Industry Partnership Specialist at The Aerospace Corporation — El Segundo, CA

The Enterprise Effects Division (EED) drives integration of Aerospace’s strategic capabilities across the national space enterprise. The division leverages a broad array of engineering disciplines against a dynamic portfolio of programs, customers, and national challenges. EED spans the capability lifecycle from concept and architecture design to performance assessment to application of space-enabled mission effects.

The Enterprise Integration Solutions Office guides the solution of cross-agency, multi-mission capability orchestration problems by building and leveraging integration expertise throughout the corporation. We build agile project teams who collaborate across disciplines, customers, international partners, and industry in support of national outcomes.

Aerospace will need to build coalitions across the combined customer/industry/FFRDC enterprise to fulfill its nationally chartered mission of solving the hardest problems for the nation’s space enterprise. We are seeking an Industry Partnership Specialist (Engineering Specialist – Enterprise Systems Engineering) to lead our efforts to foster the growth of successful strategic partnerships across industry. The Industry Partnerships Liaison will be responsible for developing and maintaining the partnerships between Aerospace and others that will underpin those coalitions to drive successful outcomes in the national interest. This position also affords opportunities for technical integration across the enterprise for a candidate with a more technical background.

Work Model

This full-time position requires 100% onsite work at one of the following locations: Chantilly, VA; Crystal City, VA; El Segundo, CA; or Colorado Springs, CO.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Develop leads for potential industry partners and stakeholders and initiate contact
• Work with leadership and general counsel to define and negotiate formal partnership terms with prospective partners
• Represent Aerospace core competencies and foster tight connections and trust across internal and external technical teams
• Manage and coordinate our communications with partners to ensure consistent and equitable messaging to all parties
• Maintain a directory of external connections for projects and contact with counterparts to support their future use, in collaboration with business development and corporate communications organizations
• Mentor and coach team members in how to successfully engage in productive partnerships with external organizations
• Navigate cross-organizational boundaries to identify shared cross-organizational goals and steer teams towards their collective achievement
• Occasional travel to support project efforts (<20%)

What You Need to be Successful

Minimum Requirements for the Engineering Specialist:

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant discipline and 6 or more years of relevant professional experience
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Top Secret security clearance. U.S. citizenship is required.
• Demonstrated ability to engage across disciplines and at multiple leadership levels
• Experience navigating complex multi-organizational landscapes and boundaries
• Experience establishing and coordinating high-impact teams across multiple organizations
• Proven ability to work in a fast-paced environment, adapt quickly to change, triage and prioritize competing priorities, and demonstrate initiative under pressure

How You Can Stand Out

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

• Active Top Secret, SCI, or recent SSBI
• Master’s degree and 9 or more years of relevant professional experience, including experience in developing productive strategic partnerships across industry and government
• A strong professional network that extends across a wide portion of the public and private sectors
• Technical background & experience across DoD, IC, and/or civil space systems

(Min - Max)

$120,800.00 - $181,100.00

Pay Basis: Annual

Leadership Competencies

• Operate Strategically
• Lead Change
• Engage with Impact
• Foster Innovation
• Deliver Results

Ways We Reward Our Employees

• Comprehensive health care and wellness plans
• Paid holidays, sick time, and vacation
• Standard and alternate work schedules, including telework options
• 401(k) Plan — Employees receive a total company-paid benefit of 8%, 10%, or 12% of eligible compensation based on years of service and matching contributions; employees are immediately eligible and vested in the plan upon hire
• Flexible spending accounts
• Variable pay program for exceptional contributions
• Relocation assistance
• Professional growth and development programs to help advance your career
• Education assistance programs
• An inclusive work environment built on teamwork, flexibility, and respect

Equal Opportunity Commitment