Modeling and Simulation Engineer

Modeling and Simulation Engineer

Specter Aerospace is seeking a Modeling and Simulation Engineer to support the design and analysis of high-speed airbreathing testbed vehicles. A successful candidate will have prior experience conducting survivability and performance assessments of weapon systems, to include engagement and mission level simulations.

Role & Responsibilities

• Conduct survivability assessments of novel, high-speed weapon systems to support on-going programs

• Create and validate vehicle performance models in AFSIM

• Develop and debug threat IADS simulations in AFSIM

• Conduct engagement simulations using TMAP and ESAMS

• Develop tools in Python and MATLAB to support the performance analysis of weapon systems

• Support trajectory optimization efforts (3DOF/6DOF)

• Other duties as assigned by the company

Job Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Math, Computer Science, Physics, or other related discipline

• 2+ years of relevant full-time experience

• Experience conducting engagement-level analysis of high-speed weapon systems using ESAMS or TMAP

• Experience conducting mission-level simulations in support of weapon system development using AFSIM

• Experience utilizing Linux computers for simulations and experience with HPC interfaces

• Proficiency in MATLAB and Python to support tool development

• Ability to obtain a DoD security clearance (U.S. Citizenship required)

Desired Skills

• Master's Degree in Engineering, Math, Computer Science, Physics, or other related discipline

• Experience leading survivability studies for weapon system development programs

• Experience working across classification levels to efficiently conduct survivability studies

• Software development experience (including CI/CD pipelines, Git/GitLab)

• Active DoD security clearance