Hybrid Space Control and Awareness Department Manager

at The Aerospace Corporation

• Job title: Space Control and Awareness Department Manager
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior, Lead
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: TypeScript
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Colorado Springs, United States

About the role

• Engineering Manager leading a new section focused on space control and space domain awareness support at Aerospace Corporation. Overseeing a team responsible for threat assessments and satellite tracking.

Responsibilities

• Develop and articulate a strategic vision for the new section mission areas.
• Manage the team through effective workload management, performance management, staff engagement, and coordination of departmental logistics.
• Lead recruitment, hiring, mentoring efforts to build a highly skilled team for the organization.
• Mentor and coach team members to support their technical, leadership, and professional development.
• Provide project leadership and cultivate business development across multidisciplinary tool portfolios.
• Collaborate with other subdivision departments to enhance career growth opportunities and extend bench depth.
• Build and nurture strong relationships with customers to foster solutions for both existing and new challenges.
• Drive the development of state-of-the-art modeling and simulation capabilities through strategic planning and resource integration.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in relevant STEM discipline.
• Approximately eight years of practical professional or educational experience.
• Demonstrable project leadership experience with the ability to initiate and steer team efforts.
• Proven aptitude for fostering collaborative environments across organizational boundaries.
• Excellent time-management skills with the capability to handle multiple concurrent projects.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and leading from the front to influence technical, customer, and enterprise service organizations.
• Willingness and ability to travel domestically, as needed.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a TS/SCI security clearance, 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