Senior Cross-Mission Modeling and Simulation Specialist

The Aerospace Corporation • Huntsville, AL

14d • Onsite

About The Position

The Senior Cross-Mission Modeling and Simulation Specialist joins The Aerospace Corporation’s Cross-Mission Effectiveness Department (CMED), within the Enterprise Effects Division. The department integrates and applies modeling and simulation capabilities and modern analysis workflows to support end-to-end effects-chain analysis and space and space-enabled campaign modeling. The role supports customers through modeling, simulation, and analysis of space, air, and ground-based systems of systems, evaluating architecture and CONOPS performance in nominal and contested environments. Focus areas include agent-based modeling, red-versus-blue simulations, military utility and capability drawdown, kill-chain effectiveness, enterprise architecture resiliency, and command-and-control evaluation.

The specialist works with program offices and customers to translate needs into analysis tasks; serves as a technical authority; and applies expertise to model and analyze integrated, enterprise-level missions. The role leads development and use of in-house, commercial, and government-off-the-shelf engineering analysis tools and products involving multi-phenomenology sensor data and modeling. It also contributes to and reviews technical products, prepares customer briefings and reports, mentors junior staff, and travels occasionally as required. This is a full-time, 100% onsite position in Huntsville, Alabama.

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.
• At least 10 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 and 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 handle dynamic assignments and adapt to changing customer expectations.
• Ability to collaborate across organizational boundaries and with multiple customers to drive 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 an applicable STEM area or another relevant discipline.
• 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 products involving multi-phenomenology sensor data and modeling.
• Contribute to and review technical analysis products to help ensure accurate, high-quality team deliveries.
• Develop and present customer briefings and reports.
• Mentor junior staff on 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.

What This Job Offers

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