The Mission Solutions Business Area at Leidos has an opening for a Simulation Engineer in Reston Virginia. The primary focus of the work is systems simulation related to reverse engineering Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) related facilities. Candidate must bring a creative yet sound approach to identifying and solving challenges where all the information desired is inherently unavailable and have exceptional attention to detail and a commitment to thoroughness. The successful candidate will work as a member of an interdisciplinary team of government and contractor personnel. Work will be performed in a fast-paced high-energy environment within a government facility.
Role and Responsibility:
The candidate shall perform:
Design develop evaluate validate verify analyze critical infrastructure related simulations (e.g. electric power HVAC building control systems) to understand their interactions and to uncover vulnerabilities. Simulation types include: system of systems simulations distributed simulations and object-oriented simulations
Design build and maintain efficient reusable and reliable codes and models
Collaborate with teams of engineers and developers participating in regular code reviews
Perform integration testing as well as collaborating with other internal teams
Communicate with project customers or end users to fully understand plan and implement feedback and feature requests
Required Education Clearance Skills and Experience:
Candidate MUST possess an active TS/SCI or a Top Secret clearance with a current SSBI and be eligible to obtain a TS/SCI w/ poly level Citizenship is REQUIRED.
BS degree and 8 years of prior relevant experience or MS with 6 years of prior relevant experience.
Must have a degree in simulation engineering systems engineering data science operations research or a related field
Experience with system of systems modeling and simulation
Preferred Qualifications:
Working knowledge of MATLAB VENTSIM COLE or SCEPTRE software
Working knowledge of heating and ventilation systems thermodynamics and airflow electric power systems industrial building or process control systems.
Professional experience in Unity Unreal or other 3D development.
Working knowledge of REACT JavaScript Python C C#.
Knowledge of Scrum/Agile development framework.
Experience working with cloud computing platforms such as AWS.
Experience with implementing and maintaining unit testing.
Proficiency with Git or comparable version control system.
Knowledge of 3D modeling software (Blender Maya etc.) and ability to manipulate 3D geometry.
Familiarity with applications being deployed to build AR/VR environments and applications such as Unity 3D and Visual Studio.
DevSecOps experience
Machine Learning experience
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