Demo

Senior Aerospace Engineer

First Division Consulting, Inc
Patuxent, MD Full Time
POSTED ON 11/19/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 5/17/2026
  • This position is contingent on contract award**

Come Join Our Team! First Division Consulting (FirstDiv) provides program management, acquisition, logistics, field service representative, explosive ordnance disposal, and personnel support services to Department of Defense and Federal Government Agencies. We are a Small Business Administration certified Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business and a Small Disadvantaged Business. If you are looking for a company who has an overall rating on Glassdoor of 4.8 and who puts their people first, then continue to read below and join the FirstDiv team!

First Division Consulting is seeking a Senior Aerospace Engineer to support a Department of the Navy (DoN) customer at Patuxent River, MD. The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD), Webster Outlying Field (WOLF) Airborne Systems Integration (ASI) Division announces its intention to procure, on a competitive basis, the services necessary to provide support for Sensor Engineering and Development (SED) to include research, planning, design, development, integration, and demonstration of sensor technologies and capabilities for a variety of manned and unmanned airborne platforms to include any shipborne, fixed, and/or mobile systems necessary to provide the full sensor capability with the ASI Division in support of Department of Navy (DON), Department of Defense (DoD), and other Government agency projects.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Provide expert leadership and management for high-visibility, mission-critical DoD projects and programs, overseeing the design, prototyping, and testing of manned and unmanned airborne, shipborne, fixed, and mobile system platforms, including sensors
  • Supervise the evaluation and integration of sensors, materials, and equipment into aircraft designs, ensuring interoperability, reliability, and performance.
  • Lead teams to optimize technical processes, enhance testing equipment, drive innovation, and provide training on system operations and testing procedures, ensuring the successful execution of complex airborne projects aligned with defense objectives.

Requirements

Experience: 10 years of experience required, at least 5 of those years must be specific to sensor technologies and systems within the DoD.

Education/Certification: Master's degree in an Engineering discipline.

Security Clearance Level: Active Top Secret Clearance required.

Benefits

Medical, dental, vision, life insurance, STD, LTD, holidays, PTO and 401(k) plan with company match.

First Division Consulting is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All employment decisions are based on merit, qualifications, skills, and abilities. All fully qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment in accordance with all applicable federal, state, and/or local laws prohibiting discrimination by protected classes.

Salary.com Estimation for Senior Aerospace Engineer in Patuxent, MD
$107,011 to $126,279
If your compensation planning software is too rigid to deploy winning incentive strategies, it’s time to find an adaptable solution. Compensation Planning
Enhance your organization's compensation strategy with salary data sets that HR and team managers can use to pay your staff right. Surveys & Data Sets

What is the career path for a Senior Aerospace Engineer?

Sign up to receive alerts about other jobs on the Senior Aerospace Engineer career path by checking the boxes next to the positions that interest you.
Income Estimation: 
$110,457 - $133,106
Income Estimation: 
$136,611 - $163,397
Income Estimation: 
$135,163 - $163,519
Income Estimation: 
$131,953 - $159,624
Income Estimation: 
$150,859 - $181,127
Income Estimation: 
$73,784 - $86,677
Income Estimation: 
$90,372 - $103,622
Income Estimation: 
$61,825 - $80,560
Income Estimation: 
$90,032 - $105,965
Income Estimation: 
$85,996 - $102,718
Income Estimation: 
$85,996 - $102,718
Income Estimation: 
$111,859 - $131,446
Income Estimation: 
$110,457 - $133,106
Income Estimation: 
$105,809 - $128,724
Income Estimation: 
$122,763 - $145,698
Income Estimation: 
$105,809 - $128,724
Income Estimation: 
$136,611 - $163,397
Income Estimation: 
$135,163 - $163,519
Income Estimation: 
$131,953 - $159,624
Income Estimation: 
$150,859 - $181,127
Income Estimation: 
$131,953 - $159,624
Income Estimation: 
$169,825 - $204,021
Income Estimation: 
$166,631 - $195,636
Income Estimation: 
$162,237 - $199,353
Income Estimation: 
$181,083 - $218,117
View Core, Job Family, and Industry Job Skills and Competency Data for more than 15,000 Job Titles Skills Library

Job openings at First Division Consulting, Inc

  • First Division Consulting, Inc San Diego, CA
  • This position is contingent on contract award** Come Join Our Team! First Division Consulting (FirstDiv) provides program management, acquisition, logistic... more
  • 4 Days Ago

  • First Division Consulting, Inc San Diego, CA
  • This position is contingent on contract award** Come Join Our Team! First Division Consulting (FirstDiv) provides program management, acquisition, logistic... more
  • 4 Days Ago

  • First Division Consulting, Inc Washington, MD
  • Location: Hybrid Work Schedule - Washington Navy Yard, Washington D.C. Clearance: SECRET clearance is required. Come Join Our Team! First Division Consulti... more
  • 5 Days Ago

  • First Division Consulting, Inc Washington, DC
  • Location: Hybrid Work Schedule - Washington Navy Yard, Washington D.C. Clearance: SECRET clearance is required. Come Join Our Team! First Division Consulti... more
  • 6 Days Ago


Not the job you're looking for? Here are some other Senior Aerospace Engineer jobs in the Patuxent, MD area that may be a better fit.

  • GAME AEROSPACE Bentonville, AR
  • Game Aerospace is a growing business that designs, manufactures, and sells composite airplanes. Our hand-crafted airplanes are delivered and flown around t... more
  • 6 Days Ago

  • GE Aerospace Niskayuna, NY
  • Job Description Summary The Senior Principal Engineer (SPE) for Electrical Systems shall be recognized as a technical expert and leader who has responsibil... more
  • 19 Days Ago

AI Assistant is available now!

Feel free to start your new journey!