Sentinel System Engineering and Integration (SE&I) Sr. Project Engineer

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.The Defense Systems Group (DSG) provides analysis-based decision support to senior leaders on space architectures, policy and strategy, development planning, system of systems engineering, and threat reduction to help shape the future space missions across the national security space (NSS) enterprise. DSG is unique at Aerospace as it not only directly supports major customers, including US Space Force, U.S Space Command, Air Force Material Command, and senior leadership at the Pentagon, but also provides a broad range of services and support across the national space enterprise, maintaining vertical responsibilities with customers but also horizontal, matrixed responsibilities across the corporation. DSG also assists 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 Sentinel System Engineering and Integration (SE&I) Sr. Project Engineer in the Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) SE&I branch with the Nuclear Operations Directorate (NOD) will support a development of the Sentinel ICBM for the Air Force Nuclear Weapon Center (AFNWC) Sentinel Program Office.  The AFNWC Sentinel Program Office is developing replacement for the Minuteman III ICBM.  The Sentinel SE&I Senior Project Engineer will actively participate in all phases of development with a focus of applying ICBM domain subject matter knowledge to develop Models-Based System Engineering (MBSE) tools and architectures and ensure system integration across nuclear command and control, communications, missile, facilities, specialized transportation vehicles, product support and multiple external agency interfaces to meet weapon system lifecycle requirements.  The candidate is expected to engage with senior leadership, government, government’s support contractors, and Aerospace’s Engineering and Technical Group to reducing technical risk and lifecycle cost for the program and guidance to other Aerospace entities.The selected candidate will be required to work full-time, on-site at our facility in Hill AFB, Utah.What You’ll Be Doing Perform system integration activities across Sentinel program elements and external interfaces interchanging with government and contractor system and product development teamsProvide mission assurance to the Sentinel program helping assure the Aerospace team is applying expertise to the appropriate aspects of the program and investigate urgent technical problemsUse ICBM and MBSE modeling subject matter expertise to recommend courses of actions to develop and maintain the Sentinel Government Reference Architecture (GRA)Perform assessment of Sentinel program system integration and modeling activities and provide recommendationsCoordinate reach-back activities to the Aerospace Engineering Technical Group (ETG) workforce located at Hill AFB and located at other Aerospace locations as requiredPrepare technical reports and presentations to disseminate findings, guidance, and technical information and present technical and project status briefings to management and customersWhat You Need to be Successful Minimum Requirements Senior Project Engineer - System and Mission Assurance Engineering:Bachelor's degree in a STEM field or related discipline12 years of increasingly responsible professional engineering/scientific experience, including multi-disciplinary systems engineering and/or program management environmentsExperience and expertise in leading large program system integration activitiesExperience and expertise in Models Based System Engineering (MBSE) with the ability to apply that expertise to the development of large-scale mission development and weapon system capabilityExperience performing modeling, simulating, and performing analysis to develop requirements and verification methodologyExperience with UAF/SysML/ UPDM/UML frameworksExperience in working with government and contractor teams to facilitate acquisition program successUnderstanding of critical ICBM domain development programmatic and technical risk areas such as nuclear surety, system safety, nuclear hardness & survivability, and cyber securityWilling to travel [occasionally to work location or customer site/domestically/internationally] approx. 25%. This position requires 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.How You Can Stand Out It would be impressive if you have one or more of these:Masters or Ph.D. degree from an accredited program in STEM fieldExperience with application of Systems Engineering practices and principles in DoD Acquisition ProgramsExperience leading complex, multi-engineering discipline, multi-stakeholder projects involving government and industry partnersExperience leading systems integration at scale, ensuring interoperability/compatibility, resilience, and performance across distributed weapon systems and networks in contested environmentsExperience performing cyber-resilient and mission-driven system design activitiesUnderstanding of ICBM life cycle including development, deployment, operations, training, security, maintenance, logistics, and demilitarizationICBM system level subject matter expertise in areas such as NC3, targeting, operational reporting, maintenance operations and systems, deployment processes, and futu