Mission‑Level Analyst and Scenario Modeler
SAIC · Arlington, VA · 1 wk ago
$120k–$160k/yrFull-time
Key Responsibilities
- Develop, configure, and execute mission-level scenarios in AFSIM aligned with analytical objectives.
- Build and refine sensor, weapon, and platform models, including detection logic, engagement behaviors, and environmental interactions.
- Script scenario behaviors using AFSIM scripting languages (Lua, Python, or equivalent) to represent tactics, decision logic, and mission flows.
- Conduct scenario validation, ensuring correctness of entity behaviors, timelines, and interactions.
- Perform quantitative analysis of simulation outputs, including MOEs/MOPs, timelines, attrition, sensor performance, and mission outcomes.
- Support development of scenario documentation, assumptions, and analytical traceability.
- Collaborate with senior analysts to design experiment architectures, vignettes, and sensitivity studies.
- Maintain and update scenario libraries, model configurations, and documentation for reuse across programs.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering, physics, operations research, applied math, or related field and 5 years of related experience.
- Experience with modeling & simulation, preferably mission-level or constructive simulations.
- Familiarity with AFSIM or similar simulation frameworks.
- Basic scripting experience (Lua, Python, or similar).
- Ability to interpret operational concepts and translate them into simulation constructs.
- Strong analytical skills and comfort working with quantitative data.