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General Dynamics · 3 weeks ago

Senior Systems Engineer - Performance Requirements Analyst

USA-AL-Huntsville

Full-time

Hybrid

Senior Level

5+ years exp

General Dynamics is a company that engineers a diverse portfolio of high technology solutions and services. They are seeking a Senior Systems Engineer to develop and analyze performance requirements for missile defense systems, utilizing simulations and collaborating with various stakeholders.

AerospaceNational SecurityPublic Transportation

No H1B

Security Clearance Required

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Performance analyst to develop, benchmark, and utilize medium-level fidelity and first principles physics-based simulations to conduct analysis and develop requirements for integrated multi-phenomenology sensors, battle management command control & communications, and weapon systems for the Missile Defense Agency

Support and develop analysis planning and tool developments

Support requirements product development, and potentially represent the Systems Engineering and Integration Team to Missile Defense Agency to internal and external stakeholders in reviews and technical interchanges related to analysis

Collaborate with team Subject Matter Experts to ensure technical quality of performance requirements and analysis products

Facilitate expansion of Model Based Systems Engineering capabilities to incorporate analytical modeling and performance requirements

Qualification

ModelingSimulationMATLABPythonSystems EngineeringMissile Defense SystemsTechnical WritingOral CommunicationTeam Collaboration

Required

Requires a Bachelor's degree in Systems Engineering, or a related Science, Engineering, Technology or Mathematics field

Requires 5+ years of job-related experience, or a Master's degree plus 3 years of job-related experience

Department of Defense Secret security clearance is required at time of hire

U.S. citizenship is required

Ability to perform with a team of fast-paced multi-skill system performance analysts and modeling and simulation (M&S) developers

Strong technical background in using numerical M&S and a high-level programming language such as MATLAB, Python, or similar language environment

Demonstrate knowledge of building and/or analyzing M&S for integrated missile defense systems including subsystems such as EO/IR sensors, RF/Radar sensors, kill vehicles, missiles/interceptors, space systems, threats & countermeasures, target discrimination, or command and control (e.g., C3I, C4I, etc.)

Ability to think critically to develop and capture concepts in technical papers, presentations, and discussions

Good oral and written communication skills

Preferred

Agile experience preferred

Familiarity with the Missile Defense System Specification

Demonstrated experience modeling or simulating missile defense applications or similar domains (air combat, air defense, intercept of ballistic targets, intercept of non-ballistic targets, space vehicles, sub-orbital mechanics, countermeasure mitigation and discrimination, etc.)

Knowledge of ballistic and advanced threat systems (e.g., aero-maneuvering, hypersonic, hyper-glide, countermeasures, etc.)

Modeling and analysis experience in aspects of the missile defense system (e.g., Aegis Weapons Systems, Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD), Next Generation Interceptor, Glide Phase Intercept (GPI), Hypersonic and Ballistic Tracking Space Sensor (HBTSS), Fire Control, C2BMC, MDS sensors (EO/IR/RF), kill vehicles, interceptors, countermeasures, etc.)

Systems engineering experience with large, complex systems and use of descriptive and analytical models supporting development of performance specifications in a Model Based Systems Engineering environment