Modeling and Simulation Engineer

Booz Allen Hamilton•Charlottesville, VA

About The Position

Modeling and Simulation Engineer The Opportunity: Are you looking for an opportunity to combine your technical skills with big picture thinking to make an impact in national defense and combat weapon system design? You understand your customer’s environment and how to develop the right systems for their mission. Your ability to translate real-world needs into technical specifications makes you an integral part of delivering a customer-focused engineering solution. As a systems engineer on our team, you’ll have the chance to assess and evaluate combat weapon systems using computer-based analytical tools, including Excel, MATLAB, and the Advanced Framework for Simulation, Integration, or Modeling (AFSIM) analytical framework. Your technical expertise will be vital as you evaluate and modernize combat weapon systems. You’ll develop your skills in critical thinking, data analytics, and operations analysis while gaining experience in constructive modeling and simulation of combat operations. Join our team and help turn requirements into accomplishments that drive change. Join us. The world can't wait.

Requirements

Experience with scenario development and performing analytical assessments of combat weapon systems using mission-level constructive simulation tools, including AFSIM, Suppressor, ITASE, or NGTS
Experience with a variety of COTS and GOTS modeling and simulation and data science tools
Experience developing software in MATLAB Simulink and C++, and leading software teams to manipulate data between different formats and perform post-processing of data
Experience with U.S. and foreign combat weapon systems, including radar, directed energy weapons, surface to air missile systems, or anti-satellite weapons
Experience developing software models of radar, interceptor, and sensor subsystems
Ability to apply operational analysis principles, theories, and concepts to execute study plans and analysis matrices
Top Secret clearance
Bachelor’s degree

Nice To Haves

Experience developing AFSIM scripts to customize model behaviors and decisions within an analytical scenario
Experience with Agile software development
Ability to analyze large amounts of raw model output to identify key drivers
Ability to distill, summarize, and articulate complex technical insights and findings
Active TS/SCI clearance; willingness to take a polygraph exam
Bachelor’s degree in a STEM field