Aerospace Engineer - Midlevel

SEG is seeking enthusiastic candidates to be part of our threat missile modeling and simulation team. SEG provides an intellectually stimulating environment with excellent opportunities for technical and leadership growth. This position supports SEG’s Aerospace Branch which develops trajectory models and representations of adversary missile systems.

Pay

$110,000–$180,000

Requirements

• US citizenship with the ability to obtain and maintain a DoD Secret clearance
• Bachelor of Science Degree in Aerospace Engineering or a related degree (advanced degrees preferred)
• At least 5 years of work experience
• Experience in one or more of the following areas:
  • Analysis and modeling of ballistic missile, cruise missile, and/or hypersonic systems including flight dynamics
  • Vehicle performance characterization
  • Propulsion system design
  • Supersonic/hypersonic aerodynamics prediction
  • Guidance, navigation, control
  • Flight test data analysis
• Familiarity with MATLAB and/or Python programming languages
• Strong written and oral communication skills

Preferred Qualifications

• Familiarity with the C++ programming language
• Active DoD Secret clearance

Responsibilities

• Development of intelligence-based analytical models and tools to characterize and analyze threat ballistic missile, cruise missile, and hypersonic vehicle performance
• Development of aerodynamics, mass properties, propulsion, guidance, navigation and control inputs and modules
• Characterization of missile performance variation and uncertainty
• Modeling of threat missile excursions and execution of design trade studies
• Generation and evaluation of digital trajectory data using Six Degrees-of-Freedom (6-DOF) simulation tools
• Documentation and presentation of work to internal and external customers
• Support of ongoing activities in developing a high fidelity 6-DOF digital flight simulation environment
• Performing research and augmenting toolsets to enhance modeling techniques and improve current processes