Modeling and Simulation Engineer Mid-Senior Level-ACL

Overview

The Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) is the nonprofit, applied research division of the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech). Founded in 1934 as the Engineering Experiment Station, GTRI has grown to more than 2,900 employees, supporting eight laboratories in over 20 locations around the country and performing more than $940 million of problem‑solving research annually for government and industry. GTRI's renowned researchers combine science, engineering, economics, policy, and technical expertise to solve complex problems for the U.S. federal government, state, and industry.

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The Intelligence Analysis Branch (IAB)/Signals and Systems Division (SASD) of the Advanced Concepts Laboratory (ACL) is currently seeking qualified candidates for the position of Modeling and Simulation Engineer. The Intelligence Analysis Branch conducts all‑domain intelligence analysis of complex threats, operational environments, and information warfare research for the U.S. national security community to support research and development (R&D), acquisition, experimentation, and policy decisions.

The Signals and Systems Division engages in research related to high‑impact, technical analysis for U.S. Government projects. The division's mission is to shape the development of next‑generation technical capabilities and strengthen our national defense through leading‑edge research and analytic support, informed by a deep knowledge of operational capabilities, current intelligence, and the related information environment. The Advanced Concepts Laboratory develops tailored solutions for a broad range of national security challenges through disciplined application of physics‑ and effects‑based modeling to realizable systems, augmented with prototype development and testing.

ACL's research thrusts extend across domains, and include bio‑, chemical‑, RF‑, and optical‑sensor physics; materials science and engineering; electromagnetic theory, computation, structures, and measurements; electronic warfare techniques and applications; operational scenario modeling and simulation; traditional and asymmetric threat analysis; and ground maneuver warfare.

The Modeling and Simulation (M&S) Engineer works closely with research, development, and testing teams to combine simulation modeling with data analytics in order to provide recommendations to optimize system designs in support of current and future research, development, and testing efforts. Specifically, the M&S Engineer is responsible for constructing computer simulation models, verifying and validating simulation models, performing simulation experiments to predict system behaviors, providing solutions to project stakeholders, and improving systems and processes.

The M&S Engineer is familiar with important M&S concepts and techniques, constantly keeps abreast of new tool and language developments, and is familiar with a wide range of both open source and proprietary modeling and simulation tools, frameworks, and environments, such as AFSIM, Any Logic, Arena, Extend Sim, Open Foam, Open Modelica, Net Logo, etc. In addition to tools, an M&S Engineer should be aware of many of the…