Missile Defense Architecture Analyst (PL)

Canvas Inc. • Huntsville, AL

9d • Onsite

About The Position

The Missile Defense Architecture Analyst will join the Architecture Engineering team in Huntsville, Alabama, supporting the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) mission to develop and deploy a layered Missile Defense System. The position provides technical support to the MDA Technical, Engineering, Advisory and Management Support effort and supports the office of the MDA Chief Architect. The analyst will work with a team developing and employing Benchmark, a performance modeling tool for concept exploration and evaluation, helping the MDA envision and define future missile defense architectures. The broader SEA Team supports Missile Defense System test analyses, future architecture modeling and design, advanced technology analyses, and specialized engineering to improve the development, testing, and fielding of technical capabilities.

Requirements

• U.S. citizenship.
• At least 7 years of experience working on missile defense-related or other complex, large DoD programs/projects, or equivalent industry experience.
• 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 teams 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 present or future capability gaps that may drive development efforts.
• Contribute to enterprise-level architecture planning, requirements definition, and development activities for strategic and regional architectures.
• Develop analysis scripts using MATLAB and/or Python to add capabilities within the Benchmark modeling and simulation environment for trade study analyses of future concepts.
• Conduct runs of 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