Missile Defense Simulation Architect - Onsite Huntsville

Synopsys, Inc.; Exton (PA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Synopsys, Inc. seeks an accomplished modeling engineer to design and validate high-fidelity air and missile defense simulations for DoD programs.

You will build trajectory models, integrate radar phenomenology, and produce synthetic datasets for AI/ML training with input from government stakeholders. You will lead cross-functional teams across government and industry, ensuring fidelity spans sensor fusion, track data, and battle management concepts.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Physics, Computer Science, or related field with 12+ years of professional experience, or Master's with 10+ years, or PhD with 7+ years.
• US citizen required with an active DoD TS/SCI clearance with current status.

Responsibilities

• Build high-fidelity models of threat trajectories, including staging events, flight dynamics, and multi-spectral signature behaviors across RF, IR, and other sensor-observable spectra.
• Develop and integrate radar phenomenology models across radar bands and sensor architectures for detection, tracking, and characterization in realistic engagement scenarios.
• Support synthetic dataset creation for AI/ML training, including target-present and target-absent scenarios to reduce algorithmic bias and improve robustness.
• Collaborate with signature characterization experts, sensor engineers, and government stakeholders to ensure fidelity aligns with operational requirements.
• Implement sensing system models within frameworks like STK and AFSIM, covering track fusion, discrimination logic, and custody management across the kill chain.
• Provide technical leadership on modeling requirements, simulation architecture, and fidelity tradeoffs for programs involving generative simulation and AI-enabled battle management.
• Integrate threat modeling and sensor simulations into larger DoD analysis environments used for system development and algorithm evaluation.

Skills

MATLAB

Python

STK

AFSIM

Radar phenomenology

Trajectory modeling

Education

Bachelor's degree + 12+ years

Tools

MATLAB

Python

STK

AFSIM

Job description

Synopsys, Inc. seeks an accomplished modeling engineer to design and validate high-fidelity air and missile defense simulations for DoD programs.

You will build trajectory models, integrate radar phenomenology, and produce synthetic datasets for AI/ML training with input from government stakeholders. You will lead cross-functional teams across government and industry, ensuring fidelity spans sensor fusion, track data, and battle management concepts.