Senior Missile Defense Architecture Assessment Engineer

Overview

On Site
Full Time

Skills

High Performance Computing
Modeling
Evaluation
Security Clearance
Algorithms
Management
Energy
MATLAB
Python
HPC
Systems Engineering
Technology Assessment
Optimization
RF
Information Retrieval
International Relations
Investor Relations
MDS
DoD

Job Details

  • Facilitate the definition of future missile defense concepts for modeling, simulation, and analysis
  • Act as a subject matter expert in future concept definition, architecture analyses, and reviewing preliminary results prior to delivery to customer
  • Assess Missile Defense System (MDS) threats, capability gaps, challenges, needs and opportunities, and develop potential system mitigations and capability revolutions and evolutions at the architecture level
  • Support modeling & simulation (M&S) efforts related to the above, including analysis efforts on DoD High Performance Computing (HPC)
  • Develop analysis plans, run M&S to execute the analysis plan, perform analysis on the results, prepare analysis reports, and provide reviews of analysis products
  • Master's Degree in STEM Field with 12+ years of experience in missile defense-related or other complex, large DoD program/project
  • Active Secret clearance required with the ability to obtain a TS/SCI
  • Extensive experience in the modeling, assessment, and evaluation of future missile defense architectures
  • Deep understanding of the current MDS architecture and future concepts

Desired Qualifications:
  • Active TS/SCI Clearance
  • Experience with the definition and use of advanced concepts and algorithms for the M&S of MDS architectures
  • Experience with M&S and analysis of MDS architectures involving both directed and kinetic energy weapons and other future concepts
  • Ability to develop and use MDS architecture simulations; knowledge of MATLAB and/or Python is a plus, including HPC experience and/or MBSE experience
  • Experience supporting systems engineering-related architecture design activities
  • Ability to perform technology assessment & analysis and provide insight on the utility of potentially useful technologies
  • Experience with multidisciplinary analysis and optimization environments, including analysis of diverse physical phenomena
  • Specialized MDS analysis experience in: threat characterization, trajectories, RF sensing/signatures, and/or EO/IR sensing/signatures
  • Proven ability to coauthor numerous reports and provide significant contributions to MDS studies and responses to Congress
  • Experience with Cyber gaps, mitigations, and future Cyber Architecture development
  • Experience serving as a key advisor and collaborating on products that may go outside the Agency, such as DoD, Services, Combatant Commands, industry experts, etc.

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