Modeling and Simulation Engineer

Capstone Research Corporation

About The Position

Capstone Research Corporation is seeking to expand our team. Capstone Research Corporation is headquartered in Huntsville Alabama. We are a customer-oriented engineering services company providing world class research and development support across the Department of Defense (DoD): Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, and Missile Defense Agency (MDA). Capstone offers 100% Company Provided Medical and Dental Insurance, Matching 401K, and Profit Sharing as part of our top-notch benefits package. Compensation for this position will be determined, but not limited to, factors such as responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, abilities, alignment with market data, and internal equity. Capstone Research Corporation is a specialized Science Engineering Technical Advisor (SETA) firm dedicated to acting as a trusted integrator for the Joint Force. We are seeking Modeling & Simulation (M&S) Engineers with a background in Electrical, Aerospace, or Mechanical Engineering to join our rapidly growing Mission Engineering team. We have multiple vacancies for mid-level professionals ready to make an impact. In this role, you will be the technical engine behind our Mission Engineering analyses. You will develop, integrate, and execute complex simulations of Integrated Air and Missile Defense (IAMD) systems to evaluate end-to-end mission effectiveness under varied conditions. Your work will directly translate theoretical mission architectures into quantifiable performance data, accelerating our customers' ability to make data-driven investment and modernization decisions.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a closely related highly technical field.
5 to 10 years of applied engineering experience, with a heavy focus on modeling, simulation, and analytical tool development.
Strong programming skills required to build and integrate engineering simulations in C++.
Integration Expertise: Proven ability to integrate models into larger simulation architectures, managing data exchange, simulation timing, and data collection pipelines for post-run analysis.
Engagement Chains: Experience analyzing architectures for "sensor-to-shooter" loops and fire control closures
Ability to obtain Secret Clearance, TS preferred

Nice To Haves

Experience with Docker, Podman, or similar for containerizing M&S applications
Experience with Army IAMD systems or Missile Defense Agency (MDA) architectures and platforms. Familiarity with the Joint Track Management Capability Bridge
Experience with common DoD simulation frameworks such as AFSIM, FSI, DIS, or other environments.
Familiarity with translating operational scenarios or "kill webs" into quantitative simulation environments.
Experience in Python, Java, Matlab, Gitlab, and/or Linux.

Responsibilities

Design, code, and test high-fidelity mathematical models and simulations of IAMD components (e.g., sensors, interceptors, and threat kinematics).
Integrate disparate system models into both real-time (e.g., Hardware-in-the-Loop/Software-in-the-Loop) and non-real-time (constructive) simulation frameworks.
Develop automated analysis tools and scripts to parse large simulation datasets, enabling sensitivity analysis, trade-space exploration, and the quantification of mission effectiveness.
Evaluate threat kinematics, sensor-shooter assignments, weapon flyouts, and overall lethality to quantify end-to-end performance across complex IAMD architectures.