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Staff Modeling, Simulation and Analysis Engineer, Air Dominance & Strike

Costa Mesa, CA (OC-00)💼 Full-time💰 $191,000–$191,000🗓 2026-09-29 → 2026-09-30

Core

Develop, implement, and maintain high-fidelity virtual representations of vehicles (air, ground, subsea) to support flight system design, testing, and mission autonomy software integration.

Role type

Staff Modeling, Simulation and Analysis Engineer (Aerospace/Defense)

Builds

Virtual vehicle models, SITL/HITL/PITL simulation solutions, and test data analysis tools for autonomous flight systems.

Domain

Defense, Aerospace, Autonomous Systems

Required skills

Vehicle/sub-system modeling, Flight dynamics and platform physics, C/C++ programming, Scientific computing (MATLAB/Simulink, Python), Flight test data processing, GNC algorithm support, Multi-disciplinary system dynamics

Preferred skills

12+ years experience, SITL/HITL infrastructure design, Emulated/simulation interfaces for avionics, Flight test support

Technologies

C/C++, MATLAB, Simulink, Python (numpy, scipy), SITL, HITL, PITL

Responsibilities

Develop and coordinate deployment of vehicle models and simulation instantiations; Work with SMEs to model sub-system and system dynamics; Own end-to-end configuration of SITL, HITL, and PITL for test vehicles; Perform Monte-Carlo simulation analysis and test data correlation.

Seniority

Staff, hands-on IC with strategic oversight

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