Senior Cyber/EW Tech Advisor

The Aerospace Corporation is the trusted partner to the nation’s space programs, solving the hardest problems and providing unmatched technical expertise. As the operator of a federally funded research and development center (FFRDC), we are broadly engaged across all aspects of space— delivering innovative solutions that span satellite, launch, ground, and cyber systems for defense, civil and commercial customers. When you join our team, you’ll be part of a special collection of problem solvers, thought leaders, and innovators. Join us and take your place in space. The Defense Systems Group (DSG) provides analysis-based decision support to senior leaders on space architectures, policy and strategy, technology development, warfighter capability enablers, systems integration, defense industrial base, and threat reduction to help shape existing and future space missions across the national security space (NSS) enterprise. DSG is unique at Aerospace as it not only directly supports major customers, including the U.S. Space Force, U.S. Space Command, Air Force Material Command, and senior leadership at the Pentagon, but also provides a broad range of technical support across the national space enterprise, maintaining vertical responsibilities with customers’ portfolios as well as horizontal, matrixed responsibilities across the corporation. Additionally, DSG provides deep technical expertise to the Space Force Space Systems Command (SSC) in the conception, design, acquisition, launch and operations of satellite, launch vehicle, ground control, and range systems. The Aerospace Corporation is seeking an exceptional professional to provide technical advice in integrating across cyber, electronic warfare (EW) and radio-frequency (RF) domains as a Senior Cyber/EW Tech Advisor .   The Cyber-Electronic Warfare Senior Tech Advisor will translate operational problems into engineered solutions, advise senior Department of War leadership on multi-domain threats and mitigations, and coordinate cross-discipline development, test, and fielding activities.  The role requires strategic judgment, technical credibility with engineering teams and the ability to represent Aerospace in interagency and industry engagements as needed. The selected candidate will be required to work full-time on-site at our facility in Crystal City VA, with the ability to work in the Pentagon as required.    What You’ll Be Doing Integrate cyber, EW and RF considerations into mission engineering, capability development, and operational concepts Translate operational requirements into technical objectives, test plans, and acquisition inputs Assess and characterize threats that combine cyber and RF/EW vectors; identify mitigation strategies and capabilities gaps Develop a Science & Technology (S&T) Roadmap that identifies the right Cyber/EW technology development efforts to pursue and that provides the programmatic structure necessary to successfully transition these development efforts to operational use Coordinate cross-functional teams (engineering, operations, acquisition, intelligence, policy) to accelerate prototype development and fielding Develop CONOPS, and evaluation criteria for multi-domain effects and both offensive and defensive measures Advise senior DoW leadership through concise, decision-ready briefings and technical assessments Represent The Aerospace Corporation and OUSW(R&E) in interagency, Service and industry forums; support outreach and collaboration with partners as needed Documents decisions, risks and lessons learned to inform future capability development What You Need to be Successful Minimum Requirements for Sr. Project Engineer - Multi-Disciplinary Engineering: Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Cybersecurity, math, physics, Information Systems, or a related technical field, or educational equivalency 12 or more years of progressively demonstrated engineering experience, including multi-disciplinary systems engineering in a program oversight environment. Demonstrated leadership skills including team building/leadership, conflict resolution, staffing and customer relationship building. RF/EW coursework or formal training demonstrating foundational RF/EW knowledge Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities Excellent verbal communication skills - clear, concise, persuasive; builds consensus through speaking; polished, professional style with the ability to brief technical topics to non-technical audiences Self-motivated, collaborative, and able to work independently and in cross-functional teams Experience supporting and/or leading technical study teams examining topics of national significance. This position requires an active Top Secret/SSBI security clearance, which is issued by the US government. U.S citizenship is required to obtain a security clearance.  Position also requires the ability to be granted and maintain accesses to Special Access Programs Ability and willingness to travel [occasionally to work location or customer site/domestically/internationally] approximately 10% of the time How You Can Stand Out It would be impressive if you have several of these characteristics: Post graduate degree in applicable STEM areas or 15 years of applicable experience Experience in cybersecurity, network security, or offensive/defensive cyber operations Experience working with RF systems, wireless communications or electronic warfare concepts Demonstrated understanding of the electromagnetic spectrum and its role in information operations Proven technical skills in RF chains, link budgets, modulation schemas, frequency bands, propagation, antennas, signal characteristics, and signal processing Experience with network security, TCP/IP, network architecture, intrusion detection, vulnerability assessment Experience in reverse engineering, vulnerability research, and exploitation development Experience in malware analysis Proven abili