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The Vehicle Systems Division (VSD) sits at the center of the ideas and data behind current and future systems supplying innovative research and development; technical evaluations during the acquisition process; conceptual and detailed design; assembly, integration, and test; and operational support. Comprised primarily ofhighly-trainedmechanical and aerospace engineers, VSD provides national expertise in the areas of vehicle engineering; guidance, navigation, and controls; robotics; electro-mechanical devices; embedded systems; fluid mechanics; propulsion; thermal control; orbital mechanics; mechanisms; structures; structural dynamics; and dynamic environments.

The Vehicle Engineering & Integration Department (VEID) is part of VSD, the premier satellite and launch vehicle technical organization within the Aerospace Corporation. The Vehicle Modeling and Analysis Section within VEIDis responsible forimplementing multi-disciplinary analytical models and developing software tools required to execute the desired analyses with respect to satellite, ground, and launch vehicle development and operations.We are looking fora Modeling andSimulationSolutions Architect (Engineering Specialist/Senior Engineering Specialist - Software Architecture Engineering)to design and develop a Live Virtual Constructive framework for testing multiplefunctionalities across the space enterprise to support acquisitionof new capabilities and Warfighter training.This person will needto haveoutstanding technical and programming skills, an understanding of physics/physical hardware systems,beinquisitive and motivated to learn, and haveuncompromising integrity and objectivity.

This position requires 100% onsite work and can located in Chantilly, VA., Colorado Springs, CO., El Segundo, CA., or Albuquerque, NM.

What You'll Be Doing

• Design and developfull solutions architecture for theLVC effort including:thedistributed simulation implementingcommonstandards withtimeand federation management services;User Interface;Data Management; andAI platform components

• Create simulation modelsoptimizedfor federated environments with distributed time management, synchronization, and entity transfer protocols

• Integrate heterogeneous simulation systems across multiple sites, developing FOMs, SOMs, and gateways between different protocols

• Ensure Live, Virtual, and Constructive (LVC) interoperability with cross-domain solutions for classified/unclassified integration

• Design and optimize network communication protocols with multicast, publish-subscribe messaging, QoS strategies, and latency compensation

• Implement distributed state management, replication, conflict resolution, and entity ownership protocols across federation nodes

• Optimizefederation performance with interest management, load balancing, and distributed workload optimization strategies

• Design fault detection, recovery, graceful degradation, health monitoring, and failover capabilities for distributed simulations

• Develop test harnesses, validation frameworks, and conduct integration, scalability, and interoperability testing across sites

• Implement monitoring, logging, alerting systems, and provide operational support for live distributed simulation exercises

• Ensure compliance with standards(e.g.IEEE 1516 (HLA) / IEEE 1278 (DIS))specifications with comprehensive documentation

• Collaborate with simulation developers, data engineers, external organizations, and provide training on distributed simulation best practices

• Maintain effective working relationships with Government leadership, contractors, supporting contractors, and engineering matrix reach back personnel

• Develop and effectively communicate technical recommendations and solutions to Aerospace and Government leadership

• Work with subject matter experts in physics and engineering to understand and incorporate models and algorithms into distributed software simulations

What You Need to be Successful

MinimumRequirementsfor Engineering Specialist:

• Bachelor's degree from accredited university in computer science, computer engineering, software engineering, systems engineering, or related subject area/STEM degree

• 6or more years of experience including experience in any of the following areas: distributed simulation systems development, modeling and simulation capabilities, implementation of HLA/DIS/TENA standards, software development and integration, networkprotocolsand distributed systems architecture

• ExpertKnowledge of distributed simulation standards (e.g.HLA, DIS, TENA) and experience withtime synchronization across federates

• StrongProgrammingskills in languages commonly used for simulation development (e.g., Java,C++,Python)

• Experience with working with subject matter expert engineers to implement andmaintainphysics and/or engineering models

• Understanding of distributed systems, network protocols, and time management algorithms

• Active Secret clearance with ability to obtain and maintan aTS/SCI andSpecial Access (SAP)clearance, which is issued by the US government. U.S citizenship isrequiredto obtain a security clearance

• Ability to travel asrequiredapproximately 10% of the time

In addition to the requirements above, the minimum requirements for a Sr. Engineering Specialist are:

• 10or more total years of experience including experience in any of the following areas: distributed simulation systems development, modeling and simulation capabilities, implementation of HLA/DIS/TENA standards, software development and integration, networkprotocolsand distributed systems architecture

• Experience working with integrated, multidisciplinary, multi-organizational teams

How You Can Stand Out

It would be impressive if youhaveone or more of these:

• Advanced academic degree in systems engineering, computer science, computer engineering, software engineering, or a related engineering or scientific field

• Experience with cloud platforms, containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), and real-time systems

• Strong debugging skills for complexdistributedsystems

• Demonstrated experience in the development, integration, and test of software and/or data-intensive system architectures in federated simulation environments

• Experience with processes associated with a government system acquisition and lifecycle

• Demonstrated experienceleadingthe development of modeling and simulation and/or digital engineering capabilities forGovernmentapplications

• Practical knowledgeof spacemission operations, M&S,and training capabilities and processes to include spacewarfightingand wargaming

• Knowledge and experience withsystem assessmentprocesses and implementation

• Experience with cross-domain solutions and classified/unclassified integration

• Experience with NI or other automated hardware-in-the-loop test equipment such as PXIs, DAQs, ATEs, etc.

• Experience working with flight hardware, flight software, or equivalent from other industries

• CurrentTS/SCI andSpecial Access (SAP) clearance