Space Systems Modeling & Simulation Senior Leader

The Aerospace Corporation; United States; On-site; USD 155,900 - 233,900; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health care

Paid holidays

Telework options

401(k) Plan

Relocation assistance

Education assistance

Professional growth programs

Inclusive environment

Job summary

The Aerospace Corporation seeks a Space Systems Modeling & Simulation Specialist (Senior Project Leader) to lead integration between IC and DoW analytic teams and advise on advanced space-system models.

You will coordinate with ETG and government program offices, present results to senior customers, and guide DoW model studies for GEOINT, SIGINT, and ground-space systems. This is a 100% onsite role based in Chantilly, VA and the Pentagon.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s OR Master’s degree in STEM field or relevant discipline.
• At least 12 years of increasingly responsible professional engineering/scientific experience, including multi-disciplinary modeling and simulation experience.
• Demonstrated ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with customers.
• Knowledge of modeling and simulation principles and methodologies applicable to space systems.
• Familiarity with software tools that can be used to assess performance satellite systems (STK, SOAP, Matlab, Python, AFSIM, etc)
• This position requires a TS/SBI/SCI security clearance, which is issued by the U.S. government. U.S. citizenship is required to obtain a security clearance.
• Experience leading teams to conduct architecture-level modeling and simulation studies
• Experience representing your team in a program office or customer environment.

Responsibilities

• Act as the IC spokesperson and broker collaboration and data sharing between IC and DoW headquarters modeling organizations
• Serve as a senior modeling and simulation subject matter expert focused on appropriate inclusion of GEOINT, SIGINT, communications space and related ground systems into DoW models
• Providing direct advisory support to DoW modelers regarding modeling & simulation tradecraft, input data suitability, assumptions applications, system parameter utilization, output, and representation of results for satellite and related ground systems studies and analysis
• Leveraging Aerospace NSG, DSG and ETG partnerships and coordinating as the integration lead for Government Program Offices and their support contractors
• Direct ETG specialized analysis when needed to validate aspects of DoW models
• Present technical results and recommendations to senior-level Government Customers and the Aerospace program office team
• Provide insight to Aerospace leadership on support opportunities across the interfaced organizations

Skills

Leadership

Modeling & Simulation

IC/DoW collaboration

Stakeholder management

Multi-disciplinary modeling

Presentations

Python/ Matlab experience

Education

Bachelor’s OR Master’s degree in STEM

Tools

STK

SOAP

Matlab

Python

AFSIM

Job description

The Aerospace Corporation seeks a Space Systems Modeling & Simulation Specialist (Senior Project Leader) to lead integration between IC and DoW analytic teams and advise on advanced space-system models.

You will coordinate with ETG and government program offices, present results to senior customers, and guide DoW model studies for GEOINT, SIGINT, and ground-space systems. This is a 100% onsite role based in Chantilly, VA and the Pentagon.