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Software Engineer, Missile Defense Simulation (II - Principal)

trueanomalyinc · Denver, CO; Long Beach, CA · Denver, CO · Long Beach, CA
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<div class="content-intro"><p class="ms-outlook-mobile-reference-message">Space is a warfighting domain. True Anomaly seeks those with the talent and ambition to build the technology that secures it.</p> <p class="ms-outlook-mobile-reference-message"><u>OUR MISSION</u></p> <p class="ms-outlook-mobile-reference-message">True Anomaly delivers decisive capabilities for space superiority. We build autonomous spacecraft, advanced payloads, mission software, and space-based interceptors — enabling the U.S. and its Allies to secure the space environment and counter threats from the ultimate high ground.</p> <p class="ms-outlook-mobile-reference-message"><u>OUR VALUES</u></p> <ul> <li class="ms-outlook-mobile-reference-message"><strong>Be the offset.</strong><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>We create asymmetric advantages with creativity and ingenuity.</li> <li class="ms-outlook-mobile-reference-message"><strong>What would it take?</strong> We challenge assumptions to deliver ambitious results.</li> <li class="ms-outlook-mobile-reference-message"><strong>It’s the people.</strong> Our team is our competitive advantage and we are better together.</li> </ul> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">BENEFITS & PERKS</span>*</p> <ul> <li><strong>Best-in-class healthcare: </strong>100% company-paid medical, dental, and vision coverage for you and your dependents, with HSA/HRA options</li> <li><strong>Generous time off: </strong>Flexible Time Off (FTO) for exempt employees, accrued PTO of up to 25 days for non-exempt employees, plus 12 paid holidays; Parental Leave; Sick Leave</li> <li><strong>Fuel for your day: </strong>Daily catered lunch and unlimited snacks for in-office employees</li> <li><strong>And more: </strong>401(k) retirement plan, fitness reimbursement, and Dog Fridays</li> <li><strong>Equity participation: </strong>Equity is included as part of our total compensation package, giving you an opportunity to share in the company’s success.</li> </ul> <p>*Do not apply to fixed term and temporary roles</p></div><p><u>YOUR MISSION</u></p> <p>Modeling and simulation is how True Anomaly turns operational problems into engineering decisions. Before a spacecraft flies or an interceptor engages, our simulations tell us whether the architecture will work, how it will perform against a thinking adversary, and where the margins really are. True Anomaly is seeking a Modeling & Simulation Engineer to build and run the mission- and engagement-level simulations that drive design, concept-of-operations, and acquisition decisions across our space and missile defense portfolio.</p> <p>You will work in a fast-paced, interdisciplinary team to model threats, sensors, spacecraft, interceptors, and command-and-control (C2) systems. This role focuses on building credible, validated simulation environments and turning their results into clear recommendations for engineers, program leadership, and government customers.</p> <p><strong>RESPONSIBILITIES</strong></p> <ul> <li>Develop and maintain physics-based models for space and missile defense mission analysis, including: <ul> <li>Threat trajectories, including ballistic, hypersonic, maneuvering, and on-orbit threats</li> <li>Space-based and terrestrial sensors (electro-optical/infrared, radar, RF), including detection, tracking, and discrimination performance</li> <li>Interceptor and spacecraft kinematics, guidance, navigation, and control (GNC), and engagement geometry</li> <li>Rendezvous and proximity operations (RPO), orbit determination, and space domain awareness (SDA)</li> <li>Communications links, data latency, and C2/battle management decision logic</li> </ul> </li> <li>Build engagement- and mission-level simulations that tie these models together for end-to-end kill-chain analysis (detect, track, target, engage, assess)</li> <li>Integrate models into digital engineering, software-in-the-loop (SIL), hardware-in-the-loop (HIL), and distributed simulation environments</li> <li>Define and execute model verification, validation, and accreditation (VV&A), and correlate simulation results with test and flight data</li> <li>Develop analysis tooling, automation, and visualization in Python and C++</li> <li>Collaborate with systems, GNC, payload, software, and flight-test engineers to support requirements development, test planning, and verification</li> <li>Participate in code reviews, architectural discussions, and sprint planning sessions to maintain high standards of quality and adherence to project timelines</li> <li>Run Monte Carlo, sensitivity, and trade studies, and brief results to internal and government stakeholders</li> </ul> <p><strong>QUALIFICATIONS</strong></p> <ul> <li>Bachelor's degree in aerospace engineering, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, physics, applied mathematics, computer science, a similar discipline, or relevant experience</li> <li>2+ years of professional experience in modeling and simulation, mission analysis, or aerospace/defense systems engineering</li> <li>Experience modeling at least one of the following: <ul> <li>Ballistic, hypersonic, or maneuvering threats</li> <li>Space-based interceptors or kinetic and non-kinetic engagement</li> <li>EO/IR, radar, or RF sensor phenomenology and tracking/fusion al

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