Model, Simulation Analysis Engineer

Modeling, Simulation, and Analysis (MS&A) Engineer

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.

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