Introduction to SpaceWorks Engineering

SpaceWorks Engineering (SEI-E) is SEI's aerospace engineering services division supporting a wide variety of traditional customers in the U.S. government and domestic aerospace industry. Key clients include NASA, the U.S. Air Force, DARPA, the U.S. Navy, and most U.S. aerospace prime contractors.

SpaceWorks Engineering is an industry leader in providing independent concept development, economic analysis, technology impact assessment, and systems analyses for future space systems and projects. Our technical staff is trained in a range of key engineering analyses such as propulsion, trajectories, aerodynamics, cost analysis, mass properties, economic modeling, operations, and reliability analysis. SEI-E projects range from single-discipline support for a client’s design team to complete end-to-end space concept analysis. Our full-time staff is augmented by a team of highly-experienced Affiliates who provide additional guidance and insight.

Large projects are typically executed in a multidisciplinary, team-oriented environment utilizing the latest computer modeling & simulation tools and capabilities. These new design integration technologies enhance the traditional product team and enable concurrent engineering approaches to advanced design. Further, they open new doors to rapid exploration of the design space, probabilistic assessment, risk-based design, multivariable optimization, automated sensitivity analysis, and use of evolutionary search algorithms.

Key operating groups within SEI-E are the Advanced Concepts Group (ACG), the Engineering Economics Group (EEG), and the Space Media Group (SMG). Our work is typically unclassified, but classified projects can be accommodated on a case-by-case basis. SEI is an SBA small business with a DCAA-approved cost accounting system.