Enterprise Modeling & Simulation Engineer

The Aerospace Corporation • El Segundo, CA

5d • Onsite

About The Position

The Aerospace Corporation’s Enterprise Effects Division integrates strategic capabilities across the national space enterprise. Within the Cross-Mission Effectiveness Department, this role applies modeling, simulation, and analysis to space, air, and ground-based systems of systems. The work supports assessment of architectures and concepts of operations in nominal and contested environments, including agent-based modeling, red-versus-blue simulations, military utility and capability drawdown, kill-chain effectiveness, enterprise architecture resiliency, and command-and-control evaluation.

The engineer works with program offices and customers to translate needs into modeling, simulation, and analysis tasks; develops software to implement modeling capabilities; and prepares, runs, and analyzes enterprise-level simulations. The position also leads and contributes to technical analysis, serves as a technical authority, presents reports and briefings, mentors junior staff, and travels occasionally as required. This is a full-time, 100% onsite role in El Segundo, California; Colorado Springs, Colorado; Chantilly, Virginia; or Huntsville, Alabama.

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.
• Eight or more years of increasingly responsible professional engineering or scientific experience, including multidisciplinary systems engineering and/or program management environments.
• Technical understanding of space operations, red-versus-blue simulations, military utility and capability drawdown, kill-chain effectiveness, enterprise architecture resiliency, and/or command and control.
• Demonstrated strength in sensor- and architecture-level simulations and mission performance assessments.
• 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.
• Current Top Secret/SCI clearance.

Nice To Haves

• Advanced degree in applicable STEM areas or other relevant disciplines.
• Proficiency with the Advanced Framework for Simulation, Integration, and Modeling (AFSIM) or similar modeling tools.
• Knowledge of Intelligence Community, U.S. Department of Defense, and Department of the Air Force business practices and programs.
• Current Top Secret/SCI clearance with polygraph and special programs access.

Responsibilities

• Work with cross-mission program offices and customers to translate program needs into modeling, simulation, and analysis tasks.
• Use targeted software development to implement modeling capabilities based on customer and analyst needs.
• Prepare, execute, and analyze enterprise-level simulations of kill chains and interconnected, mission-relevant systems.
• Represent the Cross-Mission Effectiveness Department as a technical authority in areas of expertise.
• Independently lead and contribute to technical analysis projects, ensuring timely, accurate, and consistent team deliverables.
• Understand, model, and analyze enterprise-level integrated missions.
• Develop and present briefings and reports for program offices and customers.
• Mentor junior staff on technical and professional development and contribute to an 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 contributions 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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior