Simulation and Modeling Engineer

Interception Dynamics

• Build high-fidelity 6DOF models of interceptor trajectories and target maneuvers.
• Model aerodynamic forces, flight regimes (subsonic → hypersonic), and uncertainties.
• Implement full state propagation with drag, atmospheric effects, gravity, and actuator limits.

Orbital Mechanics & VLEO

• Implement orbital propagators, Lambert solvers, and multi-body dynamics.
• Model VLEO drag, solar flux, eclipse cycles, thermal conditions, and station-keeping budgets.
• Quantify ΔV requirements for intercept geometries and constellation designs.

Guidance, Control & Sensor Model Integration

• Integrate GNC algorithms into simulation environments.
• Model perception pipelines: IR signatures, SNR, glint, thermal clutter, and atmospheric attenuation.
• Build closed-loop simulations with perception → guidance → actuation → dynamics → intercept logic.

Hailstorm Dispersal Modeling

• Model particle trajectories, dispersal cones, cloud expansion, and lethality envelopes.
• Model impulse delivery mechanisms: blast, thrust, or hybrid dispersal events.
• Work with energetics engineers on momentary high-G propagation and multi-body interactions.

Monte Carlo & Probabilistic Analysis

• Run large-scale Monte Carlo simulations to evaluate hit probability, robustness, and margins.
• Develop parameter sweeps for timing, sensing errors, aerodynamic uncertainties, and ΔV constraints.
• Produce data-driven design recommendations for system architecture decisions.

Simulation Infrastructure & Visualization

• Build clean, modular simulation tools in MATLAB/Python/C++ for internal engineering teams.
• Develop visualization tools (2D, 3D, orbital views) used for engineering and visual storytelling.
• Maintain code quality, performance, and model usability across the engineering org.

Qualifications

• B.S. or M.S. in Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Physics, Applied Mathematics, or similar.
• Strong experience with dynamic simulations (MATLAB, Simulink, Python, C++, Julia, or equivalent).
• Deep understanding of orbital mechanics, flight dynamics, or missile/rocket modeling.
• Experience with numerical methods, ODE/PDE solvers, filtering, integration stability, and optimization.
• Ability to validate simulated results against analytical solutions or experimental data.
• Strong intuition for physics and comfort working with incomplete or noisy data.
• US CITIZENSHIP REQUIRED
• Experience modeling hypersonic flow, ablation, or high-enthalpy environments.
• Experience with high-speed particle or fragment modeling.
• Experience connecting simulation to hardware-in-the-loop systems.
• Familiarity with CFD tools (OpenFOAM, SU2, ANSYS Fluent).
• Experience with sensor modeling: IR/EO tracking, radar, radiometric models, or synthetic scene generation.
• Experience building custom visualization pipelines or simulation frameworks.

Benefits

• 15-30 min phone intro with CEO
• 1 Hour phone deep dive with CTO
• 1 Hour in person with CEO