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True Anomaly · 1 day ago

Director, Modeling & Simulation- Missile Defense

Denver, CO

Full-time

Onsite

Director/Executive

$180K/yr - $245K/yr

10+ years exp

True Anomaly is a company focused on building innovative technology for space security and sustainability. The Director of Modeling & Simulation for Missile Defense will oversee the analytical and integration backbone of the program, ensuring system-level modeling and simulation fidelity, and serving as the central technical integrator across various engineering disciplines.

AerospaceArtificial Intelligence (AI)ManufacturingMilitaryNational Security

No H1B

Security Clearance Required

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

This role is the technical “spine” of the Missile Defense program, unifying design, software, and controls into a single authoritative system-level analytical and integration environment

The Director of Modeling and Simulation owns the analytical and integration backbone of the Missile Defense program and is accountable for the fidelity, coherence, and usefulness of all system- and vehicle-level modeling, simulation, and test environments

This role maintains the authoritative system-level digital twin of the interceptor architecture, encompassing the booster/interceptor, kill vehicle, and host vehicle, and ensures that the digital twin accurately represents the as-designed state of the system across evolving design versions

The Director is responsible for benchmarking system performance against Design Reference Missions (DRMs) and program design baselines, enabling leadership to make informed, data-driven decisions throughout the program lifecycle

In addition, the Director establishes and governs the modeling framework that allows subsystem owners to contribute validated, configuration-controlled models that roll up into the system-level digital twin

This includes defining model interfaces, data standards, assumptions, and update cadence to ensure consistency and traceability between subsystem developments and system-level performance assessments

The role also has full ownership of system- and vehicle-level Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) and Software-in-the-Loop (SIL) capabilities

This includes individual HIL/SIL environments for each vehicle, an integrated multi-vehicle HIL/SIL, and an ecosystem-level integrated HIL/SIL that incorporates the broader Missile Defense environment, including the ground software elements

These environments are used to validate models, de-risk integration, assess flight software and GNC behavior, and support end-to-end mission-level testing

Finally, the Director of Modeling and Simulation serves as the central technical integrator across design engineering, GNC, flight software, and other critical technical disciplines

This role ensures that outputs from these teams are consistently reflected in the digital twin and HIL/SIL environments, that cross-disciplinary interactions are properly captured, and that modeling and simulation serve as a unifying mechanism for system integration, trade studies, and program risk reduction

Qualification

ModelingSimulationFlight DynamicsGuidanceControlHILSIL EnvironmentsDigital Twin DevelopmentSystem-Level ModelsMission-Level Performance AnalysisCross-Disciplinary IntegrationCommunication Skills

Required

Bachelor's degree in Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Physics, or a closely related technical field; advanced degree strongly preferred

10+ years of experience in modeling and simulation for complex aerospace, missile, or multi-vehicle systems

Demonstrated ownership of system-level models spanning multiple interacting vehicles or subsystems

Strong foundation in flight dynamics, guidance and control, and mission-level performance analysis

Experience developing or overseeing HIL and SIL environments for flight systems

Proven ability to integrate technical outputs across multiple engineering disciplines

Ability to maintain or obtain TS//SCI clearance

To conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) you must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State