IGNITE
Job Overview
Principal Systems Engineer – BMD SME at Ignite, headquartered in Huntsville, AL. Ignite is ISO 9001:2015 and CMMI Services Level 3 certified, Service‑Disabled Veteran‑Owned Small Business. The role focuses on modeling, simulation, and analyses to shape future Missile Defense System concepts and meet Warfighter needs.
Responsibilities
Define future modeling, simulation, and analysis concepts.
Subject‑matter expert in architecture analyses and preliminary result review.
Assess MDS threats and develop system mitigations and capability evolutions.
Support M&S efforts, including analysis on DoD HPC.
Develop analysis plans, run M&S, prepare reports, and review products.
Required Qualifications
Master’s Degree STEM, 12+ years missile defense or complex DoD program experience.
Active Secret clearance; ability to obtain TS/SCI.
Extensive modeling, assessment, evaluation of future missile defense architectures.
Deep understanding of current MDS architecture and future concepts.
Desired Qualifications
TS/SCI clearance.
Advanced M&S concepts for MDS architectures.
Experience with kinetic, directed energy weapons.
MATLAB, Python, HPC, MBSE experience.
Systems engineering architecture design activity.
Technology assessment and analysis.
Multidisciplinary analysis environments.
MDS analysis specialization: threat characterization, trajectories, RF/EO/IR signatures.
Report authorship; Congressional response contributions.
Cyber architecture development.
Key advisor collaboration across agencies.
Security Clearance Active Secret Security Clearance required.
Education Master’s Degree in STEM discipline.
Other Requirements U.S. citizen; active Security Clearance at Secret level.
Employment Type Full‑time, Mid‑Senior level.
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Responsibilities
Define future modeling, simulation, and analysis concepts.
Subject‑matter expert in architecture analyses and preliminary result review.
Assess MDS threats and develop system mitigations and capability evolutions.
Support M&S efforts, including analysis on DoD HPC.
Develop analysis plans, run M&S, prepare reports, and review products.
Required Qualifications
Master’s Degree STEM, 12+ years missile defense or complex DoD program experience.
Active Secret clearance; ability to obtain TS/SCI.
Extensive modeling, assessment, evaluation of future missile defense architectures.
Deep understanding of current MDS architecture and future concepts.
Desired Qualifications
TS/SCI clearance.
Advanced M&S concepts for MDS architectures.
Experience with kinetic, directed energy weapons.
MATLAB, Python, HPC, MBSE experience.
Systems engineering architecture design activity.
Technology assessment and analysis.
Multidisciplinary analysis environments.
MDS analysis specialization: threat characterization, trajectories, RF/EO/IR signatures.
Report authorship; Congressional response contributions.
Cyber architecture development.
Key advisor collaboration across agencies.
Security Clearance Active Secret Security Clearance required.
Education Master’s Degree in STEM discipline.
Other Requirements U.S. citizen; active Security Clearance at Secret level.
Employment Type Full‑time, Mid‑Senior level.
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