Staff Red Team Engineer, Discovery
Core
Adversarial analysis of defense systems to find failure modes, unmodeled risks, and design weaknesses before fielding.
Role type
Staff Red Team Engineer (Discovery)
Builds
Resilient, software-defined systems for space, missiles, air, and autonomy domains.
Domain
Defense technology, aerospace, GNC, and cyber.
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work
Required skills
adversarial analysis, failure mode identification, independent verification, systems engineering, physics-math scripting, cross-domain reasoning, technical communication
Preferred skills
red-team experience, mission assurance, genetic algorithms, machine learning, reinforcement learning, domain analysis tools (STK/Astrogator, AFSIM)
Technologies
MATLAB, Simulink, Python, numpy, scipy, STK, Astrogator, AFSIM
Responsibilities
Red-team designs and models to hunt failure modes and surface hidden assumptions; Build simulation models to prove or break claims; Reconstruct and independently verify others' work; Collaborate with Systems, GNC, and Hardware teams to translate findings into actionable guidance; Communicate complex results with visual data presentation.
Seniority
Staff, hands-on IC with strategic impact