Hybrid Multi-Objective Architecture Optimization Lead

at The Aerospace Corporation

• Job title: Multi-Objective Architecture Optimization Lead
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior
• Salary: $120,800 - $181,100 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: Python
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Chantilly, United States

About the role

• Project Leader in Modeling & Simulation Engineering at Aerospace Corporation leading teams conducting technical analyses and optimizing space architectures. Collaborating with government customers and stakeholders to guide decision-making.

Responsibilities

• Leading teams of skilled analysts to conduct technical deep dives, trade studies, and assessments to satisfy project objectives and tasks
• Independently and collaboratively providing subject matter expertise to program offices and government customers in the areas of space architecture design and optimization, tradespace exploration, and portfolio analysis
• Coordinating and organizing analysis efforts using modeling and simulation capabilities through a combination of agent-based simulation and multi-objective optimization
• Planning and executing studies, providing technical insights to customers, and supporting recommendations for customer research, development, and acquisition decisions
• Helping to sustain, develop, grow, and deploy simulation and analysis capabilities to support new functional areas for a wide-ranging and expanding customer base
• Supporting workforce development by assisting management with long-range planning, business development, resource acquisition, training, and mentorship

Requirements

• B.S. degree in aerospace, astronautical, or mechanical engineering, physics, operations research, mathematics, or a related field of science or engineering
• 8+ years of relevant and progressive professional or academic experience
• Significant history of consistent contribution to multiple technical, analytical, and/or development projects through their successful fruition
• History of leading teams delivering substantial technical analyses or development efforts in support of customer-driven projects
• Background in one or more of the following: optimization techniques, orbital mechanics, satellite constellation performance modeling, or satellite orbit access analysis
• Knowledge of Python, C, C++, Matlab, or another programming language
• Willing to support occasional travel domestically
• This position requires the 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.

Benefits

• Comprehensive health care and wellness plans
• Paid holidays, sick time, and vacation
• Standard and alternate work schedules, including telework options
• 401(k) Plan — Employees receive a total company-paid benefit of 8%, 10%, or 12% of eligible compensation based on years of service and matching contributions; employees are immediately eligible and vested in the plan upon hire
• Flexible spending accounts
• Variable pay program for exceptional contributions
• Relocation assistance
• Professional growth and development programs to help advance your career
• Education assistance programs
• An inclusive work environment built on teamwork, flexibility, and respect