Missile Defense System Architecture Engineer

Missile Defense System Architecture Engineer

Contingent upon prime contractor approval

Purpose:

• Valkyrie Enterprises has need for a Missile Defense System Architecture Engineer in Huntsville, AL.
• In this role you will get to facilitate the modeling, simulation, and analyses of future concepts that shape the future of the Missile Defense System (MDS) and respond to Warfighter needs.

Job Description:

• Assess MDS threats, capability gaps, challenges, needs, and opportunities to develop potential system mitigations and capability evolutions at the architecture level.
• Support modeling & simulation (M&S) efforts related to the above, including analysis efforts on DoD High-Performance Computing (HPC) system.
• Develop analysis plans, execute M&S to implement those plans, assess analysis results, prepare analysis briefs/reports, and provide reviews of analysis products.
• Facilitate the definition/implementation 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.

Qualifications:

• Must have a Master's Degree in a STEM Field with 12+ years of experience in missile defense-related or other complex, large DoD program/project.
• Must have a deep understanding of the current MDS architecture and future concepts.
• Must have experience in modeling, assessment, and evaluation of future missile defense architectures.
• Must have experience with MATLAB.

Desired Qualifications:

• Active TS with SCI is highly preferred.
• Experience with the definition and use of advanced concepts and algorithms for the M&S of MDS architectures, preferred.
• Experience with M&S and analysis of MDS architectures involving both directed and kinetic energy weapons and other future concepts, preferred.
• Experience with HPC Systems, Python, and Git, preferred.
• Experience with BMD Benchmark, preferred.
• Experience supporting systems engineering-related architecture design activities, preferred.
• Ability to perform technology assessment & analysis and provide insight on the utility of potentially useful technologies, preferred.
• Specialized MDS analysis experience in: threat characterization, trajectories, RF sensing/signatures, and/or EO/IR sensing/signatures, preferred.
• Proven ability to coauthor numerous reports and provide significant contributions to MDS studies and responses to Congress, preferred.
• 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, preferred.

Security Requirements:

• Must have an Active DoD Secret Security clearance, and the ability to maintain clearance.

Travel Requirements:

• Minimal Travel.
• If position requires travel by domestic flight or access to secure federal facilities/military bases, candidate must be able to obtain (by start of position) and maintain appropriate identification credentials, such as REAL ID. (More information regarding REAL ID can be found: https://www.dhs.gov/real-id )

Physical Requirements:

• Remaining in a stationary position, often standing, or sitting for prolonged periods
• Able to sit and work on a computer for long periods of time
• Moving about to accomplish tasks or moving from one worksite to another
• Communicating with others to exchange information
• Light work that includes moving objects up to 20 pounds

Valkyrie strictly adheres to a policy of equal employment opportunity. This policy is based on Valkyrie's commitment to hire and retain qualified employees consistent with position requirements; and to seek, employ, promote and treat all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religious creed, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, pregnancy, childbirth, physical disability, mental disability, age, military status or protected veteran status, marital status, registered domestic partner or civil union status, gender (including sex stereotyping and gender identity or expression), medical condition, genetic information or sexual orientation or other protected characteristics.

Additionally, Valkyrie Enterprises provides a variety of benefits to eligible employees to support your best health, wellness, and future, to include medical/dental/vision options, company paid life and disability insurances, 401k with match, education reimbursement, as well as company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO)