M&S Engineer

PeopleTec, Inc.•Huntsville, AL

About The Position

PeopleTec is currently seeking an M&S Engineer to support our Huntsville, AL location. PeopleTec is seeking a motivated individual who is interested in joining an award-winning company and working with cutting-edge technologies to include flight testing, lethality, missile defense, and space systems. The selected candidate will be a member of our dynamic Huntsville team and will work on projects involving product design, development, testing, and analysis. Our team supports state-of-the-art projects, blending engineering skills and software design to perform research and analysis, modeling and simulation, software development, testing, and verification. Team members work with a wide-ranging group of customers to understand project requirements and develop innovative and creative solutions to address the nation’s most pressing challenges. Our employee-owners support our customers by: Understanding and developing solutions to support emerging needs in a dynamic environment Planning, implementing, testing, documenting, and maintaining solutions for the integration and testing of products Maintaining and evolving software architectures and external interfaces to expand capabilities of models and simulations Supporting test analysis, planning, and execution The successful candidate will be an adaptable, agile, multi-talented, and versatile engineer who is a consummate team player capable of researching, analyzing, and engineering solutions to meet customer demands for testing, planning, analysis, algorithm creation, and software development. The ideal candidate will be detail-oriented, possess effective communication skills, and be able to fill multiple engineering roles.

Requirements

Travel: Up to 20 %
Must be a U.S. Citizen
Applicant will be required to obtain and maintain at least a Secret security clearance
Bachelor’s degree in science or engineering or scientific field of study from an accredited college or university and 2 years of progressively complex experience in computer simulation, M&S, and algorithm development
A relevant master’s degree in engineering or science from an accredited college or university may be substituted for 2 years of relevant work experience.
Must be able to lift 20 pounds

Nice To Haves

Experience in developmental test and/or operational test and evaluation for DoD programs is a plus
Experience with the verification and validation of modeling and simulation tools is preferred

Responsibilities

Trajectory analysis and flight test modeling and simulation
Ability to perform modeling and simulation efforts that will support the analysis of weapons effectiveness
Identification of requirements, modeling system dynamics, verifying and integrating software components, and simulating results in Python
Ability to perform analysis that will support the development of experiments to support the creation of weapon effectiveness algorithms
Support operational and development testing in austere locations, performing duties in the planning and execution of weapon testing
Provide post test analysis through careful reviews of test data, models, and pre-test predictions
Familiarity with statistical methods to aid in determining weapon effectiveness based on test data and M&S
Support the analysis and decomposition of customer requirements and the subsequent development of measurable tasks to be completed by the engineering and software teams
Assist in troubleshooting and problem resolution in support of requirements analysis, program design and development, unit testing, verification, integration, and reporting
Familiar with high level programming languages such as C++, C#, and/or Python
Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications (PowerPoint, Excel, Word, Project)
Familiarity with the development and integration of engineering tools into software
Sound oral communication and technical writing skills and the ability to clearly communicate technical approaches and findings to the team and the government customer
The ability and desire to work in a fast-paced, collaborative team environment