Civil Systems Group Technical Execution Director

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.Building on The Aerospace Corporation's reputation as a trusted, impartial advisor with integrity and dedication to mission success, the Civil Systems Group (CSG) combines deep technical expertise with market-leading innovation to help our customers solve complex systems engineering and integration challenges. CSG is organized by core customer-facing lines of business to manage and grow programs within NASA, NOAA, and the NNSA, while extending our capabilities to other civilian federal government agencies fully integrated within Aerospace rules, regulations, processes, values, and behaviors.In this role, you will be the key Technical Execution Director (Systems Director- Technical Project Management) to the CSG Senior Vice President leveraging your knowledge of the customers, missions, technical expertise, and the Aerospace FFRDC.  You will apply your insight to aid the Senior Vice President in their work with senior civil, international, and commercial customers, the Aerospace Board of Trustees, and the Aerospace corporate enterprise.  You are responsible for developing technical content for SVP communications with input from the CSG General Managers to include preparing briefings and monthly, and quarterly reports for the corporation and for customers.  You will play a leading role crafting the CSG strategy aligned with the corporate strategy.  As a key member of the CSG Senior Leadership team, you will be the point person for many CSG Front Office activities while gaining broad exposure to CSG’s customers, business practices and Aerospace as a whole.  You will also team with the CSG functional organizations, including Development and Program Operations, the Technology Directorate, and Space Enterprise Evolution Directorate.This is a great growth and learning opportunity – you should expect to come away from the job with a comprehensive understanding of the missions and programs Aerospace supports across the civil space enterprise, as well as understanding how Aerospace operates at the executive level. With the exposure and knowledge gained in this role, you will find this opportunity to be a building block for your next role with insights you will use throughout your career.  The selected candidate will be required to work full-time, on-site at our facility in Crystal City, VA.What You’ll Be Doing The CSG SVP will rely on your engineering, technical, and enterprise judgment to investigate complex issues and summarize information in an understandable form for Aerospace’s senior executivesYou will triage time-sensitive and critical information, develop technical content, and analyze diverse strategic and technical activities to ensure the SVP is prepared to make key decisions and approvalsYou will keep the CSG SVP informed on hot topics and source and synthesize additional information as neededYou will use your knowledge of Aerospace, CSG, CSG customers, and diverse technical and enterprise topics to develop technical materials and deliverables for customers, Aerospace executives, and the Board of Trustees such as reports, briefings, and highlightsYou will work closely with CSG’s SVP, GMs and the Senior Leadership TeamYou will help execute CSG’s strategic activities, tactically coordinate activities across the four CSG divisions and three directorates, do advanced planning, and orchestrate both internal and external communicationsWhat You Need to be Successful Minimum Requirements:Bachelor’s degree in engineering, science, mathematics, or a related technical disciplineTen or more years of progressively responsible professional engineering/scientific experienceTechnical work experience with current experience as an Aerospace Member of Technical StaffExperience with civil space customers, their missions, and their programsTeam player, ability to work effectively with senior staff, strategic thinker, accountableExcellent written and verbal communication for technical and non-technical audiences and ability to summarize complex information for executive level communicationAbility to work with a great deal of autonomy and use discretion in your day-to-day workStrong organizational skills and the ability to multi-task effectivelyAbility to work flexible and occasional extended hoursThis position requires a current secret security clearance, which is issued by the US government. U.S. citizenship is required to obtain a security clearance.How You Can Stand Out  It would be impressive if you have one or more of these:An advanced degree in engineering, science, mathematics, or related technical disciplineHighly skilled at preparing technical material for internal/external useExperience in two or more of the following: Space exploration, nuclear security, environmental monitoring, space operations, ground systems development, satellite development, Information Assurance, communication systems, or advanced technology development and insertionWorking knowledge of multiple Aerospace customer-facing organizationsDemonstrates enterprise-level perspective with prior Program Office(s) and ETG experienceWe offer a competitive compensation package where you’ll be rewarded based on your performance and recognized for the value you bring to our business.  The grade-based pay range for this job is listed below.  Individual salaries within that range are determined through a wide variety of factors including but not limited to education, experience,