Integrated Fires Engineer

Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) seeks an Integrated Fires Engineer to design and analyze advanced air and missile defense solutions. You will architect and assess concepts for integrated sensors, command-and-control, and weapon systems, building models, simulations, and analytical tools to evaluate performance in realistic scenarios. Working in multidisciplinary teams, you will shape system requirements, conduct trade studies, and support experiments and wargames.

In APL's mission-driven, collaborative culture, you'll tackle complex national security challenges while advancing your technical expertise and professional growth.

Responsibilities

• Design and analyze integrated fires concepts for air and missile defense missions.
• Develop models, simulations, and analytical tools for sensor fusion and fire-control performance.
• Support system architecture, requirements, and trade studies for complex weapon systems.
• Plan and execute experiments, wargames, and data analysis to evaluate concepts and algorithms.
• Collaborate with cross-disciplinary teams, sponsors, and warfighters to refine mission solutions.
• Document findings and present technical results to internal stakeholders and government sponsors.

Required Skills

• Systems engineering
• Air and missile defense concepts
• Modeling and simulation
• Sensor fusion
• Command and control systems
• Requirements analysis
• Algorithm development
• Data analysis
• MATLAB/Simulink or similar tools
• Technical documentation and briefing