Cross-Mission Modeling and Simulation Specialist
About The Position
The Aerospace Corporation’s Enterprise Effects Division integrates the company’s strategic capabilities across the national space enterprise, spanning concept and architecture design, performance assessment, and application of space-enabled mission effects. The Cross-Mission Effectiveness Department leads the integration and application of modeling and simulation capabilities and modern analysis workflows for end-to-end effects-chain analysis and space and space-enabled campaign modeling. As a member of the department, you will support customers in modeling, simulation, and analysis of space-, air-, and ground-based systems of systems. The work investigates architecture and concept-of-operations performance in nominal and contested environments, with focus areas including agent-based modeling, red-versus-blue simulations, military utility and capability drawdown, kill-chain effectiveness, enterprise architecture resiliency, and command and control evaluation. This is a full-time, 100% onsite position in Chantilly, Virginia; El Segundo, California; or Colorado Springs, Colorado. Occasional travel may be required.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree from an accredited school in engineering (aerospace, astronautical, mechanical, or software), computer science, physics, operations research, or a closely related technical field.
- At least 6 years of increasingly responsible professional engineering or scientific experience, including multidisciplinary systems engineering and/or program management environments.
- Technical understanding of astrodynamics.
- Experience with multi-phenomenology remote sensing techniques, specifically EOIR, RADAR, and RF processing for object detection, tracking, and characterization.
- Familiarity with space domain awareness, missile warning/tracking/defense, communications infrastructure, command and control (C2), spacecraft maneuvers, threats to spacecraft, and space-driven kill chains.
- Advanced experience with Python and C++.
- Demonstrated creativity, initiative, and self-motivation.
- Ability to work on dynamic assignments and adapt to changing customer expectations.
- Ability to collaborate across organizational boundaries and with multiple customers to drive end-to-end solutions.
- Excellent interpersonal skills and effective oral and written communication skills.
- Knowledge of Intelligence Community, U.S. Department of Defense, and Department of the Air Force business practices and programs.
- Current Top Secret clearance.
Nice To Haves
- Advanced degree in applicable STEM areas or other relevant disciplines.
- Proficiency with space-based architecture resiliency concepts and applications.
- Proficiency with the Advanced Framework for Simulation, Integration, and Modeling (AFSIM).
- Experience using distributed or cloud-based software, high-performance computing, and CI/CD pipelines.
- Ability to implement software development best practices for software development, integration, and testing.
- Current Top Secret/SCI clearance with polygraph and special programs access.
Responsibilities
- Work with program offices and customers to translate program needs into modeling, simulation, and analysis tasks.
- Work with management and teammates to develop and contribute to in-house, commercial-off-the-shelf, and government-off-the-shelf engineering analysis tools and analysis products involving multi-phenomenology sensor data and modeling.
- Develop and present customer briefings and reports.
- Understand, model, and analyze enterprise-level architectures composed of multiple integrated missions.
- Mentor junior staff on technical and professional development and contribute to a learning environment that encourages sharing ideas and feedback.
- Travel occasionally as required.
Benefits
- Comprehensive health care and wellness plans.
- Paid holidays, sick time, and vacation.
- Standard and alternate work schedules, including telework options.
- 401(k) plan with company-paid benefit of 8%, 10%, or 12% of eligible compensation based on years of service, plus matching contributions; employees are immediately eligible and vested upon hire.
- Flexible spending accounts.
- Variable pay program for exceptional contributions.
- Relocation assistance.
- Professional growth and development programs.
- Education assistance programs.
- Inclusive work environment built on teamwork, flexibility, and respect.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
