Job Description

Position Title: Aerospace Engineer III - Space Domain Awareness
Requisition ID: TA162
Location: Colorado Springs, CO
Application Deadline: May 31, 2025

Who We Are
Trusted Space builds solutions both on the ground and in space. Our solutions provide advanced capabilities supporting missions vital to our Nation’s defense, intelligence, and science sectors. Our diverse talented staff of scientists, engineers, and business professionals support critical missions including Space Domain Awareness, Battlespace Awareness & Decision Support, Space Exploration & Science, and the establishment of core Space Infrastructure.

Our Culture
As a customer-focused service provider, Trusted Space values it’s employees and clients. We live by our values; central to this principle is the concept to treat others as you would like other to treat you. We offer a collaborative and supportive work environment, world class benefits, and work-life balance. We encourage life-long learning and continuous improvement in all that we do. Each day, we seek to be better than the previous day, embracing our journey to Excellence. We consider it a privilege to work with our customers on their greatest challenges.

Job Description
Trusted Space is seeking an Aerospace Engineer to support our DoD customer in conducting Space Domain Awareness and satellite operations support; Modeling, Simulation and Analysis (MS&A), and testing, deploying and operating sensor data handling and processing tools, and developing procedures to help that customer expand their operational capabilities using an Agile approach. This work will also entail regular analysis and operations support for real-world and exercise activities. Reporting to the Trusted Space Director of Onsite Operations, the successful candidate will be part of an Agile development team, contributing to the development of new and existing capabilities to accomplish the clients’ missions. The successful candidate will work collaboratively as a part of a diverse team of Software, Aerospace, and System Engineers to solve challenging problems related to Space Domain Awareness. The successful candidate will also work as a member of an Agile team using various Open Source and Commercial technologies to field solutions that help solve the customer’s diverse problem sets. Primary daily work location is on customer site in Colorado Springs, CO, with occasional remote work required. 

We are looking for a candidate with strong problem-solving skills, an entrepreneurial spirit, a desire to create new innovative capabilities, and a cultural fit with our company values: excellence, agility, and applying “The Golden Rule”. 

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Aerospace Engineering (preferred) or related engineering discipline 
• This position requires the candidate to have an active TS/SCI security clearance 
• 4+ years of experience in Aerospace Engineering or closely related technical field 
• Practical background in astronomy, optical sensors, and/or passive radio frequency collection
• Familiarity with current DoD, Intelligence Community and Commercial space sensors 
• Experience operating, testing and validating aerospace software tools
• Experience working with aerospace related datasets and orbits 
• 4+ years’ experience in the field of space domain awareness, 2+ years specifically in analysis of RSOs in various regimes and/or support to satellite operations 
• Experience in one or more government, DoD or IC operations centers 
• Ability to generate decision-level products for coordination with govt officials.
• Good interpersonal & presentation skills for interaction w/all levels of technical community management 
• Demonstrated ability to think creatively and operate in a collaborative, fast-paced, process-oriented, deadline-driven environment
• Ability to work with diverse and distributed teams 

Desired Skills

• Familiarity with the Agile Manifesto and experience working on teams using Agile processes 
• 4+ years’ experience in the collection, processing and analysis of data to produce actionable information 
• Practical knowledge of relevant domain R&D activity

Security Clearance Requirement:

• This position requires the candidate to have an active TS/SCI security clearance 

Salary Range: The salary range for this role is $100,000-$150,000. Please note that this range is a general guideline and can vary. Trusted Space, Inc. considers several factors when extending an offer including, but not limited to: scope, location, position responsibilities, education/training, key skills and business considerations.

Benefits: Trusted Space seeks to create an environment where Employees are empowered and supported to achieve their full potential. We encourage life-long learning within our Agile & Innovative work environment. We offer competitive compensation and benefits including medical, dental, and vision plans; life and accidental death & dismemberment insurance; 401(k) plan; paid holidays and generous paid time off; short-term and long-term disability insurance; and other benefits to promote health, wellness, and a positive work-life balance.

Trusted Space, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, sex, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, marital status, national origin, veteran status, or any other status protected under federal, state, or local law. All aspects of employment are decided based on qualifications, merit, competence, performance, and business need.

Trusted Space, Inc. participates in the E-Verify program.

DISCLAIMER: Trusted Space, Inc. only uses the respective domains of trustedspace.com and trustedspace.us for official contact and any other domains are likely a scam and do not originate from our company. Trusted Space will never ask a candidate for access or pass codes to personal accounts including e-mails, bank accounts, CashApp, Paypal, Venmo, etc.

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