Principal Systems Engineer - BMD SME

PeopleTec, Inc.; Huntsville (AL); On-site; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Principal Systems Engineer specializing in Ballistic Missile Defense. This role involves shaping the future of the Missile Defense System through modeling, simulation, and analysis. You will leverage your extensive experience to define future concepts, assess capabilities, and develop innovative solutions to complex challenges. Join a dynamic team dedicated to national defense, where your insights and expertise will directly impact critical defense strategies. If you have a passion for engineering and a drive to make a difference, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of experience in missile defense or complex DoD programs.
• Extensive experience in modeling and evaluating missile defense architectures.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate future concept modeling, simulation, and analysis.
• Assess MDS threats and develop potential system mitigations.

Skills

Missile Defense Systems

Modeling and Simulation

Architecture Analysis

DoD Program Management

Technology Assessment

Multidisciplinary Analysis

Education

Master's Degree in STEM Field

Tools

MATLAB

Python

High Performance Computing (HPC)

Job description

Opportunity

PeopleTec is currently seeking a Principal Systems Engineer - BMD SME to support our Huntsville, AL location.

PeopleTec is looking for an amazingly talented Principal Systems Engineer - Ballistic Missile Defense Subject Matter Expert (BMD SME) to join our team! In this role, you will facilitate the modeling, simulation, and analyses of future concepts that shape the future of the Missile Defense System (MDS) and respond to Warfighter needs.

Duties:

• Facilitate the definition of future concepts for modeling, simulation, and analysis.
• Act as a subject matter expert in future concept definition, architecture analyses, and reviewing preliminary results prior to delivery to the customer.
• Assess MDS threats, capability gaps, challenges, needs, and opportunities, and develop potential system mitigations and capability revolutions and evolutions at the architecture level.
• Support modeling & simulation (M&S) efforts related to the above, including analysis efforts on DoD High Performance Computing (HPC).
• Develop analysis plans, run M&S to execute the analysis plan, perform analysis on the results, prepare analysis reports, and provide reviews of analysis products.

Qualifications

Required Skills/Experience:

• 12+ years of experience in missile defense-related or other complex, large DoD program/project.
• Extensive experience in the modeling, assessment, and evaluation of future missile defense architectures.
• Deep understanding of the current MDS architecture and future concepts.
• Must be a U.S. Citizen.
• Candidates are required to have an active Secret clearance upon hire, and the ability to obtain a Top Secret / SCI clearance.

Education Requirements:

• Master's Degree in STEM Field.

Desired Skills:

• Active TS/SCI Clearance.
• Experience with the definition and use of advanced concepts and algorithms for the M&S of MDS architectures.
• Experience with M&S and analysis of MDS architectures involving both directed and kinetic energy weapons and other future concepts.
• Ability to develop and use MDS architecture simulations; knowledge of MATLAB and/or Python is a plus, including HPC experience and/or MBSE experience.
• Experience supporting systems engineering-related architecture design activities.
• Ability to perform technology assessment & analysis and provide insight on the utility of potentially useful technologies.
• Experience with multidisciplinary analysis and optimization environments, including analysis of diverse physical phenomena.
• Specialized MDS analysis experience in: threat characterization, trajectories, RF sensing/signatures, and/or EO/IR sensing/signatures.
• Proven ability to coauthor numerous reports and provide significant contributions to MDS studies and responses to Congress.
• Experience with Cyber gaps, mitigations, and future Cyber Architecture development.
• Experience serving as a key advisor and collaborating on products that may go outside the Agency, such as DoD, Services, Combatant Commands, industry experts, etc.