standard and alternate work schedules, including telework options.
- 401(k) plan with company-paid contributions of 8%, 10%, or 12% of eligible compensation based on years of service, plus matching contributions; employees are immediately eligible and vested upon hire.
- Flexible spending accounts.
- Variable pay program for exceptional contributions.
- Relocation assistance.
- Professional growth and development programs.
- Education assistance programs.
- Inclusive work environment built on teamwork, flexibility, and respect.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
