
Spaceflight Mechanics Associate Director
The Aerospace Corporation
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: El Segundo • California • Colorado • United States
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Salary
💰 $185,100 - $277,600 per year
Job Level
Tech Stack
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
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard Skills & Tools
orbital mechanicsflight dynamicsoptimal controlnumerical methods
Soft Skills
leadershipcollaborationtime managementmentoringcoachingperformance managementstaff engagementcustomer relationship management
Certifications
Bachelor's degreeTS/SCI accessTS/SAP access