Principal Systems Architecture Engineer (ANALYST IV) with Security Clearance

Join our Fort Belvoir team analyzing future missile defense architectures and concepts for a government missile defense program. You will lead analysis of capability gaps against current and future threats, direct simulation runs and M&S tool tailoring, and deliver architecture briefs and reports.

What You Will Do • Measure today's and tomorrow's threats against missile defense capability, find the gaps, and design architecture options that close them or raise performance • Lead analysis plans, run missile defense simulation tools, post-process and assess results, and prepare architecture briefs and reports • Tailor modeling and simulation (M&S) tools to each analysis plan Required Qualifications • 12+ years on missile defense or other large, complex DoD programs with a Master's degree, or 20+ years with a Bachelor's degree • Solid understanding of the current missile defense architecture and future concepts • Experience modeling, assessing and evaluating future missile defense architectures • Strong at interpreting results and presenting findings clearly • Excellent written and verbal communication and strong collaboration • Strong time management and prioritization • Active Secret clearance with the ability to obtain TS/SCI • Onsite in Fort Belvoir, VA Preferred Qualifications • Active TS/SCI clearance • AFSIM or similar missile defense simulation tools and frameworks • Integrated air and missile defense (IAMD) or cruise missile defense systems • Space systems • Defining and applying advanced concepts and algorithms for M&S of missile defense architectures • Systems engineering support to architecture design