MDA Principal Systems Engineer-BMD SME
LCAT: Engineer IV Prime: Parsons
DESCRIPTION This role will facilitate the modeling, simulation, and analyses of future concepts that shape the future of the Missile Defense System (MDS) and respond to Warfighter needs. DUTIES • Facilitate the definition of future concepts for modeling, simulation, and analysis • Act as a subject matter expert in future concept definition, architecture analyses, and reviewing preliminary results prior to delivery to customer • Assess MDS threats, capability gaps, challenges, needs and opportunities, and develop potential system mitigations and capability revolutions and evolutions at the architecture level • Support modeling & simulation (M&S) efforts related to the above, including analysis efforts on DoD High Performance Computing (HPC) • Develop analysis plans, run M&S to execute the analysis plan, perform analysis on the results, prepare analysis reports, and provide reviews of analysis products
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS • Master's Degree in STEM Field with 12+ years of experience in missile defense-related or other complex, large DoD program/project • Active Secret clearance required with the ability to obtain a TS/SCI • Extensive experience in the modeling, assessment, and evaluation of future missile defense architectures • Deep understanding of the current MDS architecture and future concepts
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS • Active TS/SCI Clearance • Experience with the definition and use of advanced concepts and algorithms for the M&S of MDS architectures • Experience with M&S and analysis of MDS architectures involving both directed and kinetic energy weapons and other future concepts • Ability to develop and use MDS architecture simulations; knowledge of MATLAB and/or Python is a plus, including HPC experience and/or MBSE experience • Experience supporting systems engineering-related architecture design activities • Ability to perform technology assessment & analysis and provide insight on the utility of potentially useful technologies • Experience with multidisciplinary analysis and optimization environments, including analysis of diverse physical phenomena • Specialized MDS analysis experience in: threat characterization, trajectories, RF sensing/signatures, and/or Proven ability to coauthor numerous reports and provide significant contributions to MDS studies and responses to Congress • Experience with Cyber gaps, mitigations, and future Cyber Architecture development • Experience serving as a key advisor and collaborating on products that may go outside the Agency, such as DoD, Services, Combatant Commands, industry experts, etc.