Guide cutting-edge space capabilities development supporting the Space Warfighting Analysis Center (SWAC). In this fast-paced, high-stakes environment, you'll be at the forefront of national security, crafting next-generation GDN and CND systems for the joint warfighter.
Spearhead the development of future space architectures, designing resilient and effective solutions to operate in a highly contested operational environment.
Guide the SWAC's Government leadership, providing expert advice on technical approaches, force design, systems engineering, and mission architectures for both space and ground-based operations.
Lead analytical efforts that define the battlefield of tomorrow, developing comprehensive analytic plans, identifying critical tasks, and guiding studies to shape the future of space warfighting.
Plan, assign, and manage the workload of interdisciplinary teams to meet challenging customer requirements.
Leverage Aerospace's vast resources to tap into a wealth of expertise, solving complex customer challenges and delivering impactful solutions.
Make a tangible impact by communicating your findings to senior leadership at Aerospace and the government, ensuring your work directly influences national security strategy.
This role demands strong leadership, technical acumen, and a passion for pushing the boundaries of space warfare.
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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, 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.
We're not just building satellites; we're constructing the future of defense, one innovative solution at a time. As the trusted partner to the nation's space programs, we tackle the most complex challenges with unmatched technical expertise. The Space Warfighting Analysis Office within our Aerospace Space Security Directorate is seeking a driven Ground Data Networks (GDN) and Cyber & Network Defense (CND) Architect to support our DoD customers.
This role will dive deep into cutting-edge Ground Data Networks (GDN) and Cyber & Network Defense (CND) capabilities and analysis and perform requirements development, assessment, and design of next-generation, best-in-class GDN and CND systems that will support and enable U.S. dominance in space. Through collaboration with a world-class team of passionate problem solvers, thought leaders, and innovators who are dedicated to pushing the boundaries of what's possible, your work will directly impact national security and help shape the future of space operations for defense, civil, and commercial customers. In partnership with government officials, this position will define critical analytic problems and tasks, guiding the development of GDN and CND Force Design products. This role will leverage your technical expertise and understanding of GDN and CND systems to develop high-level requirements and concepts for future architectures. As we shape the battlefield of tomorrow, this position will contribute directly to designing resilient and effective solutions that will win the next war in space.
The selected candidate will be required to work full-time, on-site at our facility in Colorado Springs, CO.
Aero · Colorado Springs, CO