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Senior Mission Engineer, Air Dominance & Strike, Active Clearance

Costa Mesa, CA (OC-00)💼 Full-time💰 $180,000–$180,000🗓 2026-09-08 → 2026-09-27

Core

Develop model-driven analysis and models to guide business strategy, inform requirements, and investigate concepts of employment for defense technologies.

Role type

Senior Mission Engineer (Operations Analysis)

Builds

Physics-based analyses, mission-level simulations, and analytical artifacts for demonstration events

Domain

Defense technology, Air Dominance & Strike, Simulation & Modeling (MS&A)

Deliverable

production ML models | dashboards & analysis

Required skills

Scientific method application, modeling and scripting (Python, MATLAB, Simulink), Platform MS&A (aero, fuel, signature), Payload MS&A (radar, EOIR, comms, weapons), domain knowledge (OCA/DCA, ISR, SEAD/DEAD, EW, Long Range Fires), technical writing and presentation

Preferred skills

AFSIM scripting, Operations Analysis study leadership, signal processing (track fusion, filtering), RF propagation modeling

Responsibilities

Engage with stakeholders to translate questions into physics-based analyses, design experiments using mission-level simulations, generate clear analytical artifacts with actionable conclusions, quantify technology delivery to warfighter during demonstration events

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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