Senior / Principal Model and Simulation Engineer

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Contribute to transforming how the Department of Defense makes multi-billion-dollar decisions regarding force design.

• Convert operational inquiries into scalable mission and campaign-level simulations for advanced wargaming platforms.

• Create simulation frameworks, platform and effects models, scenario infrastructure, and evaluation processes.

• Design and develop mission and campaign-level simulation capabilities using modern C++ and Python.

• Build and enhance various simulation frameworks, including event-driven, discrete-event, agent-based, and constructive simulations.

• Manage core functionalities of the framework, which include event scheduling, simulation timing, state transitions, platform abstractions, scenario execution, data collection, and deterministic replay.

• Construct models for platforms, sensors, weapons, communications, electronic warfare, jamming, command and control, logistics, and environmental impacts.

• Implement verification and validation procedures, reference scenarios, regression suites, and quantitative assessments of model credibility.

• Collaborate directly with government, Air Force, and broader DoD stakeholders to address acquisition queries and swiftly deliver functional capabilities.

• Facilitate design and code reviews, mentor team members, and enhance architecture, documentation, testing, and release protocols.

⛳️ Requirements

• A minimum of five years of professional experience in software development, focusing on simulation, autonomy, robotics, game engines, digital twins, or similarly sophisticated systems.

• Robust experience in modern C++, complemented by proficiency in Python for tooling, orchestration, analysis, or automation tasks.

• Practical experience in developing or enhancing a simulation framework, rather than merely configuring simulation tools or interpreting their outputs.

• Familiarity with event-driven, discrete-event, agent-based, constructive, or distributed simulation architectures.

• Proven capability to represent intricate real-world entities, interactions, rules, and edge cases as coherent software abstractions.

• Experience in creating plugins, SDKs, reusable model interfaces, framework services, platform types, or similar extension mechanisms.

• Strong knowledge of software architecture, data structures, algorithms, APIs, testing, debugging, and performance optimization.

• Experience in making significant modifications within a large existing codebase while ensuring continuous delivery.

• Background in model verification, validation, calibration, or regression testing.

• Ability to translate ambiguous operational or technical requirements into actionable engineering plans.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the capacity to document model assumptions, limitations, interfaces, and intended uses.

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in computer science, engineering, applied mathematics, operations research, physics, or a related field.

• Active Secret clearance or the ability to obtain one.

• Strongly Preferred: Direct experience in developing AFSIM plugins, framework extensions, event infrastructure, or custom platform types.

🏝️ Benefits

• Compensation is based on experience, with a focus on being at the higher end of the salary range.

• Comprehensive health care plan with 100% premium coverage, including medical, dental, and vision.

• 401k plan with 5% matching contributions.

• Uncapped Paid Time Off, including sick leave and public holidays.

• Flexible hybrid or remote work options available.

• Relocation assistance provided for eligible employees.