Axient LLC
Junior Threat and Weapons System Engineer with EA/EP
- Compensation
- Not disclosed
- Location
- SEG.COL-MD
- Work setup
- Not specified
- Seniority
- Junior
- Employment
- Not specified
- Experience
- 0+ years
- Category
- Software engineering
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- Must be a US Citizen with the ability to obtain and maintain US DoD SECRET Security Clearance
- Bachelor of Science Degree: Systems Engineering, Aerospace, Mechanical, Electrical, Physics, Applied Math, or related field
- 0-3 years of work experience
- Strong analytical skills
- Ability to read and write MATLAB, Python, or similar code to process and analyze data
- Familiarity with a Linux environment
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Communication, documentation and briefing via Microsoft office products (Outlook, PowerPoint, Excel, Word)
- Self-starter – Demonstrate independent ownership of tasking. Position affords opportunity to define path and lead tasks based on technical understanding of engineering community and appreciation of cu
Nice to have
- Active US DoD SECRET or TOP SECRET Security Clearance
- Master’s degree or higher
Full description
Check out this NEW Opportunity with Axient!
Systems Engineering Group (SEG), a wholly owned subsidiary of AXIENT LLC, is seeking enthusiastic candidates wanting to support the defense of our nation. SEG provides an intellectually stimulating environment with excellent opportunities for technical and leadership growth. SEG is currently seeking a Junior Threat and Weapons System Engineer with an interest in EA/EP (Electronic Attack/ Electronic Protection) to support our MDA and Navy customers.
What you will do...
Responsibilities
- Characterize sensor and missile performance against threat ballistic and cruise missiles through modeling, simulation and analysis using digital simulations. Characterize sensitivities to threat variability.
- Develop, integrate and use analytical models and tools to test new threat data and software products, assess system capability, and drive system requirements and design.
- Communicate with external customer and internal technical staff, via correspondence and briefings.
- Support technical leadership for internal projects and contribute to external customer forums.
- Assist program management in defining future efforts and author technical details of statements of work
- A majority of the work is based out of our Columbia, MD office. Travel is occasionally required to participate in technical forums and reviews.
- Grow in knowledge of EA/EP through working with senior staff and support EA/EP tasking
Analysis Group Overview
- Candidate will be part of a team responsible for weapon system simulation and performance analysis. The team develops and integrates individual system models for analysis (threats, weapons, sensors) to include multiple interacting systems. This team contributes to defining, leading and performing analyses for requirements feasibility, sensitivity studies for threat variability and fidelity, asset planning and what-if scenarios, flight-test mission (requirements, planning, and analysis) support and certification efforts.
- The group provides independent verification and validation support for internal system-level products. This offers opportunities to work with SEG sensors, vehicles, phenomenology products and engineers integrated within our simulation software development environment to view the battle environment scenes through the eyes of combat systems.
- The group includes subject matter experts and technical leads providing direct technical support to various defense programs as a contributing member of broad cross-functional and technical subject-specific integrated product teams.
- We bring missile and weapons knowledge together to support concept definition, threat driver assessments, system requirements, design reviews, test planning, and defining roadmaps for future development