Aerospace Modeling and Simulation Engineer
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Job Location:
Huntsville, AL - USA
Monthly Salary:
$ 69550 - 125725
Posted on:
19 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Leidos is dedicated to making the world a safer place. This starts with helping our customers in the Defense Industry achieve their critical missions. Our dedicated Defense Group employees are solving critical challenges across the globe. At Leidos we deliver innovative solutions through the efforts of our diverse and talented people who are dedicated to our customers success. We empower our teams contribute to our communities and operate sustainably. Everything we do is built on a commitment to do the right thing for our customers our people and our community. Our Mission Vision and Values guide the way we do offices across the United States engaging in the defense space cyber and commercial fields Leidos provides responsive cost-effective engineering scientific and IT solutions. Leidos is well known for our people-oriented culture positive work environment technical excellence and resilient business ethics.
Leidos is seeking a talented aerospace modeling and simulation engineer within the Flight Systems Department. As part of the Leidos Threat Analysis and Modeling branch you will provide solutions to complex technical problems involving modeling simulation and analysis of missiles space systems hypersonics and more.
Primary Responsibilities
- Developing and maintaining simulations to evaluate performance and flight dynamics of an aerospace flight vehicle.
- Creating 6-DOF 3-DOF and/or hardware-in-the-loop (HWIL) simulations by incorporating aerodynamic & propulsion models Guidance/Navigation/Control (GNC) algorithms and other features to accurately characterize the capabilities of foreign or domestic missiles systems and other flight vehicles.
- Providing accurate assessments to inform Department of Defense policy makers acquisition program warfighter consumers or other organizations to support their needs.
- Developing upgrading or using scripts GUIs or other utilities to support analysis and programmatic efforts.
Basic Qualifications
- This position requires a fundamental understanding of aerospace engineering concepts particularly including flight dynamics simulation orbital mechanics and/or guidance/navigation/controls. Candidate must also possess a solid foundation of programming experience in Matlab/Simulink C/C Python or other language.
- Candidate must possess strong technical communication skills and an ability to work both independently and in collaborative team environments.
- Candidates must be a resident of North Alabama area or willing to relocate to work on-site at the Huntsville AL office.
- Candidates must have a bachelors degree with 2-3 years of relevant experience or a graduate degree in Aerospace Mechanical Engineering Physics Computer Science or related field from an ABET accredited school.
Security Clearance Qualifications
- Must be a U.S. Citizen with an active Secret Security Clearance and have the ability to obtain a Top Secret/SCI clearance with polygraph.
Preferred Qualifications
- Familiarity with DoD processes and methods.
- Strong math skills in the areas of linear algebra matrix math statistics trigonometry and coordinate transformation.
- Experience with:
- Configuration management software such as Git or Mercurial
- Physics-based modeling and simulation
- Simulink code-generation
- GNC applications of flight vehicles guided munitions and/or UAS systems
- C programming
If youre looking for comfort keep scrolling. At Leidos we outthink outbuild and outpace the status quo because the mission demands it. Were not hiring followers. Were recruiting the ones who disrupt provoke and refuse to fail. Step 10 is ancient history. Were already at step 30 and moving faster than anyone else dares.
Original Posting:
December 10 2025For U.S. Positions: While subject to change based on business needs Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.
Pay Range:
Pay Range $69550.00 - $125725.00The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline onlyand not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job education experience knowledge skills and abilities as well as internal equity alignment with market data applicable bargaining agreement (if any) or other law.
Key Skills
- Aerospace Engineering
- Clearance
- Engineerig support
- FAA
- Fortran
- Nasa
- C#
- C++
- Matlab
- Electrical Systems
- Project Management
- Java
- Structural Analysis
- CAAD
- Technical Reports
About Company
Leidos is an innovation company rapidly addressing the world's most vexing challenges in national security and health. Our 47,000 employees collaborate to create smarter technology solutions for customers in these critical markets.
