Flight Systems – Aerospace Simulation Engineer
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Job Location:
Huntsville, AL - USA
Monthly Salary:
$ 57850 - 104575
Posted on:
13 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
This position is for an early-career aerospace engineer within the Flight Systems Department as part of the Missiles & Aviation Systems Division. Engineers in the Flight Systems Department provide solutions to complex technical problems involving analysis design and testing of various types of flight vehicle systems.
Primary Responsibilities.
- Create and/or maintain 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 performance and flight dynamics of various flight vehicles.
- Conduct accurate timely detailed analysis of flight vehicle dynamics to support design decision conduct trade studies support mission planning operations prepare for live flight test events characterize system performance as well as other responsibilities.
- Provide accurate assessments to make programmatic design decisions and/or inform DOW policy makers acquisition program warfighter consumers or other organizations to support their needs.
- Develop upgrade or use 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 in order to work on-site at the Huntsville AL office.
- Prior to start-date candidates must possess a Bachelors Degree in Aerospace Mechanical Engineering Physics or related field from an ABET accredited school with a minimum GPA of 3.0 and 0 years of experience.
- Candidate must be a US citizen and possess (or be able to obtain) a DoD Secret Clearance.
Preferred Qualifications.
- Familiarity with DOW digital engineering paradigm and experience
- Prior work with post-flight data analysis
- Strong math skills in the areas of linear algebra matrix math statistics trigonometry and coordinate transformation
- Experience with
- Linux hardware-in-the-loops simulation architectures and/or GPS simulators
- Configuration management software such as Git or Mercurial
- Trajectory analysis tools such as TAOS or OTIS
- Using numerical optimization techniques
- Simulink code-generation
- Optimal estimation and controls
- Sensor fusion and state estimation techniques (eg. Kalman or Particle Filters)
- Terrestrial navigation SAASM M-Code and GPS-denied operations
- GNC applications of flight vehicles guided munitions and/or UAS systems
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Original Posting:
January 16 2026For 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 $57850.00 - $104575.00The 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.
Required Experience:
IC
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
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