M&S Product Team Lead

ISYS Technologies•Colorado Springs, CO

3d•Onsite

About The Position

I2X Technologies is a reputable technology services company to the Federal Government. Whether the focus is on space exploration, national security, cyber security, or cutting-edge engineering applications, I2X is ready to offer you the chance to make a real-world impact in your field and for your country. We provide long-term growth and development. Headquartered in Colorado, I2X is engaged in programs across the country and in more than 20 states. Our programs support multiple Federal agencies, the Department of Defense and often focused on the space initiatives of our government customers. I2X Technologies is seeking a M&S Product Team Lead to support ongoing activities for a customer in Colorado Springs, CO . This position will be on-site and will require an active Secret clearance. The primary role of the Modeling and Simulation Product Team Lead will be developing emulators, integrating 3rd party simulators, developing scenarios, and anchoring models and system behaviors for the organization As a secondary role, the Product Team Lead will also be expected to occasionally contribute technical expertise in support of the co-located Experimentation Lab (X-Lab) organization on the program. The Product Team Lead will support a broad range of topics, with increasing scope and complexity as assigned. Topics in the past have included development of sensor emulation, interface exchange behaviors, scenario development, coordinate transforms of state vectors and covariances between various coordinate systems transformations, implementation of Kalman filtering, radar signal processing, various metaheuristics for performance optimization problems, and use case development and testing. The Product Team Lead will be responsible for the following: Work closely with agile teams to understand concepts, algorithms, and logging in order to prototype Modeling and Simulation Tools and generate scenario datasets Utilize math, physics, statistics, data parsing, plotting, and database techniques to develop Algorithm Description Documents (ADDs) and algorithm reference implementations and commit them to Git repositories for version control Develop unit tests, preferably as Cucumber scenarios, in order to support the transition and development of MATLAB reference implementations in Java Use DevSecOps principles to setup and maintain nightly pipelines to support automated analysis / test and continuous integration testing of algorithm reference implementations Provide demonstrations of their ADDs and reference implementations as part of Agile sprints with their respective Integrated Product Team (IPT) to the Project Owners (POs) and Release Train Engineer (RTE) Provide technical support to the IPTs in order to develop M&S tools that help verify and validate the tactical implementation of algorithms Develop technical briefs and present briefings to both internal and external stakeholders at Technical Interchange Meetings (TIMs) Complete understanding and wide application of technical principle, theories, and concepts in the field Having a general knowledge of other related disciplines Provide technical solutions to a wide range of complex difficult problems (solutions are imaginative, thorough, practicable, and consistent with organizational objectives- Work under only general direction and independently determine and develop approaches to solutions; work will be reviewed upon completion for adequacy in meeting objectives Contribute to the completion of specific programs and projects (failure to obtain results or erroneous decisions or recommendations would typically result in serious program delays and considerable expenditure of resources) Frequently interface internally with Integrated Product Teams (IPT) of other systems engineers, software developers, and analysts Frequently interface externally with Federally Funded Research and Development Contracts (FFRDCs) and government customer contacts Represent the organization in providing solutions to difficult technical issues associated with specific projects Interfacing with the RTE and POs in order to develop and maintain the M&S IPT Backlog within JIRA Contribute to the M&S IPT completion of stories Mentor junior engineers on the M&S IPT

Requirements

Emerging authority typically with an advanced degree and 7+ years experience or bachelors with 9+ years experience or equivalent
Must have DoD Final Secret clearance prior to start
Must have experience with the following: Developing and working with mathematical models
Algorithm engineering to solve computer algorithm problems, including design, analysis, implementation, optimization, profiling, and experimental evaluation
Systems engineering and software engineering processes and principles
Strong math and physics, including probability and statistics, linear algebra, and calculus
Must have ability to use MATLAB or similar languages (Python, Perl, Bash, Mathematica, JavaScript, etc.) to perform prototyping, data visualization, scripting, parsing, and functional programming
Be able to work both independently and in a team environment
Must have the ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic work environment
Possess excellent written and verbal communication skills
Familiarity with Linux and/or Unix based development
US Citizenship is required

Nice To Haves

Strong analytical skill including Monte Carlo analysis and statistical regression
The ability to use MATLAB, Linux, databases, Git, Bitbucket, Jenkins/Hudson, Jira, Cucumber, Confluence, Twiki, and regular expressions
Highly desired: current DoD Final Top Secret with SCI/ SAP eligibilityDesire experience with the following: Modeling and simulation of large complex systems
Machine learning techniques and metaheuristics
Verification & Validation (V&V) testing of complex software systems
The Missile Defense domain, or Space Domain Awareness domain
Surveillance and target acquisition, track state estimation and correlation, track-to-truth mapping, state vectors, tracking covariances, coordinate conversions, time conversions, and EOIR/RF phenomenology, scheduling and resource management, identification and discrimination, battle management, signal processing, and/or orbital dynamics
Agile software development processes
Distributed application environments coded in Java, C++, or other Object-Oriented languages
The ability to use MATLAB, Linux, databases, Git, Bitbucket, Jenkins/Hudson, Jira, Cucumber, Confluence, Twiki, and regular expressions

Responsibilities

Work closely with agile teams to understand concepts, algorithms, and logging in order to prototype Modeling and Simulation Tools and generate scenario datasets
Utilize math, physics, statistics, data parsing, plotting, and database techniques to develop Algorithm Description Documents (ADDs) and algorithm reference implementations and commit them to Git repositories for version control
Develop unit tests, preferably as Cucumber scenarios, in order to support the transition and development of MATLAB reference implementations in Java
Use DevSecOps principles to setup and maintain nightly pipelines to support automated analysis / test and continuous integration testing of algorithm reference implementations
Provide demonstrations of their ADDs and reference implementations as part of Agile sprints with their respective Integrated Product Team (IPT) to the Project Owners (POs) and Release Train Engineer (RTE)
Provide technical support to the IPTs in order to develop M&S tools that help verify and validate the tactical implementation of algorithms
Develop technical briefs and present briefings to both internal and external stakeholders at Technical Interchange Meetings (TIMs)
Complete understanding and wide application of technical principle, theories, and concepts in the field
Having a general knowledge of other related disciplines
Provide technical solutions to a wide range of complex difficult problems (solutions are imaginative, thorough, practicable, and consistent with organizational objectives- Work under only general direction and independently determine and develop approaches to solutions; work will be reviewed upon completion for adequacy in meeting objectives
Contribute to the completion of specific programs and projects (failure to obtain results or erroneous decisions or recommendations would typically result in serious program delays and considerable expenditure of resources)
Frequently interface internally with Integrated Product Teams (IPT) of other systems engineers, software developers, and analysts
Frequently interface externally with Federally Funded Research and Development Contracts (FFRDCs) and government customer contacts
Represent the organization in providing solutions to difficult technical issues associated with specific projects
Interfacing with the RTE and POs in order to develop and maintain the M&S IPT Backlog within JIRA
Contribute to the M&S IPT completion of stories
Mentor junior engineers on the M&S IPT