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Senior Electro-Optical Engineer

Senior Electro-Optical Engineer

CompanyThe Aerospace Coporation
LocationAlbuquerque, NM, USA
Salary$Not Provided – $Not Provided
TypeFull-Time
DegreesBachelor’s
Experience LevelSenior, Expert or higher

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in a STEM or applicable subject area
  • 12 or more years of related experience
  • Experience in electro-optical payload or sensor acquisition, analysis, and/or development
  • Knowledge of systems engineering and systems integration
  • Willing to travel domestically approx. 20%
  • Adapting mission assurance practices to align with program risk tolerance
  • This position requires a current and active TS/SCI security clearance, which is issued by the US government. U.S citizenship is required to obtain a security clearance.

Responsibilities

  • Serve as the Aerospace Senior Project Engineer assisting in the acquisition of a complex national capability
  • Work with teams of technical domain experts to advise the acquisition, launch test and operations integration for a series of advanced electro optical mission payload and associated spacecraft development efforts
  • Work with teams of technical domain experts to conduct analysis of program concepts of operation, as well as development contractor design solutions and associated anomalies
  • Have direct day to day interaction counseling government and mission partner decision makers on payload and mission technical topics, progress and mission assurance
  • Have routine interaction participating in government oversight with prime and subcontractor development partners
  • Brief technical initiatives, status and corrective recommendations to government and Aerospace management
  • Provide interdisciplinary technical leadership to Integration Teams supporting Space superiority efforts

Preferred Qualifications

  • Advanced STEM or related degree
  • Experience supporting mission assurance assessments of complex hardware design programs
  • Experience working with leading matrix technical support across multiple concurrent technical domain areas
  • Current ability to obtain and maintain eligibility for Department of Defense (DoD) Special Access Programs (SAP)