Senior Modeling, Simulation and Analysis Engineer - Air Dominance & Strike - Advanced Effects
Core
Develop, test, and integrate high-fidelity virtual representations of aerospace vehicles (missiles, VTOL, hypersonic systems) to support flight dynamics, control algorithms, and mission autonomy software.
Role type
Senior Modeling, Simulation and Analysis Engineer (Aerospace/Defense)
Builds
Physics-based digital twins of flying vehicles and simulation infrastructure for SITL, HITL, and PITL testing.
Domain
Defense Aerospace / Flight Dynamics / Control Systems
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work
Required skills
Vehicle/sub-system modeling, Flight dynamics/platform physics, C/C++ programming, Scientific computing (MATLAB/Simulink, Python), Guidance/Navigation/Control algorithm support, Test data processing/sim correlation
Preferred skills
SITL/HITL simulation infrastructure design, Emulated/simulation interfaces for avionics, Flight test support experience
Technologies
C/C++, MATLAB, Simulink, Python (numpy, scipy)
Responsibilities
Develop and maintain vehicle models and simulation instantiations for various programs, Coordinate deployment of simulation solutions for GNC algorithm development, Own end-to-end configuration of SITL/HITL/PITL for test vehicles, Work with SMEs to model sub-system and system dynamics, Analyze simulation and test data to support flight tests
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC
