The Aerospace Corporation is seeking an innovative leader to build and lead the Software Integration Office (SIO) to integrate software efforts across mission applications and partner with internal and external customer stakeholders to solve complex software problems for the nation's space programs.
Requirements
- Deep understanding of modern software development practices, including cloud-native architectures, DevOps/DevSecOps, containerization, microservices, data engineering, and advanced platform development.
- Experience with AI-enabled mission solutions, including applied AI/ML including MLOps for space systems, autonomous operations, cyber defense/detection, predictive analytics, modeling and simulation and physics-informed ML.
- Familiarity with multi-level security (MLS) architectures, cross domain solutions, and secure development/deployment environments across security levels, including experience creating secure and scalable enterprise products inside government cloud infrastructures.
- Experience developing products in the areas of space control, space domain awareness, missile warning/tracking, commercial space data exploitation, or other space applications.
- Experience with software architecture, AI/ML systems, data fabric/architecture, advanced cloud and edge platforms, cybersecurity, and full-stack engineering.
- Knowledge of cloud-native architectures, DevOps/DevSecOps, containerization, microservices, data engineering, and advanced platform development.
- Experience with agile development methodologies and version control systems such as Git.
Responsibilities
- Build the organizational vision, strategy, and roadmaps for specific high-priority customer customers for critical 'software-first' space programs.
- Engage directly with existing customers across DoD, Intelligence Community, and Civil (NASA) customers to connect and align ISCD solutions toward mission needs.
- Build and manage a team of project Technical Leads/customer liaisons in collaboration with the ISCD Leadership Team (Principal Directors and General Manager) to shape the deployment and solutions for large and distributed workforce.
- Connect technology's bleeding edge to unique customer solutions for innovative architectures, prototypes, and new processes enabling government rapid adoption of the latest advanced capabilities.
- Create new business mechanisms and processes for improved cross-program information flow, business rhythms, team deployment, and product development/execution.
- Integrate, grow, and manage the ISCD research and development portfolio to create unique software products and expand Aerospace's digital impact across the enterprise.
- Partner with Aerospace's CTO and CIO enterprise initiatives to manage new, innovative products for internal M&S solutions, enterprise development platforms, and the latest data and AI technology.
Other
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, information science, electrical engineering, computer/cyber engineering, or related STEM field.
- 12 or more years of experience with demonstrated impact leading large, multidisciplinary software organizations, ideally supporting DoD, Intelligence Community, national security/government missions.
- Ability to obtain and maintain a security clearance (TS/SCI level and higher), which is issued by the U.S. government. U.S. citizenship is required to obtain a security clearance.
- Willing to travel occasionally to work location or customer site domestically approx. 10-20%.
- Executive-level communication strengths including verbal, visual, and written skills with ability to interpret the most complex software innovations toward both technical and non-technical audiences.
