Senior Agent-Based Portfolio Optimization Engineer
| Company | The Aerospace Coporation |
|---|---|
| Location | Colorado Springs, CO, USA, Chantilly, VA, USA, Huntsville, AL, USA, El Segundo, CA, USA |
| Salary | $151300 – $226900 |
| Type | Full-Time |
| Degrees | Bachelor’s, Master’s, PhD |
| Experience Level | Expert or higher |
Requirements
- B.S. degree in aerospace, astronautical, or mechanical engineering, physics, operations research, mathematics, or a related field of science or engineering
- At least 10 years of relevant and increasingly responsible professional or academic engineering/scientific experience
- History of leading multi-disciplinary technical teams with varied backgrounds delivering substantial technical analyses or development efforts in support of customer-driven projects
- Experience using modeling and simulation tools in support of optimization, agent-based modeling, orbital mechanics, or missile defense
- Exceptional time-management skills with the ability to manage multiple concurrent projects and schedule commitments
- Demonstrated ability to establish and maintain effective and collaborative working relationships with employees, customers, acquisition program offices, and contractors
- Exceptionally high level of innovation, creativeness, and initiative
- Strong organization and communication skills
- Knowledge of Python, C, C++, Matlab, or another programming language
- Willing to support occasional travel domestically
- This position requires the ability to obtain and maintain a security clearance, which is issued by the U.S. government. U.S. citizenship is required to obtain a security clearance.
Responsibilities
- Direct complex technical tasks, managing resources to efficiently staff multi-disciplinary project teams and execute a variety of optimization, trade space exploration, and modeling efforts
- Advise Aerospace program offices as a technical subject matter expert, cultivating understanding in customers and in junior team members
- Coordinate and organize analysis efforts using modeling and simulation capabilities through a combination of agent-based simulation and multi-objective optimization, connecting customer requirements with Aerospace capabilities
- Help to sustain, develop, grow, and deploy simulation and analysis capabilities to support new functional areas for a diverse and expanding customer base
- Serve as a senior mentor to new and junior staff, guiding routine analysis and development tasks as part of larger project efforts, and promoting a collaborative environment for professional growth
Preferred Qualifications
- Advanced degree (Master’s or Ph.D.) in one of the fields of study mentioned above
- Experience with Advanced Framework for Simulation, Integration, and Modeling (AFSIM) or other agent-based simulations
- Work history in one of these specific national security space or intelligence mission areas: missile defense, geo-spatial intelligence, signals intelligence, space surveillance, space protection, ground systems, or communications infrastructure supporting defense or intelligence capabilities
- Extensive experience producing analyses and communicating results to various sized audiences
- Extensive history working with customers in the Department of Defense or Intelligence Community
- Expertise in astrodynamics, remote sensing, constellation design, or metaheuristic optimization including genetic algorithms
- Prior leadership of matrixed teams with various skill sets to solve multi-disciplinary challenges
- Experience working in partnership with multiple Aerospace program offices and customers
- Current and active Top-Secret Clearance (TS) with SCI access