Aerospace Modeling & Simulation Engineer II — Space Systems

MAXAR TECHNOLOGIES, INC.; Herndon (VA); On-site; USD 95,000 - 193,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) with company match

Mental health resources

Student loan repayment assistance

Adoption reimbursement

Pet insurance

Job summary

Vantor seeks an Aerospace Modeling & Simulation Engineer II to support advanced ISR studies for government and commercial customers. You will model satellites, aircraft, sensor systems, and mission scenarios to evaluate performance and inform decisions.

This is a hands-on role for an experienced engineer who can lead tasks and deliver clear recommendations. You will own major analysis tasks, coordinate with stakeholders, and contribute to reusable tools and consistent modeling practices.

Qualifications

• US Citizenship is required with an active TS/SCI clearance.
• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college/university in one of the specified engineering/science fields.
• 3+ years of professional experience in space systems modeling and simulation including astrodynamics, remote sensing, spacecraft design, aerospace operations or complex systems integration.
• Willing to work on-site.

Responsibilities

• Develop, modify, and run high-fidelity simulations of space, airborne, and ISR sensor systems for architecture studies and analyses.
• Design operational vignettes and analysis plans translating customer priorities into measurable scenarios and criteria.
• Own complex analysis tasks from requirements through model configuration, execution, interpretation, and delivery.
• Develop tools, scripts, simulator features, and reusable components to improve scenario generation, data analysis, and visualization.
• Analyze results to identify trends, risks, trade-offs, sensitivities, and key performance drivers with defensible recommendations.
• Apply QA/QC, verification, validation, configuration-management, and documentation practices.
• Estimate technical effort, identify risks and dependencies, and coordinate with project leads.
• Present findings and recommendations to technical teams, program leaders, and customers.
• Provide technical guidance and peer review to less-experienced analysts.

Skills

Astrodynamics

Remote sensing

Spacecraft design

Aerospace systems operations

Complex systems integration

Python

Excel

QA/QC

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Aerospace, Mechanical, Electrical Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, or Computer Science

Tools

Python

Simulation tools

Job description

Vantor seeks an Aerospace Modeling & Simulation Engineer II to support advanced ISR studies for government and commercial customers. You will model satellites, aircraft, sensor systems, and mission scenarios to evaluate performance and inform decisions.

This is a hands-on role for an experienced engineer who can lead tasks and deliver clear recommendations. You will own major analysis tasks, coordinate with stakeholders, and contribute to reusable tools and consistent modeling practices.