Job#: 3058552 Job Description: Digital Twin/Payload Modeling Engineer
Location: El Segundo, CA (On-site)
Secret clearance required
Role Overview
Our organization is seeking a highly skilled engineer to specify, architect, design, and qualify real-time satellite payload models integrated into system-level simulators. This position offers an opportunity to create innovative solutions and support multiple software-based projects in a rapid, agile CI/CD environment using modern technologies and tools. The ideal candidate possesses strong systems engineering and integration capabilities alongside familiarity with software development, thriving in collaborative, multi-disciplinary team environments.
Key Responsibilities
- Execute full life-cycle development activities, including requirements definition, analysis, software architecture, detailed design, code reviews, test plan and procedure development, test result reviews, and qualification.
- Perform system-level Concept of Operations (CONOPS) development, functional analysis, and decomposition for software-only simulators.
- Translate physical and digital payload functionality into high-fidelity modeling and simulation environments.
- Understand system and component behaviors to map them accurately into the simulation space.
- Interface with a diverse user community and multi-disciplinary product teams, including systems, hardware, firmware, and software engineers.
- Work independently and collaboratively to complete trade studies and detailed designs.
- Deliver innovative, high-impact solutions to complex technical challenges.
Required Qualifications
Education: Bachelor's degree or higher in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical discipline.
Experience: Demonstrated background in systems engineering with a focus on architecting digital models of satellite payloads for system-level simulators.
Technical Skills: Proficiency with satellite digital payloads, digital communications, and modeling and simulation technologies. Experience with or working knowledge of concurrent computing, multi-threaded applications, and multi-process software development. Strong understanding of FPGA, ASIC, processor, and digital subsystem behaviors.
Preferred Qualifications
- Background in Systems Engineering Integration and Test (SEIT) or payload systems engineering.
- Familiarity with software architecture or software development practices.
- Experience working within real-time simulation environments.
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