Aerospace Systems Engineer

About the role

Guidehouse is seeking Aerospace Systems Engineers, from Consultant through Associate Director levels, to sustain an operational system for orbital warfare.

Responsibilities

• Implement and manage sustainment of the end-to-end system architecture, including resilience design for two independently operational sites (primary and alternate)—ensuring high availability, fault tolerance, and continuity of operations.
• Drive configuration management (CM) and disciplined change control; maintain defect/deficiency tracking, provisioning artifacts, technical data packages, and formal test plans required for operational baselines and accredited releases.
• Plan and execute recurring upgrades and integrations of new mission capabilities—coordinating release trains, regression testing, and performance validation across enclaves and classification levels.
• Manage architectures and communications across domains, including Cross Domain Solutions (CDS), ensuring policy-compliant data flows, interface control, and cyber-hardened pathways between networks.
• Lead multi-disciplinary teams (systems, software, network, cybersecurity, T&E) through agile sprints to deliver sustainment, patching, troubleshooting, and continuous improvement aligned with mission priorities.
• Execute special activities in classified environments, including capacity planning studies, cyber-terrain mapping, cloud innovation within accredited environments, and containerization approaches to enhance portability and resilience.
• Carefully coordinate with government stakeholders on RMF/ATO artifacts, zero-trust alignment, operational test readiness, and site acceptance—maintaining meticulous documentation for audit and mission assurance.
• Measure, report, and optimize availability, latency, throughput, and mission effectiveness; use data-driven dashboards to inform risk, issue, and performance management.

Requirements

• An ACTIVE and MAINTAINED "TOP SECRET" Federal or DoD security clearance.
• Bachelor’s degree; FOUR (4) years of related experience in lieu of degree (level will depend on total years of experience).
• ONE (1) year minimum of experience supporting federal programs, operational DoD/USSF systems, or public-sector consulting in systems sustainment, integration, or mission operations.

Qualifications

• Advanced degree (Engineering, Computer Science, Systems Engineering, Cybersecurity, or related) preferred.
• FIVE (5) years supporting complex federal/DoD/USSF programs, multi-classification systems, or cross-domain data environments.
• Demonstrated leadership of high-performing, mission-focused teams and stakeholder engagement.
• Outstanding analytic and problem-solving skills and the ability to operate in dynamic, multi-partner environments.
• Experience with CDS, RMF/ATO, MBSE, T&E, configuration control, containerization, and accredited cloud environments preferred.

Benefits

The annual salary range for this position is $89,000.00-$148,000.00. Compensation decisions depend on a wide range of factors, including but not limited to skill sets, experience and training, security clearances, licensure and certifications, and other business and organizational needs.

Skills

• Systems Engineering
• Configuration Management
• Agile Methodologies
• Security Clearance
• Complex Systems Support
• Multi-Classification Systems
• Cross-Domain Solutions (CDS)
• RMF/ATO
• MBSE
• T&E
• Containerization
• Accredited Cloud Environments

Pay

The annual salary range for this position is $89,000.00-$148,000.00. Compensation decisions depend on a wide range of factors, including but not limited to skill sets, experience and training, security clearances, licensure and certifications, and other business and organizational needs.

Schedule

Travel Required Up to 25%