2025 Digital Systems Engineer

The Aerospace Corporation is hiring a Digital Systems Engineer for an opportunity located in Chantilly, VA, Colorado Springs, CO, or El Segundo, CA.

The Systems Engineering Division (SED) provides unmatched experience in systems engineering to the U.S. government and to numerous public and private agencies, universities, nonprofit organizations, consortia, and commercial companies involved in the advanced application of space technology. From systems architecture development to system analysis and optimization, astrodynamics, orbital debris, navigation, failure analysis, mission assurance, cost and schedule assessment, and economic market analysis, SED exploits an incredibly broad array of engineering and business disciplines against a diverse and dynamic portfolio of programs and national challenges. 

The Digital Systems Engineering Department (DSED), part of SED, is charged with  helping our customers successfully adopt, integrate, and utilize Digital System Engineering (DSE) methods, tools, and best practices as part of their systems engineering acquisition and realization lifecycle processes through DSE research & innovation, analysis, training, and advisory functions. We are looking for a Digital Systems Engineer (Associate MTS-Digital Engineering, MTS-Digital Engineering or Sr. MTS-Digital Engineering). The ideal candidate for this position will research, identify, and implement creative DSE approaches for new and existing space, ground, launch, air defense, nuclear security systems and advise our customers on the effective use of DSE practices to best achieve their desired outcomes.   

Work Model  

This full-time position will be located 100% onsite in Chantilly, VA, Colorado Springs, CO or El Segundo, CA. 

What You'll Be Doing  

• Develop and analyze digital system engineering models of various types at different levels of fidelity using a range of modeling languages, methods, and tools to support programs that acquire, operate, and manage complex space, ground, launch, air defense, and nuclear security systems. 

• Develop DSE model patterns, libraries, and templates for reuse across programs. 

• Build and curate digital system models that Aerospace ETG and program offices use to support concept design studies, and performance, reliability, resiliency, portfolio, and cost analysis.  

• Infuse digital systems modeling practices into Aerospace internal R&D and digital transformation programs. 

• Assist with advising government customers on adopting and integrating DSE concepts and applications into their systems engineering lifecycle activities. 

• Collaborate with other professionals on DSE topics of interest, lessons learned, and best practices across Aerospace internal communities of interest (MBE COI, NMUG) and professional societies (INCOSE, AIAA, IEEE, etc.) through authoring papers and presentations and working group participation.  

What Corporate Skills You’ll Bring  

• Good written and oral communication skills .

• Ability to work well in a team environment .

• Possess organizational, time management and project management skills.  

• Demonstrate flexibility and ability to adapt to changing organizational need.  

• Interpersonal skills to coordinate efforts and work with other internal and external organizations.  

What You Need to be Successful 

Minimum Requirements: 

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college/university program in Aerospace Engineering, Systems Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science, or other related discipline (pursuing or conferred within last 12 months).

• 0-1 year of industry work experience. 

• Some knowledge of space, ground, launch, missile, command and control, or other space-based systems. 

• Some background in modeling space, ground, or launch systems at the conceptual, functional, logical, or physical levels of abstraction.

• This position requires ability to obtain and maintain a security clearance, which is issued by the US government. U.S citizenship is required to obtain a security clearance.

• Transcripts required.

How You Can Stand Out

It would be impressive if you have one or more of these: 

• Master’s, D.Eng., or Ph.D. degree from an accredited college/university program in Aerospace Engineering, Systems Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science, or other related discipline (pursuing or conferred within last 12 months).

• Some experience with one or more MBSE modeling languages, such as SysMLv1/v2, UAFML, UML, LML, AADL, or OPM.

• Some experience with one or more MBSE tools/environments, such as Cameo Systems Modeler, Cameo Simulation Toolkit, Sparx EA, MATLAB System Composer, MATLAB SimEvents, ANSYS ModelCenter, or OpenMBEE.

• Knowledge of the INCOSE systems engineering lifecycle process.

• INCOSE ASEP or OMG SysML certification.