Senior Missile Threat Engineer

Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory; Laurel (MD); On-site; USD 100,000 - 245,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Education assistance

Retirement contributions

Medical, dental, vision

Job summary

Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory is seeking a Missile Threat Engineer to join the A4H Applied Technologies and Threat Engineering Group. You will develop foreign missile system characterizations and guide threat engineering for the Department of War, supporting weapons development programs.

You will lead teams to create threat models, data sets, and scenarios, interfacing with intelligence and DoD sponsors, and presenting findings to management and sponsors.

Qualifications

• B.S. degree in science or engineering or equivalent.
• MS degree in relevant engineering fields (preferred).
• At least five years of professional work experience.
• Experience on missile defense programs or threat systems characterization.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• U.S. citizenship and ability to obtain clearance.

Responsibilities

• Create threat characterizations of advanced foreign systems using in‑house and commercial tools.
• Explore impact of advanced technology on air and missile defense systems.
• Lead teams to develop missile representations, trajectory data sets, and scenarios.
• Provide threat characterizations and vulnerability assessments to programs and sponsors.
• Design data development plans to reflect adversary capabilities.
• Interface with the intelligence community for current system capabilities.
• Develop and present results to team, management, and sponsors.
• Collaborate in a diverse, multi-disciplinary team environment.

Education

Bachelor of Science in science or engineering

Master of Science in Aerospace/Mechanical/Electrical/Computer/Software Engineering or equivalent

Tools

MATLAB

Python

C/C++

C#

Java

Job description

Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory is seeking a Missile Threat Engineer to join the A4H Applied Technologies and Threat Engineering Group. You will develop foreign missile system characterizations and guide threat engineering for the Department of War, supporting weapons development programs.

You will lead teams to create threat models, data sets, and scenarios, interfacing with intelligence and DoD sponsors, and presenting findings to management and sponsors.