Senior M&S Engineer for National Security Missions

K2 Space; Santa Monica (CA); On-site; USD 160,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Benefits package

PTO

Health coverage

Life insurance

Parental leave

Job summary

K2 Space seeks a Senior Modeling & Simulation Engineer to design, verify, and operate spacecraft for national security missions. You will build the modeling and simulation capabilities to validate software that runs the largest satellites, and mentor engineers while guiding technical direction.

In this contested environment, you will generalize tools, enable multi-spacecraft simulations, and influence mission decisions.

Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI clearance, or a TS/SCI held within the last 12 months, and US citizenship.
• Current or previously held SAP access.
• Prior experience on classified national security programs and in secure/SCIF environments.
• Bachelor's degree in physics, aerospace/mechanical/electrical engineering, computer science, math, or a STEM field
• 5+ years of professional modeling and simulation experience.
• Development experience in Rust, C++, or similar compiled language.
• Experience using scientific Python (NumPy, SciPy, etc.), Julia, MATLAB, or similar.
• Demonstrated ability to own complex systems end-to-end and guide the work of other engineers.

Responsibilities

• Develop mission-level modeling and simulation of national security space missions, capturing operational objectives, environments, and constraints.
• Model and analyze constellation-level capability and performance against mission requirements, including network coverage, beam planning, and resilience in contested environments.
• Support work on classified programs in accordance with all applicable security requirements.
• Create and maintain simulation software infrastructure for our 20kW+ spacecraft.
• Develop physics-based software models of spacecraft subsystems, including propulsion, attitude control, power, and communications systems.
• Create and utilize robust tools to allow for rapid deployment of quality code.
• Perform data analysis and anomaly investigation to identify and resolve on-orbit problems.
• Support integration and testing of spacecraft subsystems.
• Set technical direction, review designs and code, and mentor junior engineers.

Skills

Rust

C++

Python

Monte Carlo simulations

Linear algebra

Education

Bachelor's degree in physics or engineering

Tools

NumPy

SciPy

MATLAB

Julia

Job description

K2 Space seeks a Senior Modeling & Simulation Engineer to design, verify, and operate spacecraft for national security missions. You will build the modeling and simulation capabilities to validate software that runs the largest satellites, and mentor engineers while guiding technical direction.

In this contested environment, you will generalize tools, enable multi-spacecraft simulations, and influence mission decisions.