Regional Threats Modeling and Simulations Engineer (Senior-Level)

Amentum; Charlottesville (VA); On-site; USD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Amentum is seeking a candidate for a role involving intelligence support through simulations and wargaming exercises. The job offers flexible scheduling with a mix of remote and on-site work in Charlottesville, Virginia.

The ideal applicant will have extensive knowledge in modeling, simulations, and the ability to analyze complex military scenarios. A minimum of a high school education and 12 years relevant experience is required.

Qualifications

• Demonstrates comprehensive mission knowledge and wargaming, modeling, and simulations skills.
• Demonstrates ability to conduct / teach doctrinal military wargaming during planning.
• Demonstrates ability to lead teams in researching multifaceted or critical problems.

Responsibilities

• Designs, develops, and conducts simulations against hard targets.
• Conducts modeling and simulation architecture definition and testing.
• Interacts with users to define functionality for applications.

Skills

Wargaming

Modeling and Simulation

Analytic Methodologies

Terrain Mapping

Imagery Interpretation

Education

High School Education

Job description

Purpose and Impact

Our industry-leading intelligence support program informs decision‑makers, from ground force commanders to international partners and national security policymakers. Our employees lead the Intelligence community in providing superior Identity Intelligence and regional threat analysis, and developing innovative data‑driven solutions, supporting the customer through intelligence analysis and tradecraft proliferation.

Work Schedule

Flexible; 4‑16 hours per week at times (remote), 40 hours per week (on site) (8 hrs / day 5 days / wk) during defined project periods.

Essential Responsibilities

This position designs, develops, and conducts simulations against hard targets, missiles, and other intelligence gaps and supports wargaming exercises in a simulated environment. You will conduct modeling and simulation architecture definition, implementation, validation, and testing. You will interact with users to define and optimize new functionality for applications, develop and visualize operational concepts, and perform modeling and simulation data analysis to refine, demonstrate, and assess these concepts.

Work Environment, Physical Demands, and Mental Demands

Office environment.

Minimum Requirements (Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities)

• Demonstrates comprehensive mission knowledge and wargaming, modeling, and simulations skills.
• Demonstrates ability to develop wargames and force‑on‑force scenarios for threat nations invasions into other countries, to include analysis of battle type factors, and in‑depth studies, such as force ratios, national/armed forces strengths and weaknesses, quality and numbers of weapons and equipment, national and armed forces doctrines, and intangibles such as esprit de corps and morale.
• Demonstrates ability to conduct / teach doctrinal military wargaming during planning of Large‑Scale Combat Operations.
• Demonstrates ability to communicate understanding from information that may be incomplete, indirect, highly complex, seemingly unrelated, and / or technically advanced.
• Demonstrates ability to lead teams in researching multifaceted or critical problems. Provides guidance in selecting, designing, and applying analytic methodologies. Uses argument evaluation and validated analytic methodologies to challenge differing perspectives.
• Demonstrates ability to produce analysis on terrain mapping, route planning, and maritime geospatial activity. Interprets imagery including (but not limited to) visible, infrared and radar data as well as full‑motion video for the identification of foreign conventional and unconventional military facilities, systems and activities.

Clearance Required

• TS/SCI

Minimum Education

• High School Education

Minimum Years of Experience

• 12 yrs relevant experience, 8 yrs w/ Bachelor’s Degree

Safety

Amentum enforces a safety culture whereby all employees have the responsibility for continuously developing and maintaining a safe work environment. As appropriate, each employee is responsible for completing all training requirements and fulfilling all self‑aid/buddy aid responsibilities, participating in emergency response tasks and serving on safety committees and teams.

Quality

Quality is the foundation for the management of our business and the keystone to our goal of customer satisfaction. It is our policy to consistently provide services that meet customer expectations. Accordingly, each employee must conform to the Amentum Quality Policy and carry out job activities in compliance with applicable Amentum Quality System documents and customer contracts. Each employee must read and understand his/her Quality Management and Customer Satisfaction responsibilities.

Procedure Compliance

Each employee must read, understand and implement the general and specific operational, safety, quality and environmental requirements of all plans, procedures and policies pertaining to his/her job.

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or protected veteran status.