Space Systems Modeling & Simulation Engineer

The Aerospace Corporation; Chantilly (VA); On-site; USD 129,000 - 194,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Education assistance programs

Professional growth and development

Flexible spending accounts

Health care and wellness plans

Job summary

The Aerospace Corporation in Chantilly, VA seeks an Engineering Specialist—Signal & Image Processing and Modeling & Simulation—to advance analysis across space programs within CMED/Integrated Performance Subdivision. You will translate program needs into modeling tasks and develop in-house and OSS tools for space-domain analysis.

Requires a Bachelor's in engineering, 6+ years in multi-disciplinary systems engineering, expertise in astrodynamics, EOIR, RADAR, RF processing, and advanced Python

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or closely related technical field from an accredited school.
• 6 or more years of increasingly responsible professional engineering/scientific experience, including multi-disciplinary systems engineering and/or program management environments.
• Technical understanding of astrodynamics.
• Experience with multi-phenomenology remote sensing techniques, specifically EOIR, RADAR, and RF processing for object detection, tracking, and characterization.
• Current Top Secret Clearance.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with our program offices and customers to translate their program needs into modeling, simulation, and analysis tasks.
• Work with management and teammates to develop and contribute to in-house, commercial-, and government-off-the-shelf engineering analysis tools and analysis products involving multi-phenomenology sensor data and modeling.
• Develop and present briefings and reports for customers.
• Exercise your expertise in understanding, modeling, and analyzing enterprise-level architectures composed of multiple integrated missions.
• Mentor junior staff members on technical and professional development subjects and contribute to a learning environment where it is encouraged to share ideas and feedback.
• Travel occasionally as required.

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering (aerospace, astronautical, mechanical, or software), computer science, physics, operations research, or closely related technical field

Tools

Python

C++

Job description

The Aerospace Corporation in Chantilly, VA seeks an Engineering Specialist—Signal & Image Processing and Modeling & Simulation—to advance analysis across space programs within CMED/Integrated Performance Subdivision. You will translate program needs into modeling tasks and develop in-house and OSS tools for space-domain analysis.

Requires a Bachelor's in engineering, 6+ years in multi-disciplinary systems engineering, expertise in astrodynamics, EOIR, RADAR, RF processing, and advanced Python