Threat and Weapon Systems Engineer

SEG is seeking a Threat and Weapon Systems engineer to be part of a systems analysis team providing technical contributions and analysis for U.S. Surface Navy (e.g. Aegis Baseline) programs and Missile Defense Agency (MDA) Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS) projects. A candidate with MBSE experience is desired (but not required) to support Model Based Systems Engineering work out of Columbia, Maryland.

Candidate will be part of a team responsible for weapon system simulation and performance analysis. The team develops and integrates individual system models for analysis (threats, weapons, sensors) to include multiple interacting systems. This team contributes to defining, leading and performing analyses for requirements feasibility, sensitivity studies for threat variability and fidelity, asset planning and what-if scenarios, flight-test mission (requirements, planning, and analysis) support and certification efforts.

The group provides independent verification and validation support for internal system-level products. This offers opportunities to work with SEG sensors, vehicles, phenomenology products and engineers integrated within our simulation software development environment to view the battle environment scenes through the eyes of combat systems.

The group includes subject matter experts and technical leads providing direct technical support to various defense programs as a contributing member of broad cross-functional and technical subject-specific integrated product teams.

We bring threat and weapons knowledge together to support concept definition, threat driver assessments, system requirements, design reviews, test planning, and defining roadmaps for future development

• Characterize sensor and missile performance against threat ballistic and cruise missiles through modeling, simulation and analysis using digital simulations. Characterize sensitivities to threat variability.
• Develop, integrate and use analytical models and tools to test new threat data and software products, assess system capability, and drive system requirements and design.
• Define technical approach and plan studies based on understanding of engineering community and appreciation of customer need. Define study measures of performance and effectiveness, design experiments, and demonstrate analytical skills. Conduct individual analysis and lead technical studies.
• Communicate with external customer and internal technical staff, via correspondence and briefings.
• Primary technical lead and customer point-of-contact for one or more external customers. Support technical leadership for internal project and contribute in external customer forums.
• Assist program management in defining future efforts and author technical details of statements of work
• A majority of the work is based out of our Columbia, MD office. Travel is occasionally required to participate in technical forums and reviews.
• Local travel anticipated at 10 percent and occasional overnight trips at 5 percent time

Required Qualifications

• Ability to obtain and maintain a US DoD SECRET clearance
• Bachelor's Degree: Systems Engineering, Aerospace, Mechanical, Electrical, Computer Science, Physics or Applied Math.
• 5-10 years of work experience
• Systems engineering experience
• Strong analytical skills
• Programming and scripting experience in a Linux environment
• Communication, documentation and briefing via Microsoft office products (Outlook, Powerpoint, Excel, Word)

Desired Qualifications

• Active US DoD SECRET or TOP SECRET Security Clearance
• Masters or PhD degree preferred with relevant research project experience

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