MQ-25 Flight Dynamics Engineer — 6DOF Simulations

Peraton; United States; Hybrid; USD 80,000 - 128,000; Full time

Job summary

Peraton seeks a Flight Dynamics engineer to join the MQ-25 team in Lexington Park, MD, focusing on 6DOF simulations, airworthiness assessments, and mission plan validation. You will script batch runs, plot data, and produce reports supporting flight dynamics and vehicle management system analysis.

The role requires a technical degree with 2+ years’ experience, MATLAB proficiency, and potential for a U.S. security clearance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline with 2+ years of relevant experience.
• Knowledge of aerodynamics or programming; experience in computer programming, physics-based simulations, or MATLAB plotting.
• Secret security clearance or ability to obtain; must be a U.S. citizen.

Responsibilities

• Execute six degree of freedom (6DOF) simulation analyses using MODAVSIM with Mission Plan routes.
• Develop batch-run tools in MODAVSIM and MATLAB.
• Plot time history data and create reports with thresholds and summaries.
• Review mission plan files to develop test matrices for simulations.
• Analyze results from hardware-in-the-loop tests and translate findings.
• Document procedures for 6DOF analyses and reporting for MQ-25 validation.

Skills

6DOF simulations

Programming

MATLAB scripting

Flight dynamics

Education

Bachelor's degree in Aerospace Engineering

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Tools

MODAVSIM

MATLAB

Microsoft Office

Job description

Peraton seeks a Flight Dynamics engineer to join the MQ-25 team in Lexington Park, MD, focusing on 6DOF simulations, airworthiness assessments, and mission plan validation. You will script batch runs, plot data, and produce reports supporting flight dynamics and vehicle management system analysis.

The role requires a technical degree with 2+ years’ experience, MATLAB proficiency, and potential for a U.S. security clearance.