The Aerospace Corporation

Spaceflight Mechanics Associate Director

The Aerospace Corporation

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: El SegundoCaliforniaColoradoUnited States

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Salary

💰 $185,100 - $277,600 per year

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About the role

  • Partner with the department director to synthesize and execute an organizational strategic vision
  • Coordinate efforts of multiple department sections, partnering with those management teams
  • Serve department staff through workload management, performance management, compensation assessment, staff engagement and retention, and department logistics
  • Mentor/coach staff for technical, leadership, and professional development
  • Pursue staff and organizational enablers, notably classified IT resources and clearance portfolios.
  • Prioritize the department’s business development, capability awareness, recruiting, hiring, and on-boarding endeavors to ensure long-term organizational health and customer engagement
  • Develop customer relationships and facilitate opportunities for technical support, with a particular focus on resiliency-centric and operations-centric customer organizations
  • Cultivate state-of-the-art modeling and simulation capabilities through strategic road mapping and by fusing customer and internal resources
  • Partner with subdivision teams to provide bench depth and career growth opportunities while ensuring appropriate cross-organizational coordination
  • Pursue multi-disciplinary opportunities to partner across the corporate engineering landscape, integrating department capabilities into broader workflows
  • Travel occasionally (as necessary) to support customer efforts

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in applicable STEM areas
  • Typically, 10 years of applicable professional or educational experience is desired
  • Demonstrated technical expertise in one or more of the following areas: orbital mechanics, flight dynamics, optimal control, and numerical methods
  • Demonstrated ability to initiate and lead team efforts
  • Proven ability to foster collaborative and engaging environments where teammates work across organizational boundaries
  • Exceptional time-management skills with the ability to manage multiple concurrent projects and corporate needs
  • Demonstrated interpersonal skills and leading from the front to influence technical, customer, and enterprise service organizations
  • Willingness to travel domestically as necessary
  • Current TS/SCI and/or TS/SAP access
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
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
orbital mechanicsflight dynamicsoptimal controlnumerical methods
Soft Skills
leadershipcollaborationtime managementmentoringcoachingperformance managementstaff engagementcustomer relationship management
Certifications
Bachelor's degreeTS/SCI accessTS/SAP access