Senior Technical Advisor for Space-Enabled Missile Defense
Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory · Posted Nov 10, 2026
- Huntsville, Alabama, United States
- On-site
- Full-time · Senior
- $105K–$290K per year
- 15+ years
Provide senior technical leadership and strategic guidance for space-enabled missile defense solutions.
Compensation
$105,000 Annually Maximum Rate $290,000 Annually
Responsibilities
- Serve as a trusted senior technical advisor to program leadership, Government sponsors, and mission partners on space-enabled missile defense priorities, architectures, and technical decisions.
- Provide technical leadership for the integration of Space Based Interceptor system concepts and related space-enabled missile defense capabilities.
- Evaluate system architectures, requirements, interfaces, operational concepts, and performance trades across areas such as fire control, interceptor systems, spacecraft operations, battle management, command and control, sensing, and ground and flight test.
- Lead or contribute to system-level technical analyses, studies, reviews, and recommendations addressing complex mission, technical, cost, schedule, and risk considerations.
- Help translate sponsor and operational needs into technically sound, executable tasks, analyses, prototypes, and systems-engineering activities.
Requirements
- M.S. in engineering, mathematics, physics, computer science, space systems, aerospace engineering, or another applicable technical discipline
- Nice to have: Ph.D. in engineering, mathematics, physics, computer science, or another applicable technical discipline