Software Integration Engineer New Grad

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. Internship conversion position for the Software Implementation and Integration Department (SIID) within the Information Systems and Cyber Division (ISCD). This position will be full-time, 100% onsite at our office in Chantilly, VA. ## Job Summary ISCD staff couple the latest in information system technologies, such as elastic compute clouds, containerization, microservices, real-time operating systems, and visualization frameworks, with expertise in cyber security, software architecture, software engineering, data science, Artificial Intelligence, process improvement, and software development to deliver responsive, resilient, high-performance software intensive systems to our Intelligence Community, DoD, and civilian customers. The Software Implementation and Integration Department (SIID) works on space systems for customers in Space Force, Air Force, NASA, and other federal and commercial industries, utilizing the latest software technologies and an understanding of software architecture. ## What You'll Be Doing - Providing software systems engineering skills to space, ground, and launch systems in the national security, civil, and commercial domains. - Leveraging a wide range of technical skills to solve complex problems in software development, software architectures, enterprise systems, technology recommendations, cloud and virtualization deployments, microservices and API development, and systems modeling. - Identifying opportunities for adopting new technologies to solve existing needs and predicting future challenges. - Driving positive change by introducing new perspectives, challenging established practices, and fostering a culture of innovation within the team. - Collaborating with teams across the corporation to develop cross-domain space solutions. - Operating strategically by engaging with customers to leverage the latest technology for innovative solutions to their challenging problems in the space arena. ## Corporate Skills - Strong written and oral communication skills - Must work well in a team environment - Organizational, time management and project management skills - Flexibility and ability to adapt to changing organizational needs - Interpersonal skills to coordinate efforts and work with other internal and external organizations ## Minimum Requirements - Bachelor's degree from an accredited college/university program in computer science, computer engineering, electrical engineering, or related field, pursuing or conferred within 12 months - Prior internship with The Aerospace Corporation - Ability to lead tasks and work on multiple tasks concurrently - Strong software engineering life-cycle experience and problem-solving skills - Experience in at least one of the following areas: DODAF and generation of related models and dashboards; data lakes and data pipelining; model-based systems engineering and complex systems modeling; AI/ML (LLM, Neural Network, NLP, etc.); alternative software development methodologies (Agile, DevOps, etc.) - Willing to travel occasionally - Ability to obtain and maintain a security clearance; U.S. citizenship is required - Transcripts required ## How You Can Stand Out - GPA 3.5 or higher - Active security clearance - Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to clearly convey complex technical information to a wide range of audiences