Senior Performance Analysis Engineer - GMD (ENG III)

Join our Huntsville team assessing Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) performance for a government missile defense program. You will build MATLAB, Python and C++ tools, run engagement simulations for the Next Generation Interceptor (NGI) and Ground-Based Interceptor (GBI), and brief the results to engineers, program leadership and government stakeholders.

What You Will Do

• Build and maintain MATLAB, Python and C++ tools for medium-fidelity modeling, simulation and performance assessment of GBI and NGI

• Develop, run and analyze M&S environments that test interceptor performance across engagement scenarios and mission conditions

• Deliver fast-turn analysis such as kinematic battlespace assessments for the IDT (In-Flight Interceptor Communication System Data Terminal)

• Evaluate interceptor capabilities, performance trends and limitations to support technical decisions

• Grow future interceptor analysis methods, models, simulations and tools

• Interpret simulation results and deliver sound conclusions and recommendations

• Present your methods, assumptions and findings to engineers, program leaders and the government customer

• Work with multidisciplinary teams on new analysis needs for current and future missile defense capabilities

Required Qualifications

• 7+ years of relevant experience

• Proven GMD program support

• MATLAB for model development, data analysis and visualization

• Advanced Python, including NumPy, SciPy, Pandas and Matplotlib

• Evaluating missile defense engagement performance, interceptor effectiveness, mission performance or operational capability

• Statistical analysis, numerical methods, optimization and simulation-based performance assessment

• Turning simulation output into actionable engineering recommendations

• Strong written and verbal communication, including briefing government customers and senior leaders

• Bachelor's degree in a STEM field

• Active Secret clearance or higher

• Onsite in Huntsville, AL

Preferred Qualifications

• Element or system-level missile defense performance assessments

• Radar analysis

• Strong analytical foundation

• Self-starting technical problem solver

• Integrating AI/ML into analytical processes