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# Space-Based Radar System Architect

- **Company:** The Aerospace Corporation
- **Location:** Chantilly, VA, United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $129,000.0 - $249,600.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Geospatial Intelligence, Microsoft Office, Systems Architecture, Orbital Mechanics, Modeling and Simulation
- **Published:** July 21, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.clearancejobs.com/jobs/9043230/space-based-radar-system-architect

## About the Role

* Bachelor's OR Advanced degree in mathematics, physics, electrical engineering or related technical discipline
 * A minimum of 6 years of experience post-bachelor degree
 * Technical experience in architecture modeling, orbital mechanics, and space systems
 * Familiarity with remote sensing radar or RF mission payloads
 * This position requires a current and active TS/SSBI/SCI security clearance along with a polygraph, which is issued by the U.S. government. U.S. citizenship is required to obtain a security clearance.

In addition to the above, the minimum requirements for the include:

 * A minimum of 12 years of experience
 * Strong understanding of Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) systems
 * Ability to lead multi-disciplinary technical teams and integrate their results into decision-driving products

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

 * Advanced degree in engineering, science, mathematics, or related field
 * Strong understanding of GEOINT architectures, Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) and Moving Target Indication (MTI)
 * Experience in planning or conducting architectural and optimization trade-studies
 * Experience developing visualizations using modeling and simulation software to depict constellations and architectures
 * Program Office experience working directly with contractors, SETA, and government customers
 * Experience working within the intelligence community and advising senior officials
 * Prior experience working in an engineering matrix that supports program office and customer senior leadership

## Description

* Lead and coordinate domain experts from Aerospace's Engineering Matrix organization to perform design trades at the payload, vehicle, and constellation level in the evaluation of future GEOINT architectures for performance, user requirements satisfaction, and mission utility
 * Review contractor concept proposals and independently evaluate system capabilities against user needs to highlight opportunities and risks to the Government
 * Communicate programmatic and technical issues and provide independent recommendations to Aerospace management, the Government customer and other contractors
 * Respond to urgent technical questions originating from multiple agencies (NRO, NGA, ODNI, DoW), NRO Leadership, and Congress
 * Provide daily organization and technical oversight for task execution, managing pertinent budgets, regularly communicate status and findings to customer counterparts and management.
 * Serve as advisor and mentor to SETA, Aerospace, and Customer representatives as they learn technical aspects of program execution
 * Work in a fast-paced environment with many interesting technical challenges that require strategy, critical thinking and collaboration to provide solutions


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