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 is unique at Aerospace as it not only directly supports major customers, including the U.S. Space Force, U.S. Space Command, Air Force Materiel Command, and senior leadership at the Pentagon, but also provides a broad range of technical support across the national space enterprise, maintaining vertical responsibilities with customers’ portfolios as well as horizontal, matrixed responsibilities across the corporation. Additionally, DSG 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.
The ESS Program seeks a Sr. Space Systems Lead Payload Engineer to serve as the technical leader for payload engineering within an integrated program office supporting the U.S. Space Force. This leadership position requires a systems engineering expert who will lead payload engineering efforts across multiple payload subsystems, provide technical advisory services to government customers, and ensure alignment between acquisition strategies and mission capability requirements.
This role will lead a highly experienced payload engineering team, interface regularly with Space Force leadership, Aerospace Corporation management and personnel, SETA contractors, and prime contractors to ensure successful execution of this critical national security space program.
The selected candidate will be required to work full-time, on-site at our facility in El Segundo, CA.