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Department Summary:
We are currently seeking an Intermediate Modeling and Simulation Engineer to join the Cross-cutting Urgent Innovation Cell (CUIC), an organization that is unique to MITRE because:
- We are team of analysts, scientists, innovators, and engineers focused on delivering meaningful solutions to national security challenges
- We concentrate on rapid prototyping, mission analysis, experimentation, and research together in a unique environment that is structured to optimize results.
- We leverage our strong relationships with our customers and their missions to drive innovation that helps solve our nation's biggest challenges.
CUIC relies on initiative and enthusiasm from individual staff members who work proactively and collaboratively towards common goals. We are looking for talented problem solvers with a passion for adapting emerging academic and commercial technologies to develop cross-cutting innovative solutions for the defense, intelligence, and civilian communities.
Roles & Responsibilities:
An Intermediate Modeling and Simulation Engineer is needed who possesses a breadth of technical skills and strong programming capability. This position involves developing modeling, simulation, and analysis tools at the intersection of math, physics, engineering, and programming. These programs are used to generate and assess results and extract key lessons learned. Successful candidate(s) will learn new techniques and approaches on-the-job, working in collaboration with other team members.
Basic Qualifications:
- Possess an active TS/SCI level security clearance.
- Typically requires a Bachelor’s degree and a minimum of 2 years of related experience; or an advanced degree with relevant experience who can immediately contribute at this job step; or equivalent combination of related education and work experience.
- Typically requires a degree in physics, applied mathematics, aerospace, mechanical engineering or related discipline with a strong technical background
- Desire to learn new techniques and approaches on-the-job by leveraging structured educational content, as well as expertise from team members.
- Experience with developing physics-based modeling and simulation tools and applying those tools to address research questions.
- Experience with understanding simulation results, identifying areas for additional focus, and extracting critical lessons learned.
- Demonstrated problem-solving skills and capable of working with scientists, analysts, and technical software developers across several technical disciplines.
- Demonstrated proficiency in a programming language such as C/C++, Java, Python, MATLAB, Mathematica, or Fortran.
- Desire to learn new techniques and approaches on-the-job by leveraging structured educational content, as well as expertise from team members.
- This position requires a minimum of 4 days a week on-site.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Masters or PhD with research experience in one of the above specified degree programs.
- Proficiency with modeling and simulation tools such as AFSIM, SEAS, or STORM.
- Experience creating agent-based models of complex systems.
- Experience in shaping and executing complex DoD and classified sponsor mission outcomes.
- Effective in interacting with technical staff, analysts, and operators ranging from junior-level contributors to senior leaders in DoD
- Experience conducting quantitative data analysis using a variety of datasets.
- Hands-on experience in adapting research done in academia and industry to "real-world" challenging data sources and problems sets.
- Ability to formulate rigorous models based on loosely defined or underspecified research questions and requirements.
- Familiarity with one or more of the following: aerodynamic systems, orbital mechanics, signal processing, sensor systems, and RF or EO/IR physics.
This requisition requires the candidate to have a minimum of the following clearance(s):
Top Secret/SCI
This requisition requires the hired candidate to have or obtain, within one year from the date of hire, the following clearance(s):
Top Secret/SCI
Work Location Type:
Onsite
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