Principal Operational Analysis and Modeling Engineer

Responsibilities

• Instantiate and develop operational analysis capability at Hermeus
• Incorporate mission engineering and risk analysis to create decision-quality quantitative analyses
• Create and develop models to represent real-world systems, processes, and operations
• Gather and integrate engineering and test data to validate and calibrate simulations
• Develop realistic combat scenarios to simulate various mission conditions including different threat environments, targets, and operational constraints
• Assess the effectiveness and survivability of aircraft under different operational scenarios
• Evaluate potential risks associated with aircraft missions, including the likelihood of encountering threats and the effectiveness of defensive countermeasures
• Provide decision-makers with insights and recommendations based on simulation results related to system design, operations, and strategic planning
• Maintain clear documentation of simulation models, methodologies, assumptions, and results
• Effectively communicate findings and results to both internal and external technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams, including subject matter experts, other engineers, and analysts to ensure accuracy and relevance of simulation
• Maintain technical currency with the latest modeling and simulation techniques and associated technologies
• Continuously improve and update models to reflect changing conditions and requirements
• Manage projects related to modeling and simulation, including defining scope, timelines, and resource allocation
• Identify and model aircraft capabilities and critical systems required to support and execute national security mission sets
• Fuse Advanced Framework for Simulation, Integration and Modeling (AFSIM) inputs into broader DoD-wide analysis support architecture
• Develop tools and processes for evaluating conceptual solutions to complex operational challenges, while expanding AFSIM’s scale of analysis via emerging machine learning and cloud computing tools

Requirements

• Advanced degree in a relevant field
• 5+ years of DoD, defense industry, and/or FFRDC experience with operational modeling and analysis

Preferred Skills and Experience

• Fluency with relevant software for platform and mission modeling as well as with Python or similar programming languages
• Comfort setting and achieving goals in a complex, multi-disciplinary, and fast-paced environment