Target Labor Category: Junior/Intermediate/Senior
Position Location: Chantilly, VA (Customer Site)
Clearance Required: TS/SCI with Polygraph
Stratos Solutions has an opportunity for a Modeling, Simulation, and Analysis (MS&A) Engineer to support an Intelligence Community (IC) Space customer in Chantilly, VA. The selected candidate will operate in a collaborative engineering and peer review environment studying and analyzing complex space-domain problems to inform mission and acquisition decision-making.
This role supports mission-focused modeling, simulation, and technical analysis efforts delivering data-driven recommendations and technical insight to government stakeholders. The successful candidate will perform detailed system-level and phenomenology analyses across satellite, ground, and space communication architectures, contributing to performance assessments and forward-looking analytic roadmaps.
If you are passionate about applying analytical rigor to complex space systems and delivering actionable mission insight, we encourage you to apply.
Stratos Solutions delivers mission-focused engineering, acquisition, and operations support to the Intelligence Community and national security space enterprise. As an employee-owned company, Stratos combines technical excellence, operational agility, and a deep commitment to customer mission success. Our teams work at the forefront of space and intelligence innovation supporting programs critical to national security.
The MS&A Engineer will support the development, execution, and documentation of modeling, simulation, and technical analysis activities across space-domain systems.
Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
Perform orbital mechanics modeling and simulation activities including orbit determination, orbital maneuver analysis, and spacecraft flight dynamics assessments.
Support mission trajectory analysis and performance trade studies.
Perform link budget, latency, and throughput analyses for RF, optical relay, and space-to-ground telecommunications systems.
Assess performance of space-based communication architectures under varying operational conditions.
Conduct assessments of satellite payload sensor phenomenology (optical, radar, RF) and associated product quality.
Evaluate system-level impacts of payload design decisions on mission performance.
Assess end-to-end system designs against Required Performance Parameters (RPPs).
Identify and evaluate Technical Performance Measures (TPMs).
Support engineering trade studies and analytic investigations across space and ground architectures.
Develop MS&A supporting documentation including:
Terms of reference
Study plans
Modeling assumptions
Data inputs/outputs
Analytic results and visualizations
Conclusions and recommendations
Present analytic findings to government and contractor stakeholders.
Advise leadership on forward-looking and follow-on studies to support long-term analytic roadmaps.
Bachelor's Degree in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, Aerospace Engineering, or related field)
Active TS/SCI with Polygraph
2+ years of relevant experience in modeling, simulation, or engineering analysis
Experience using one or more of the following tools or technologies:
C++
Python
R
SQL / PostgreSQL
Linux
MATLAB
VBA
Systems Tool Kit (STK)
Experience collecting, organizing, and analyzing technical data sets
Strong quantitative, analytical, and problem-solving skills
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including ability to present findings to technical and non-technical stakeholders
Experience with free space optical and optical space-to-ground systems
Experience integrating MS&A and MBSE data sets using SysML
Experience developing or maintaining MBSE models
Experience with data visualization tools such as Tableau or similar platforms
Experience developing and maintaining MS&A tools or analytic software
Familiarity with space mission performance assessment within IC or DoD programs
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