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Senior Aerospace Engineer

United States, Huntsville · Job Posted January 15, 2026
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SEG is seeking enthusiastic candidates to be part of our threat and interceptor missile modeling and simulation team located in Huntsville, AL. This position directly supports the Navy’s Digital Threat Engineering team, MDA Threat Engineering Team, and MDA/AB Threat and MDA/AB Threat Systems Engineering team that provides high fidelity U.S. interceptor missile systems simulations and threat engineering simulations of anti-ship cruise missile, anti-ship ballistic missiles, hypersonic glide vehicles, hypersonic cruise missiles, aero-ballistic missiles, and other foreign missile and aircraft systems that threaten the United States and its allies.

Job Responsibility

  • Development of US scientific and technical all-source intelligence-based simulations to characterize the flight performance of threat ballistic missiles, cruise missiles, aero-ballistic missiles, hypersonic cruise missiles, and hypersonic glide vehicle performance
  • Development of U.S. interceptor missile flight simulations (3DOF to 6DOF) and models
  • Development of 6DOF aerodynamics, mass properties, propulsion system performance, guidance, navigation and control algorithms, seeker/sensor algorithms
  • Characterization of threat missile performance envelopes
  • Development and use of optimization tool suites
  • Executing design trade studies
  • Modeling of threat flight variations due to variations in environmental factors
  • Documentation and presentation of work to internal and external customers
  • Support of ongoing activities in developing a high fidelity Six Degrees-of-Freedom (6-DOF) digital flight simulation architecture
  • Ongoing development and refinement of flight optimization software and AI/ML efforts
  • Performing research and augmenting toolsets to enhance modeling techniques

Requirements

  • US citizenship with ability to obtain and maintain a DoD Secret clearance
  • Bachelor of Science Degree in Aerospace Engineering (advanced degrees preferred)
  • At least 10+ years of applicable work experience
  • Experience in analysis and modeling of ballistic missile, cruise missile, and/or hypersonic systems including flight dynamics, vehicle performance characterization, propulsion system design, supersonic/hypersonic aerodynamics prediction, guidance, navigation, control, and flight test data analysis
  • Familiarity with MATLAB and/or Python programming languages
  • Ability to communicate well through written documentation and oral presentations
  • Good leadership skills
  • ability to mentor and train others
  • ability to lead a multi-disciplinary team
  • Good communicators with both verbal and written English language
  • Ability to work well as part of an integral team of up to 25 people

Nice to have

  • Familiarity with the C++ and Python programming languages
  • Active DoD Top-Secret clearance

What we offer

  • Competitive salaries
  • Continuing education assistance
  • Professional development
  • Multiple healthcare benefits package options
  • 401K with employer matching
  • Competitive time off policy along with a federally recognized holiday schedule

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