Systems Engineer Staff, Weapon System Performance Analysis Lead

About the position

Responsibilities

• Lead and contribute to analysis supporting weapon system requirements such as survivability and lethality
• Apply missile trajectory design expertise to modeling and simulation
• Maintain technical performance measurements for weapon system range and effectiveness
• Support cross business area focus groups in operational and campaign level analysis
• Engage with industry partners, Army, and Navy performance counterparts
• Coordinate with Performance, range safety, and flight test working groups to provide pertinent deliverables
• Maintain schedule of performance deliveries driven by ground and flight tests
• Interface with Navigation, Guidance and Controls, and Flight Sciences teams
• Support Technical Insertion analysis as needed
• Develop good working relationships between CPS and sister program Element organizations
• Work independently and thrive in a dynamic, interdisciplinary environment
• Demonstrate excellent communication and interpersonal skills, including a proven ability to interact effectively and build strong relationships with customers, management, and peers.

Requirements

• Experience developing and evaluating flight trajectories based on system requirements
• Experience with project management
• Experience using Matlab
• Experience using systems models or simulations to perform functions, such as System Trade studies, Requirements decomposition, Performance Predictions
• Active or Current DoD Secret clearance; US Citizenship required

Nice-to-haves

• Familiarity with Navigation, Guidance, and Control(NG&C) principles
• Familiarity with performance metrics for missile systems related to survivability and lethality
• Experience with campaign level or operational analysis
• Experience with SMD products, missions, and customers
• Flight test or flight test range support experience
• Demonstrated ability to develop collaborative working environment across disparate organizations
• Demonstrated communication and interpersonal skills, including a proven ability to interact effectively and build strong relationships with customers, management, and peers
• Comfortable working in a fast paced and dynamic multi-disciplinary environment
• Strong team collaboration, communication and presentation skills
• Active or Current Top Secret security clearance

Benefits

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• Life Insurance
• Short-Term Disability
• Long-Term Disability
• 401(k) match
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• EAP
• Education Assistance
• Parental Leave
• Paid time off
• Holidays