2025 Space Scientist
| Company | The Aerospace Coporation |
|---|---|
| Location | Chantilly, VA, USA, El Segundo, CA, USA |
| Salary | $100000 – $120000 |
| Type | Full-Time |
| Degrees | PhD |
| Experience Level | Entry Level/New Grad |
Requirements
- PhD degree from an accredited college/university program in space science, physics, space physics, geophysics, engineering, or closely related field (pursuing or conferred within last 12 months)
- 0-1 year of industry work experience
- Experience using scientific methods and data analysis
- Knowledge of ionospheric, thermospheric, and magnetospheric processes and modeling
- Experience in conducting research using experimental techniques and data exploitation is required
- Willingness to occasionally travel domestically and/or internationally to support customer needs, approximately 10% (as required)
- This position requires the ability to obtain and maintain a security clearance, which is issued by the U.S. government. U.S. citizenship is required to obtain a security clearance
Responsibilities
- Support a wide variety of critical space programs through the application of the results of space science research and the resulting knowledge base and support and grow interactions with a various set of customers
- Engage with space system communities to document and understand the role of space environment impacts in operations, participate in anomaly investigations and performance studies, and use established system assessment methods to advise on material solutions
- Lead and participate in proposals to customer organizations for research funding and collaborate within the Corporation and with external organizations to develop and field innovative techniques for measuring, monitoring, and forecasting space environment impacts on space systems
- Conduct scientific research on ionospheric, thermospheric, and magnetospheric processes through data analysis and modeling to further our understanding of the environmental role on space system operations and disseminate results through customer briefings and reports, conferences and workshops, and peer-reviewed publications
- Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change, or new ones may be assigned as needed
- Utilizing communication and presentation skills with the ability to articulate complex technical issues
- Working in a team environment
- Utilizing organizational, time management and project management skills
Preferred Qualifications
- Established record of peer-reviewed publications and presentations at technical conferences and workshops or related publications
- Experience with designing, building, testing, and fielding space science instrumentation
- Experience with exploitation of various datasets of space physics measurements that include data management and analysis for fundamental research and application is desirable
- Experience in building multi-organization collaborations and working with contractors and/or program offices is preferred
- Current TS/SSBI (SCI) security clearance, which is issued by the U.S. government. U.S. citizenship is required to obtain a security clearance is highly desirable