Space-Based Interceptor Technology Analysis Leader
About the role
The Aerospace Corporation is the trusted partner to the nation’s space programs, solving the hardest problems and providing unmatched technical expertise. As the operator of a federally funded research and development center (FFRDC), we are broadly engaged across all aspects of space—delivering innovative solutions that span satellite, launch, ground, and cyber systems for defense, civil and commercial customers. The Defense Systems Group (DSG) provides analysis-based decision support to senior leaders on space architectures, policy and strategy, technology development, warfighter capability enablers, systems integration, defense industrial base, and threat reduction to help shape existing and future space missions across the national security space (NSS) enterprise. DSG also provides deep technical expertise to the Space Force Space Systems Command (SSC) in the conception, design, acquisition, launch and operations of satellite, launch vehicle, ground control, and range systems. Within the Golden Dome missile defense system, the Space-Based Interceptor (SBI) Program Office seeks to develop and deploy a proliferated constellation of space-based interceptors capable of boost-phase engagement of adversary missiles. We are looking for a Space-Based Interceptor Technology Analysis Leader to directly support the SBI Program Office to advise on the development of this novel missile defense capability.
Responsibilities
- Directly advise the U.S. government on both endo- and exo-atmospheric technology maturation needs
- Provide objective engineering review of SBI designs to survive through challenging operational parameters such as high ΔV maneuvers, space environments, and atmospheric effects
- Integrate and refine terminal guidance sensor technologies that can reliably identify targets amid