Modeling and Simulation (M&S) Engineer
Applied Technology Solutions, Inc. (ATS) is seeking a Modeling and Simulation (M&S) Engineer to provide analysis support for scientific and engineering programs, ranging from technology development to flight vehicle manufacturing and testing.
As a member of an interdisciplinary design team, the engineer will use commercial and custom-built analysis tools to solve scientific and engineering problems. This role supports development and testing through modeling, simulation, multi-physics analysis, and custom software development.
Primary Duties and Responsibilities
- Perform modeling and simulation activities to support technology development, engineering design, manufacturing, and testing.
- Collaborate with an interdisciplinary design team to analyze components, subsystems, and physical systems.
- Use commercial and custom-built analysis tools to solve scientific and engineering problems.
- Apply mathematical methods, including linear algebra, differential equations, and statistics, to support engineering analysis.
- Perform static and dynamic structural analyses using appropriate analytical and computational techniques.
- Conduct multi-physics and coupled analyses involving simultaneous physical phenomena, including aerothermal and thermo-structural interactions.
- Perform steady-state and transient analyses of physical systems and phenomena.
- Use continuum-level finite element analysis (FEA) solvers, such as ANSYS or Abaqus, to evaluate component and subsystem behavior.
- Develop custom scripts and software tools using Python or MATLAB to support modeling, simulation, and data analysis.
- Support development and testing activities by interpreting analysis results and communicating technical findings to interdisciplinary team members.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Physics, Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or a related technical field.
- Minimum of 4 years of experience performing modeling and simulation tasks using commercial or custom-built analysis tools.
- Strong mathematics background, including linear algebra, differential equations, and statistics.
- Working knowledge of analytical techniques used to solve static and dynamic structural problems.
- Demonstrated experience developing custom scripts or software tools in Python or MATLAB to perform data analysis.
- Experience performing multi-physics analysis of components or subsystems.
- Experience performing coupled structural analyses involving multiple simultaneous physical phenomena, such as aerothermal or thermo-structural analysis.
- Experience performing both steady-state and transient analyses of physical systems and phenomena.
- Experience using a continuum-level FEA solver or similar analysis software, such as ANSYS or Abaqus.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Currently possess or have the ability to obtain Security Clearance.
Preferred Qualifications
- 8 or more years of experience performing modeling and simulation tasks using commercial or custom-built analysis tools in support of system or product development.
- Demonstrated experience integrating multiple software tools using application programming interfaces (APIs) or custom software wrappers.
- Demonstrated experience performing statistical analysis to support testing, including determining design bounds, quantifying uncertainty, and identifying outliers.
- Demonstrated experience developing modeling and simulation solutions from first principles.
- Demonstrated experience performing computational fluid dynamics (CFD) analysis of high-speed flight vehicles.
- Demonstrated experience performing multi-physics analysis of flight vehicles.
- Demonstrated experience supporting the prototyping or production of flight vehicles, missiles, or other defense systems through modeling and simulation.
- Demonstrated experience developing modeling solutions for reactive materials or media, including reactive flows, material phase changes, or material degradation.
- Demonstrated experience performing six-degree-of-freedom (6-DOF) flight vehicle trajectory modeling.
- Demonstrated experience performing balance-of-plant or unit operations system analyses for material or component production processes.
- Demonstrated experience developing and training machine learning tools to solve specialized engineering or scientific problems.
