Surveillance & Navigation Architecture Performance Associate Director

• Partner with the director to cultivate an organizational vision, identify growth opportunities, engage customers, and develop technical expertise across a geographically distributed team
• Guide development of MS&A capabilities and products supporting research, development, and acquisition decisions for space-based architectures
• Foster centers of excellence in geo-spatial intelligence, signals intelligence, space surveillance, PNT systems, and signals integrity
• Lead hiring and workforce development initiatives, build talent pipelines, and develop staff through mentoring and coaching
• Build and maintain customer and collaborator relationships
• Create an innovation-focused organization and lead multidisciplinary analyst teams
• Coordinate complex technical tasks across multiple programs, manage resources, and ensure work-product quality and accuracy
• Collaborate with subdivision and division leadership to cultivate an effective national organization
• Monitor, direct, and improve organizational processes, functions, compliance, and safety awareness

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree with demonstrated experience or graduate degree in aerospace, astronautical, or electrical engineering, computer science, physics, operations research, mathematics, or a related field of science or engineering from an accredited institution
• 10 years demonstrated experience leading MS&A teams, coordinating complex technical tasks among team members, and translating customer needs into viable instructions for analysts/development teams
• Demonstrated strength in position, navigation, and timing architecture performance evaluations, geolocation, or signals analysis and integrity
• Ability to flex communication styles for productive interactions with staff, collaborators, and customers
• Current and active TS/SCI clearance
• U.S. citizenship required to obtain a security clearance
• Graduate degree or extensive work experience in the listed fields (impressive to have)
• Knowledge across Intelligence Community or U.S. Department of Defense business practices, acquisition policies, or space mission portfolios
• Experience working in or directly supporting program offices, especially in technical areas related to GPS or PNT
• Experience leading geographically distributed teams across multiple locations with demonstrated success in remote staff development and operations
• History of navigating collaborations between technical experts across multiple fields
• Prior management or leadership experience in hiring, mentoring, training, development of personnel, or cross-organization coordination
• Experience identifying, prioritizing, and resolving technical and/or personnel issues

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in leading multidisciplinary teams in the development of MS&A capabilities, with a strong focus on position, navigation, and timing architecture evaluations. Proven ability to cultivate relationships and foster innovation while ensuring compliance and quality across complex technical tasks.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• MS&A Team Leadership
• Position, Navigation, And Timing Architecture
• Geospatial Intelligence
• Current TS/SCI Clearance
• Remote Staff Development

ATS Optimization Keywords

Hard Skills

• Aerospace Engineering
• Electrical Engineering
• Computer Science
• Physics
• Operations Research
• Mathematics
• Geolocation
• Signals Analysis
• Technical Task Coordination
• Compliance Monitoring

Soft Skills

• Communication Flexibility
• Mentoring
• Coaching
• Collaboration
• Problem Solving

Industry Keywords

• Intelligence Community
• U.S. Department Of Defense
• Acquisition Policies
• Space Mission Portfolios
• GPS
• PNT Systems
• Talent Pipeline Development
• Workforce Development
• Customer Engagement
• Innovation-Focused Organization