Aerospace Modeling & Simulation Software Engineer TSSCI Clearance

Aerospace Modeling & Simulation Software Engineer

(TS/SCI Clearance)

Herndon VA

@Orchard is retained by a top geospatial technology company in their search for an Aerospace Modeling & Simulation Software Engineerto develop software capabilities that support advanced Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance studies for government and commercial this role you will build and enhance simulation tools data processing workflows analysis applications and visualization capabilities used to evaluate future space airborne and sensor systems.

This is a hands-on technical role for a software developer with an aerospace mindsetsomeone who enjoys designing practical tools improving simulation capabilities working with large technical datasets and translating complex mission needs into reliable maintainable software. You will contribute across fast-paced studies and longer-term efforts that help shape the systems and architectures of the future.

Your Role/Responsibilities:

As an Aerospace Modeling & Simulation Software Engineer you will:

• Design develop test and maintain software tools that support aerospace modeling simulation mission analysis and data visualization.
• Add new features and capabilities to high-fidelityphysics basedsimulators used to evaluate space airborne and ISR sensor systems.
• Design and implement modular maintainable software architectures that enable new simulation features reusable analysis workflows and efficient integration with existing modeling and engineering tools.
• Develop scripts applications APIs and data pipelines to support scenario generation simulation execution post-processing analysis and reporting.
• Work with aerospace engineers analysts and customers to translate mission needs study objectives and operational concepts into software requirements and technical solutions.
• Build efficient data processing and visualization workflows for large simulation datasets.
• Improve simulator performance maintainability usability automation and overall workflow efficiency.
• Perform debugging verification validation and QA/QC of software tools simulation inputs outputs and analytical results.
• Apply modern software engineering practices including version control testing documentation code reviews and configuration management.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams while also owning independent software development and analysis tasks.

Minimum Requirements:

This position requires US citizenship and an active TS/SCI clearance or TS with SCI eligibility as mandatory for consideration.

• Bachelors degree from an accredited college or university in Computer Science Software Engineering Aerospace Engineering Electrical Engineering Mechanical Engineering Mathematics Physics or a related technical field.
• 5 years experience.
• Experience developing software scripts tools or applications in support of engineering modeling and simulation data analysis or mission analysis.
• Experience with Python C Java C# MATLAB JavaScript or similar programming languages.
• Familiarity with aerospace systems space systems airborne systems ISR missions sensors mission analysis or simulation environments.
• Willingness to work on-site.

Desired / Preferred Qualifications:

Advanced degree in Engineering Computer Science Mathematics Physics or a related technical field.

• 8 years experience.
• Experience developing or modifying modeling and simulation software engineering analysis tools mission analysis applications or simulator frameworks.
• Experience designing modular software architectures reusable components APIs or plugin-based capabilities.
• Working knowledge of satellites aircraft ISR sensors astrodynamics remote sensing aerospace systems operations or complex systems integration.
• Experience with data processing visualization algorithm development numerical methods statistical analysis or automated report generation.
• Experience with Python data and scientific computing libraries such as NumPy pandas SciPy Matplotlib Plotly or similar tools.

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