5 days ago
El Segundo, CA, USAEntry Level
Responsibilities
- Develop and test modeling and simulation applications for space mission operations analysis.
- Integrate mission simulation tools into an automated system-level trade study execution architecture.
- Define requirements, specify designs, and implement simulations and trade studies.
- Support a multidisciplinary modeling, simulation, and analysis team informing Space Force acquisition decisions.
- Prepare and deliver presentations and technical demonstrations.
- Participate in engineering peer reviews as both a developer and reviewer.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in aerospace, astronautics, mathematics, or physics.
- Two years of experience with at least one of MATLAB, Python, Java, C#, or C++.
- Experience with live, virtual, and/or constructive simulation techniques and technologies.
- Experience developing simulations with environments such as STK, AFSIM, GMAT, or FreeFlyer.
- Experience with MATLAB, Simulink, or other simulation scripting languages.
- Knowledge of satellite orbital mechanics and maneuvers, remote sensing, spacecraft launch and command/control, and/or satellite communications; equivalent airborne systems experience is applicable.
- Experience managing files and directories, network file sharing, software and license installation, and Windows Cmd or Bash command-line shells.
- An in-scope TS or SSBI security background investigation adjudicated for SCI eligibility and enrollment in Continuous Evaluation when applicable.
- Willingness to be nominated for Sensitive Compartmented Information and Special Access Programs access and to consent to a polygraph examination.
- Preferred qualifications include simulation software development, testing, and integration; aerospace or space and defense industry experience; systems engineering and trade studies; MBSE, MDAO, or Model-Based Design; Cameo Enterprise Architect, Sparx Systems EA, or Ansys ModelCenter; and relevant advanced degrees or professional certifications.
Benefits
- The position is located in El Segundo, California.
- The role supports the U.S. Space Force’s space combat power mission through SAIC’s Horizon program.
About SAIC
SAIC (Science Applications International Corporation) is a government technology integrator delivering systems engineering, enterprise IT, secure cloud, cybersecurity, C5ISR, and data analytics for U.S. defense, space, intelligence, and civilian agencies. It builds and sustains mission IT and digital engineering solutions under multi-year federal contracts and task orders. Founded in 1969, SAIC is headquartered in Reston, Virginia, and is a public company traded on the NYSE under the ticker SAIC.