Missile Defense Architecture Analyst (PL)

Canvas • Huntsville, AL

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About The Position

The Missile Defense Architecture Analyst will provide technical support to the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) through its Technical, Engineering, Advisory and Management Support work. The position supports the Office of the MDA Chief Architect and joins a team developing and using Benchmark, a performance modeling tool for concept exploration and evaluation. The team helps the MDA envision and define future missile defense architectures and supports development, testing, and fielding of technical capabilities.

Requirements

• U.S. citizenship is required.
• At least 7 years of experience working on missile defense-related programs, other complex large Department of Defense programs or projects, or equivalent industry work.
• Bachelor’s degree in a STEM field such as engineering, physics, or mathematics.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills and critical-thinking abilities.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team to solve complex problems.
• Possess or be able to obtain an active Secret clearance.

Nice To Haves

• Experience producing analysis tools using MATLAB, Python, or a similar scripting language.
• Familiarity with one or more elements of the Missile Defense System.

Responsibilities

• Maintain awareness of Missile Defense System performance assessments at the full-system level and among contributing weapon systems, and update records of current or future capability gaps that may drive development efforts.
• Contribute to enterprise-level architecture planning, requirements definition, and development activities supporting strategic and regional architectures.
• Develop analysis scripts using MATLAB and/or Python to add capabilities to the Benchmark modeling and simulation environment and support trade-study analyses for future concepts.
• Run the MDA Benchmark tool to perform predictive analyses of potential future missile defense architecture laydowns against theoretical or conceptual future threat environments.

What This Job Offers

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