Strategic Undersea Systems Simulation Engineer

The Pennsylvania State University; Ferguson Township (PA); On-site; USD 92,000 - 175,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Tuition discount (75%)

Comprehensive benefits and retirement

Paid time off

Job summary

The Pennsylvania State University in State College, PA, seeks motivated STEM professionals to join the Undersea Systems Simulation (USS) team within ARL's USO MB E Division. You will design and run physics-based simulations for undersea engagements and perform DoD-focused analysis to derive actionable guidance.

Candidates should hold a relevant engineering/science degree and demonstrate strong problem-solving, communication, and independent work skills; on-site work in State College is required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or Science required.
• Ability to understand complex/ill-defined systems and deliver concrete findings to stakeholders.
• Creative problem solving and proactive learning of new tools and domains.
• Strong written, oral, and interpersonal communication and presentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Design, setup, and execute transient, physics-based computer simulation studies to investigate a wide range of metrics associated with undersea engagements
• Perform modeling, simulation, and analyses of undersea systems for a variety of Department of Defense (DoD) applications
• Analyze simulation study results and condense results into cohesive conclusions and actionable recommendations
• Perform system-level operability and Concept of Operations (CONOPS) based studies and analysis of results
• Analyze, design, and implement computational models (vehicle dynamics, sound propagation, signal processing, etc.) associated with undersea systems modeling and simulation
• Integrate and analyze vehicle software (operational code) including guidance and control, signal processing, and vehicle controller into larger digital simulations
• Utilize modeling and simulation (M&S) using physics-based software models and software in the loop (SWIL) simulations
• No hardware and/or hardware-in-the-loop is involved with the position

Skills

Aerospace Engineering

Electrical Engineering

Mechanical Engineering

Systems Engineering

Physics

Applied Mathematics

Acoustics

Computer Science

Problem Solving

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or Science

Tools

FORTRAN

C

C++

Ada

Matlab

Python

Simulink

Job description

The Pennsylvania State University in State College, PA, seeks motivated STEM professionals to join the Undersea Systems Simulation (USS) team within ARL's USO MB E Division. You will design and run physics-based simulations for undersea engagements and perform DoD-focused analysis to derive actionable guidance.

Candidates should hold a relevant engineering/science degree and demonstrate strong problem-solving, communication, and independent work skills; on-site work in State College is required.