Senior Cross-Mission Modeling and Simulation Specialist
About The Position
The Aerospace Corporation’s Enterprise Effects Division integrates strategic capabilities across the national space enterprise, spanning engineering work from concept and architecture design through performance assessment and the application of space-enabled mission effects. Within the Integrated Performance Subdivision, the Cross-Mission Effectiveness Department integrates modeling and simulation capabilities and modern analysis workflows to support end-to-end effects-chain analysis and space and space-enabled campaign modeling. The successful candidate will support modeling, simulation, and analysis of space-, air-, and ground-based systems of systems. The work investigates architecture and concept-of-operations performance in nominal and contested environments, with focus areas including agent-based modeling, red-versus-blue simulations, military utility and capability drawdown, kill-chain effectiveness, enterprise architecture resiliency, and command and control evaluation. The role works closely with program offices and customers to shape analysis tasks, provides technical authority, leads development and use of analysis tools and products, and communicates results through briefings and reports. The position is full-time and 100% onsite in Huntsville, Alabama, with occasional travel as required.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree from an accredited school in engineering (aerospace, astronautical, mechanical, or software), computer science, physics, operations research, or a closely related technical field.
- 10 or more years of increasingly responsible professional engineering or scientific experience, including multidisciplinary systems engineering and/or program management environments.
- Experience with multi-phenomenology remote sensing techniques, specifically EOIR, RADAR, and RF processing for object detection, tracking, and characterization.
- Familiarity with space domain awareness, missile warning/tracking/defense, communications infrastructure, and command and control (C2).
- Advanced experience with the Advanced Framework for Simulation, Integration, and Modeling (AFSIM).
- Advanced experience with Python and C++.
- Demonstrated creativity, initiative, and self-motivation.
- Ability to work on dynamic assignments and adapt to changing customer expectations.
- Collaboration skills for integrating across organizational boundaries and with multiple customers to deliver end-to-end solutions.
- Excellent interpersonal skills and effective oral and written communication skills.
- Current Top Secret/SCI clearance.
Nice To Haves
- An advanced degree in applicable STEM areas or other relevant disciplines.
- Technical understanding of astrodynamics.
- Proficiency with architecture resiliency concepts and applications.
- Experience using distributed or cloud-based software, high-performance computing, and CI/CD pipelines.
- Ability to implement software development best practices for software development, integration, and testing.
- Recognition by peers, management, program offices, customers, and contractors for delivering high-impact solutions to complex, cross-organizational problems.
- Knowledge of Intelligence Community, U.S. Department of Defense, and Department of the Air Force business practices and programs.
- Current Top Secret/SCI clearance with polygraph and special programs access.
Responsibilities
- Work with program offices and customers to translate program needs into modeling, simulation, and analysis tasks.
- Represent the Cross-Mission Effectiveness Department as a technical authority in areas of expertise.
- Understand, model, and analyze enterprise-level integrated missions.
- Lead development and application of in-house, commercial, and government-off-the-shelf engineering analysis tools and analysis products involving multi-phenomenology sensor data and modeling.
- Contribute to and review technical analysis products to ensure accurate, high-quality team deliverables.
- Develop and present customer briefings and reports.
- Mentor junior staff in technical and professional development and contribute to a learning environment that encourages sharing ideas and feedback.
- Travel occasionally as required.
Benefits
- Comprehensive health care and wellness plans.
- Paid holidays, sick time, and vacation.
- Standard and alternate work schedules, including telework options.
- 401(k) plan with company-paid contributions of 8%, 10%, or 12% of eligible compensation based on years of service, plus matching contributions; employees are immediately eligible and vested upon hire.
- Flexible spending accounts.
- Variable pay program for exceptional contributions.
- Relocation assistance.
- Professional growth and development programs.
- Education assistance programs.
- Inclusive work environment built on teamwork, flexibility, and respect.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
