Engineer IV

Job Summary

General Atomics (GA), and its affiliated companies, is one of the world's leading resources for high-technology systems development ranging from the nuclear fuel cycle to remotely piloted aircraft, airborne sensors, and advanced electric, electronic, wireless and laser technologies.

General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) is a supplier of advanced electromagnetic systems, related power equipment and other high technology products for a variety of government and commercial applications. These include products such as the design and fabrication of linear motors, superconducting and conventional rotating motors, power inverters, high-energy capacitors, radiation monitoring systems, high-voltage direct current power distribution systems, and numerous other products.

We have an exciting opportunity in our Aerospace Systems Engineering Department for a Flight Simulation Engineer. This full-time position is located at our Huntsville, AL site and directly supports the System Simulation & Analysis and Guidance, Navigation, and Control teams by providing technical expertise for development and configuration management of analysis tools for a variety of space and weapon system development projects.


DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Support the aerospace systems engineering organization by developing and configuration managing flight simulations and other analysis tools.
• Support development of new weapon systems particularly gun-launched projectiles and guided missiles and/or satellites.
• Support real-time simulation development and Software-in-the-Loop and Hardware-in-the-Loop testing.
• Performs upgrades to simulation and analysis tools with special focus on maintaining analyst useability and tool flexibility.
• Support peer reviews of simulation models, analysis tools, and other software modules as required.
• Develop and implement simulation software unit tests and other automated test scripts as required.
• Develop simulation tool and software documentation using company guidelines and best industry practices.
• Support post-processing and analysis of data collected from ground and flight tests, simulation-based performance assessments, and other sources.
• Develop briefing materials for design reviews.
• Facilitate rapid resolution of delays that impact simulation and analysis tasks including real-time, thorough communication with task leads, program management and other leadership is required.
• Collaborate daily with GA and customer engineering and program management teams.
• Support development of simulation and analysis related data deliverables.
• Perform other duties as required.
• Travel expectations: <10%

We recognize and appreciate the value and contributions of individuals with diverse backgrounds and experiences and welcome all qualified individuals to apply.

Job Qualifications

• Typically requires a bachelor's degree or master's degree or PhD in software engineering, computer science, or a related technical discipline from an accredited institution and progressive engineering experience as follows; 6 or more years of experience with a bachelor's degree, 4 or more years of experience with a master's degree, or 2 or more years of experience with a PhD. May substitute equivalent engineering experience in lieu of education.
• Must have a thorough understanding of software engineering and software configuration management and version control concepts, principles, processes, and tools such as Git and SVN.
• Prior experience with developing and using high fidelity flight simulations of missiles, gun-launched projectiles, hypersonic vehicles, or satellites is required.
• Demonstrated skills with multiple programming languages such as FORTRAN, C, C++, Python, and MATLAB is required.
• Must possess the ability to develop and communicate new concepts; apply them accurately throughout an evolving environment; organize, schedule, and coordinate work phases; and, determine the appropriate approach at the task level or, with assistance, at the project level to provide solutions to a range of complex problems.
• Must have strong communication, computer, documentation, presentation, and interpersonal skills, ability to work independently and as part of a team; able to perform complex tasks in one or more engineering areas.
• Must have an active Dept of Defense (DoD) Secret level security clearance with the ability to upgrade to Top Secret if required by the program.
• Able to work extended hours as required.
• Success in position requires consistent display of the following key abilities:
  • Initiative and strong work ethic to work independently, or with a team, or solve challenging problems in a development and prototyping environment.
  • Rapid and effective problem solving: identify issues, analyze and interpret data and develop innovative solutions to a variety of complex problems;
  • Excellent communication skills to document, develop, and present technical issues so that stakeholders across the organization readily understand the content and their related actions;
  • Schedule performance: influencing and collaborating across the organization to result in contract schedule success.

Desired Job Qualifications

• Experience with Software-In-The-Loop (SWIL) and Hardware-In-The-Loop (HWIL) simulation and testing is strongly desired.
• Experience with using and modifying the Air Force's AFSIM simulation tool is strongly desired.
• Experience with integrating and stress testing "black box" software (e.g. DLL's) is desired.
• Demonstrated skills and experience with embedded flight software development and testing is desired.