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 Material 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.
In Vulcan Development and Operations (VDO) we are seeking a Vulcan Launch Vehicle Systems Engineer (VSE). In this position you would act as a technical authority, consultant, primary investigator, and team leader in evaluating launch vehicle systems in support of National Security Space Launch (NSSL) missions. You will provide direct support to the Aerospace Vulcan Chief Engineer (CE) in ensuring the effective execution of the Aerospace launch verification processes. You will lead and organize interactions between the customer (Space Force/OSL), Aerospace technical staff, and contractors, and will coordinate large-scale multidisciplinary activities to support recurring operations and non-recurring design validation activities for the Vulcan launch vehicle program. The Vulcan rocket has been assigned the most exciting, unique, and critical launch missions. You will join a team dedicated to the success of those missions and sustaining competitive space access capability into the future.