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. When you join our team, you’ll be part of a special collection of problem solvers, thought leaders, and innovators. Join us and take your place in space.
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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 National Geospatial Programs (NGP), GEOINT Integration, Ground Architecture and Acquisition (GIGAA) sub-division leads Aerospace efforts in a program office that is modernizing the Ground Enterprise. By joining this team as the Aerospace GEOINT Software Modernization Architect/Engineer (Sr. Project Leader – Software Architecture Engineering), you are putting yourself in a position to directly influence both NRO and NGA ground architectures and to be part of innovating resilient solutions that trade desires against acquisition, political, and war-fighting realities.
Work Model:
This full-time position requires 100% on site work in Chantilly, VA
What You’ll Be Doing
- Leading and assisting multi-disciplinary teams in support of efforts to develop a modern, enterprise ground architecture with support for Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning.
- Collaborating with Aerospace subject matter experts and support from offices across the Intelligence Community.
- Supporting geospatial intelligence actions, documents, strategies, plans, and issues.
- Identifying, tasking, and tracking Aerospace Engineering Technology Group resources in support of multiple deliveries to the government customer.
- Maintain a working knowledge of both current and future GEOINT acquisitions programs including relevant advanced technology.
- Tracking and reporting Aerospace contributions to the GEOINT community to the customer and Aerospace management.
- Bring the best of Aerospace’s engineering matrix to bear in support of the portfolio and oversee all efforts in your area of responsibility.
What You Need to be Successful
Minimum Requirements for the Sr. Project Leader – Software Architecture Engineering:
- Bachelor’s degree in software engineering, science, mathematics, or related technical field.
- Twelve years of progressively more responsible experience
- Experience using standards, specifications, and software engineering principles to develop technical approaches to design architectures, proof of concepts, prototypes, and systems.
- Experience identifying, evaluating, and documenting architecture use cases, pain points and patterns.
- Ability to collaborate with mixed government, SETA, and FFRDC teams in technical, architecture, strategy, and systems engineering projects and tasks.
- This position requires frequent visits to the local customer site for meetings.
- Willing to travel domestically approx. 10%.
- 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:
- Experience applying software architecture to drive and communicate modernization efforts.
- Experience leading Analysis of Alternatives to inform decisions.
- Familiar with zero Trust architectures.
- Familiar with Data Lifecycle Policies.
- Proven ability to build connections/bridges across related efforts.
- Experience with developing approaches to accomplish strategic objectives.
- Experience defining future state data-centric architectures that include geographically disbursed nodes.
- Familiar with evaluating new technologies like Data Fabric and Data Mesh.
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
- An inclusive work environment built on teamwork, flexibility, and respect
We are all unique, from diverse 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/Affirmative Action employer. We believe that a diverse workforce creates an environment in which unique ideas are developed and differing perspectives are valued, producing superior customer solutions. 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 ieo.mailbox@aero.org. You can also review Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal, as well as the Pay Transparency Policy Statement.
