HWIL Missile Defense Software Integration Engineer

Wavelink; Huntsville (AL); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

WaveLink in Huntsville, AL is seeking an M&S Software Integration Engineer to support HWIL simulations for MDS ground and flight tests, and DoD partner testing. Role involves installation and configuration of OSF systems, testing, and ongoing integration work within a distributed HWIL environment.

Travel up to 25-30% is required; occasional night and weekend work may be needed to meet critical testing schedules. Active clearance is required for on-site work at Redstone Arsenal.

Qualifications

• BS in Engineering, Mathematics or Computer Science from an accredited university.
• 5-7 years’ experience in relevant field.
• Support the integration, testing, and operation of HWIL simulation environments for MDS Ground Tests, Flight Tests, and CI activities.
• Install, configure, checkout, and test OSF systems in accordance with program requirements.
• Analyze HWIL architecture performance and assist in identifying and resolving hardware/software integration issues.
• Evaluate and troubleshoot network traffic and connections.
• Install and configure M&S Framework per program instructions, ensuring functionality between MDA elements, documenting configurations and results.
• Execute test scenarios including threat modeling and mission-specific requirements.
• Document system configurations, test procedures, and results, and generate reports to support test events and analysis.
• Collaborate with teams and support mission planning, execution, and post-event analysis.

Responsibilities

• Support HWIL simulation environments for MDS Ground Tests and Flight Tests, and CI activities.
• Install, configure, checkout, and test OSF systems per program requirements.
• Analyze HWIL architecture performance and assist in resolving integration issues.
• Evaluate and troubleshoot network connections.
• Install and configure M&S Framework ensuring inter-element functionality and document results.
• Execute test scenarios including threat modeling for mission-specific needs.
• Document configurations, test procedures, and results, and generate analysis reports.
• Collaborate with teams for mission planning, execution, and post-event analysis.

Skills

HWIL testing experience

OSF system installation/configuration

MDS Ground Tests/Flight Tests support

HWIL architecture performance analysis

Network troubleshooting

Documentation of configurations and in

Travel readiness

Education

BS in Engineering, Mathematics or Computer Science

Tools

Objective Simulation Framework (OSF)

M&S Framework

Security+ certification

Linux+ certification

Job description

WaveLink in Huntsville, AL is seeking an M&S Software Integration Engineer to support HWIL simulations for MDS ground and flight tests, and DoD partner testing. Role involves installation and configuration of OSF systems, testing, and ongoing integration work within a distributed HWIL environment.

Travel up to 25-30% is required; occasional night and weekend work may be needed to meet critical testing schedules. Active clearance is required for on-site work at Redstone Arsenal.