Sr Space Modeling & Simulation Eng — Security Missions

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

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Comprehensive benefits

Job summary

K2 Space is seeking a senior engineer to build modeling and simulation capabilities for national security spacecraft. You will design, verify, and operate software that flies and orchestrates large satellites, and mentor other engineers in a fast-paced, secure environment.

In the first months you’ll generalize tools for classified contexts, then expand to many-agent mission-level simulations for constellation operations, informing mission decisions and program direction.

Qualifications

• 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 with scientific Python (NumPy, SciPy) or MATLAB.

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 and resilience.
• Support classified programs in accordance with all security requirements.
• Create and maintain simulation software infrastructure for 20kW+ spacecraft.
• Develop physics-based software models of spacecraft subsystems (propulsion, attitude control, power, comms).
• Create tools 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, mentor junior engineers.

Skills

Modeling and simulation

End-to-end ownership

Mentoring engineers

Secure/SCIF experience

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in STEM fields

Tools

Rust

C++

Python (NumPy/SciPy)

MATLAB

Julia

Job description

K2 Space is seeking a senior engineer to build modeling and simulation capabilities for national security spacecraft. You will design, verify, and operate software that flies and orchestrates large satellites, and mentor other engineers in a fast-paced, secure environment.

In the first months you’ll generalize tools for classified contexts, then expand to many-agent mission-level simulations for constellation operations, informing mission decisions and program direction.