Missile Performance Engineer

About the role

We are seeking an engineer to help us perform trade studies, performance assessments, and support conceptual design studies of missile and other flight systems. As a member of the team, you will also develop modeling and simulation tools and participate in the integration, testing, and evaluation of missile systems and hypersonic vehicles.

Responsibilities

• Develop and utilize missile system modeling and simulation tools to conduct trade studies, performance assessments, and conceptual design studies of missile systems and hypersonic vehicles
• Participate in missile test and evaluation activities to include test operations and pre/post flight evaluations
• Lead and contribute to analysis efforts
• Collaborate with cross-discipline teams to advise government and contractor partners on engineering challenges and design trades
• Produce reports and presentations to communicate results to team members and government partners

Minimum Qualifications

• B.S. in Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related discipline
• Experience in a missile system engineering discipline such as missile modeling and simulation, aerodynamics, flight dynamics, missile guidance, navigation, and control, propulsion or missile test and evaluation
• Strong computer experience and programming skills, including MATLAB and/or Python
• Willing and able to travel occasionally to attend meetings or field tests at other government and contractor sites (10 to 20 days a year)
• Comfortable working in closed area facilities
• Strong communication skills, both verbal and written
• Initiative, interest in skill development, and the flexibility to accept assignments of varied scope and skill
• Active Secret level security clearance and ability to ultimately obtain a Top Secret level security clearance. If selected, you will be subject to a government security clearance investigation and must meet the requirements for access to classified information. Eligibility requirements include U.S. citizenship.

Preferred Qualifications

• M.S in Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related discipline
• 2+ years of experience in a missile or flight system engineering discipline such as modeling and simulation, aerodynamics, flight dynamics, missile guidance, navigation, and control, propulsion or missile test and evaluation
• Experience programming in Simulink and/or C/C++
• Experience using optimal control software packages such as OTIS, POST or GPOPS
• Experience developing 3DoF and/or 6DoF simulations
• Design experience with missiles and related subsystems
• Currently have an active Top Secret Clearance