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Staff Modeling, Simulation and Analysis Engineer - Air Dominance & Strike - Advanced Effects

Costa Mesa, CA (OC-00)💼 Full-time💰 $191,000–$191,000🗓 2026-09-29

Core

Develop, implement, and maintain high-fidelity virtual representations of aerospace vehicles (missiles, rotorcraft, subsea) to support flight dynamics, control algorithms, and mission autonomy software.

Role type

Staff Modeling, Simulation and Analysis Engineer (Aerospace/Defense)

Builds

Virtual vehicle models, SITL/HITL/PITL simulation environments, and test data analysis tools for advanced tactical and hypersonic strike systems.

Domain

Defense, Aerospace, Missile Systems, Flight Dynamics

Required skills

Vehicle/sub-system modeling, Flight dynamics and platform physics, C/C++ programming, Scientific computing (MATLAB/Simulink, Python), Flight test data processing and simulation correlation, GNC algorithm support, System-level modeling

Preferred skills

SITL/HITL infrastructure design, Emulated/simulation interfaces for avionics, Flight test support experience

Technologies

C/C++, MATLAB, Simulink, Python, numpy, scipy

Responsibilities

Develop and coordinate deployment of vehicle models and simulation instantiations for various programs; Work with multi-disciplinary experts to model sub-system and system dynamics; Own end-to-end configuration of SITL, HITL, and PITL for test vehicles; Perform Monte-Carlo simulation analysis and develop data analysis tools.

Seniority

Staff, hands-on IC with strategic impact

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