Junior Aerospace Engineer

Systems Engineering Group, Inc. (SEG) is a highly regarded provider of air and missile defense threat engineering and combat, radar, and missile systems engineering and analysis. Principal customers include the U.S. Navy, Missile Defense Agency, and industry. SEG is headquartered in Columbia, MD and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Axient Corporation.

SEG is seeking enthusiastic candidates to be part of our threat missile modeling and simulation team. SEG provides an intellectually stimulating environment with excellent opportunities for technical and leadership growth. This position supports SEG’s Aerospace Branch which develops trajectory models and representations of adversary missile systems.  

What you will do...

Key responsibilities include:

• Development of intelligence-based analytical models and tools to characterize and analyze threat ballistic missile, cruise missile, and hypersonic vehicle performancesome text
  • Development of aerodynamics, mass properties, propulsion, guidance, navigation and control inputs and modules
  • Characterization of missile performance variation and uncertainty
  • Modeling of threat missile excursions and execution of design trade studies
• Generation and evaluation of digital trajectory data using 6-DOF simulation tools
• Documentation and presentation of work to internal and external customers
• Support of ongoing activities in developing a high fidelity Six Degrees-of-Freedom (6-DOF) digital flight simulation environment
• Performing research and augmenting toolsets to enhance modeling techniques and improve current processes

Skills you will need...

Required Qualifications:

• Candidates must be US citizens with the ability to obtain and maintain a DoD Secret clearance.
• Candidates must possess a Bachelor of Science Degree in Aerospace Engineering (advanced degrees preferred)
• Candidates must possess at least 0 to 5 years of work experience
• Candidates should demonstrate experience and capability in one or more of the following areas: analysis and modeling of ballistic missile, cruise missile, and/or hypersonic systems including flight dynamics, vehicle performance characterization, propulsion system design, supersonic/hypersonic aerodynamics prediction, guidance, navigation, control, and flight test data analysis
• Candidates must be familiar with MATLAB and/or Python programming languages
• Candidates must be able to communicate well through written documentation and oral presentations

Desired Qualifications:

• Candidates should demonstrate familiarity with the C++ programming language
• Candidates should possess an active DoD Secret clearance

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