E01-C07 Sr. Systems Engineer (GPS)

Job Description

Job Description

Start Date: Immediate

JHNA, CTSi, and EXPANSIA have come together to form a Defense Technology platform named Aether Aerospace focused on delivering high-impact technologies, technology-enabled services and advanced manufacturing solutions to the U.S. Department of Defense and related national security customers. Backed by Falfurrias Management Partners, the platform brings together deep domain expertise across Army, Navy, and Air Force and Space Force programs, digital engineering, systems integration, and specialized manufacturing capabilities.    

The combined organization operates as a multi-entity aerospace and defense technology and tech-enabled services and manufacturing enterprise positioned for scalable growth, operational excellence, and long-term value creation. 

OVERVIEW 

Full-time/Permanent Employee 

Location: El Segundo, CA 

Our client is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer with relevant system architecture development experience to join our team. You’ll be working across space, ground, and user segment organizations to coordinate and identify system requirements and key performance parameters to ensure end-to-end mission performance requirements are met. This individual will integrally work with the Space Force Space System Commands Military Communication and Positioning Navigation and Timing (PNT) (MilComm & PNT) portfolio to make sure next-gen GPS capabilities stay resilient against modern threats. 

The proposed salary range for this position is $150,000 - $200,000. There are a host of factors that can influence final salary including, but not limited to, Federal Government contract labor categories and contract wage rates, relevant prior work experience, specific skills and competencies, geographic location, education, and certifications.  

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Provide technical expertise and systems integration support to ensure an optimal integrated GPS System design 

• Contribute to the overarching approach and processes for integrating, synchronizing, tracking and analyzing dependencies across programmatic and organizational boundaries 

• Develop engineering and data models and populate them with up-to-date information to enable automated integration analyses 

• Provide technical support for test activities that characterize system performance 

• Perform and present data analysis that drive decisions on government programs 

• Support GPS Enterprise Risk & Opportunities management 

KEY QUALIFICATIONS

Clearance: Active Secret Clearance 
Education and Years of Experience:  Bachelor’s degree in engineering, mathematics, physics or equivalent technical discipline and nine (9) years of systems integration and systems engineering related or equivalent experience 

• Experience working across space, ground, and user segment organizations to coordinate and identify system requirements and key performance parameters to ensure end-to-end mission performance requirements are met 

• Experience with system architecture development 

• Strong interpersonal skills to enable working, interfacing, and interrelating with diverse personnel and dynamic teams 

• Must be able to work well in multi-team setting, and willing to take on additional technical and administrative tasks/duties as needed 

• Space vehicle as well as other GPS related experience 

PREFFERED ADDITIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

• Active Top Secret/SCI Security Clearance 

• Space vehicle communication as well as other GPS related experience 

• Experience and familiarity working with DoD acquisition organizations 

• Experience and familiarity working with DoD acquisition organizations on an ACAT I / II program 

• Experience working specifically on a SE&I contract 

• Military experience