AFSIM Modeler

Location: Reston, VA (Penn State Research Laboratory) Clearance Required: Active Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility Duration: Direct Hire Compensation: Up to $150,000/year About The Role We are seeking an AFSIM Modeler to support advanced defense modeling, simulation, and analysis initiatives in Reston, Virginia. In this role, you will build realistic virtual environments that help evaluate emerging military technologies, operational concepts, and future capabilities. You will use the Advanced Framework for Simulation, Integration, and Modeling, or AFSIM, to create military systems, entities, scenarios, and behaviors that represent complex real-world missions. Your work will directly support capability assessments and studies used by Department of Defense decision-makers. You will collaborate with military subject matter experts, pilots, engineers, technologists, and software developers to transform operational requirements into executable simulation scenarios. AFSIM is specifically designed to support scenario creation, mission-level analysis, capability comparisons, and virtual wargaming. What Youll Do Build and enhance military systems, entities, behaviors, and operational scenarios within AFSIMDevelop simulations that model how military platforms and systems act, react, and interact during complex missionsPartner with military SMEs, pilots, engineers, and technologists to translate real-world mission requirements into simulation environmentsSupport study planning, scenario development, model implementation, simulation execution, and results analysisEvaluate emerging technologies, operational concepts, and military capabilitiesWork with software development teams to expand and improve modeling and simulation capabilitiesDevelop new analytical solutions and workflowsPresent study results, technical findings, and recommendations to customers and other stakeholders Required Qualifications Bachelors degree in Engineering, Science, Mathematics, or a related technical fieldAt least two years of modeling, simulation, or analytical experienceHands-on experience building models, entities, scenarios, and behaviors within AFSIMScripting or programming experienceActive Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility Preferred Qualifications Masters degree in Engineering, Science, Mathematics, or a related technical fieldActive TS/SCI clearanceExperience with STK, Python, C++, R, or JMPKnowledge of U.S. or foreign military systemsExperience supporting operational analysis, force design, capability assessments, mission analysis, or Department of Defense studies