Mission Engineer

About the role

The Enterprise Effects Division (EED) drives integration of Aerospace’s strategic capabilities across the national space enterprise. The Mission Engineering Department (MED) provides technical expertise and leadership in mission engineering methods, processes, and tools to a broad range of customers.

Responsibilities

• Apply and develop system of systems and enterprise engineering MBSE models and mission engineering principles to capture end-to-end mission threads
• Develop innovative methods, processes, and tools to architect and implement model-based systems engineering (MBSE), mission engineering, and digital engineering (DE) capabilities
• Inform system architecting and acquisition decisions with expertise in relevant systems, technologies, threats, policy, and the industrial base in the space and/or nuclear weapons domains
• Collaborate with other Aerospace personnel to marshal technical expertise in multiple technical disciplines and domains to enable concurrent engineering approaches to address complex problems
• Work with Aerospace program office, customer, and contractor personnel to elicit and identify needs, requirements, and constraints for studies; build cross-disciplinary teams; scope, plan, and execute the study; and effectively communicate task status, methods, results, and recommendations in briefings and formal technical reports

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, math, science, or equivalent technical experience
• Two or more years of relevant experience
• Experience with systems engineering on space systems
• Demonstrated ability to be a successful team member on systems engineering teams and projects, engineering projects and/or programs
• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to work effectively with a diverse set of collaborators
• Exceptional time-management skills with the ability to manage multiple concurrent projects
• Ability to learn new technical skills and acquire knowledge through self-study and proactive engagement with mentors and subject matter experts

Qualifications

• Member of Technical Staff

Skills

• Advanced degree in engineering, math, science, or related technical discipline
• Prior internships or work with organizations supporting National Security Space, NASA, civil or commercial space companies
• Demonstrated success in organizing and leading cross-functional, cross-organizational teams to execute studies and assessments and generate quality products
• More relevant work and/or graduate school experience, greater than 4 years, in system or enterprise architecting, systems engineering, model-based systems engineering, or digital engineering
• More relevant work and/or graduate school experience, greater than 4 years, in space systems
• Experience in command and control, system of systems engineering, system test, and training
• Hands-on experience with system or enterprise modeling in the Systems Modeling Language (SysML), Unified Architecture Framework (UAF), or Unified Profile for DoDAF and MODAF (UPDM)
• Experience working closely with key Aerospace customer agencies in the defense and intelligence community, including strong knowledge of their domain and strong professional networks

Benefits

Competitive compensation package, including a wide range of factors such as education, experience, knowledge and skills. Benefits may vary and are applicable based on Job Type.

Pay

$86,600.00 - $129,800.00

Schedule

Standard and alternate work schedules, including telework options