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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.

At Aerospace, we are committed to providing an inclusive and diverse workplace for all employees to share in our common passion and aspiration - to carry out a mission much bigger than ourselves.

The Communication Technologies and Engineering Division (CTED) represents the disciplines of communications, networking, and PNT (Position, Navigation, and Timing) in support of space missions, along with their enabling technologies. In our domain, CTED projects comprise all aspects, from architectures to prototypes to implementation, theoretical to hands-on. Our engineers work directly with corporate and U.S. Government customers to ensure robust and resilient communications.

The Communications Payload, Command and Telemetry Dept (CPCTD) provides satellite communication hardware and systems engineering expertise to a wide range of space communication payload programs for military, national, civil and commercial customers. The department contributes to all phases of a space program: concept and architecture studies, system requirement development, system design review, unit and factory test, anomaly resolution and on-orbit test. We have extensive and well-established relationships with customer programs and is currently growing our department to meet customer demands. This position is embedded with the USSF's Space Warfighter Analysis Center (SWAC) located in Colorado Springs to providehigh-quality analytical support on the design of space and ground enterprise communications architectures.The ideal candidate will work collaboratively in a multi-level classification environment with interagency, military and civilian communities to shape the force design of the future space data network architecture.

What You'll Be Doing

Advise the SWAC's government leadership on analytical approaches, force design, systems engineering leveraging leverages the wealth of modeling and simulation tools within Aerospace

Develop analytic plans, define analytic tasks, and execute analysis needed to understand space data network mission needs and refine force designs

Translate SWAC Government leadership needs for engineering and analytical support to members of Aerospace's Communication Technology and Engineering Division as well as Aerospace Engineering Technology Group

Plan, assign, and manage the workload of interdisciplinary teams to meet customer requirements

Identify Aerospace resources and expertise that can be brought to bear on tough customer problems

Provide periodic execution reviews to Aerospace and customer senior management.

Lead or participate in teams conducting analysis of technology and capabilities and providing analytically backed recommendations

Provide frequent communication to government counterparts about Aerospace ETG support

Collaborate with other Aerospace personnel across all corporate locations and organizations

Direct interaction with various government partner organizations including US Space Force (USSF), Space Warfare Analysis Center (SWAC), Space Systems Center (SSC), US Space Command (USSC), and the subordinate Space Operations Squadrons (SOPS), the Intelligence Community and other Combata

Engage in technical discussions and represent ETG team with SWAC government team "in the room"

Responsive to dynamic environment and provide agile response

Tailor existing or develo new tools to support trades as neededto support a wide range of communication architecture solutions

Perform link budgets and communication payload sizing to provide input to quick-turn communications and antenna design trades

Work Model: 100% onsite work in classified facilities in... For full info follow application link.

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