AFSIM Modeler

insight globalMcLean, VAyesterday

$150,000/year

Occupations

Aerospace Engineers Operations Research Analysts Physicists

Industries

Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology)National Security Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services

AFSIM Modeler

Location: Reston, VA (Penn State Research Laboratory)

Clearance Required: Active Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility

Duration: Direct Hire

Compensation: Up to $150,000/year

About the Role: We are seeking an AFSIM Modeler to support advanced defense modeling, simulation, and analysis initiatives in Reston, Virginia. In this role, you will build realistic virtual environments that help evaluate emerging military technologies, operational concepts, and future capabilities. You will use the Advanced Framework for Simulation, Integration, and Modeling, or AFSIM, to create military systems, entities, scenarios, and behaviors that represent complex real-world missions. Your work will directly support capability assessments and studies used by Department of Defense decision-makers. You will collaborate with military subject matter experts, pilots, engineers, technologists, and software developers to transform operational requirements into executable simulation scenarios. AFSIM is specifically designed to support scenario creation, mission-level analysis, capability comparisons, and virtual wargaming.

What You’ll Do:

Build and enhance military systems, entities, behaviors, and operational scenarios within AFSIMDevelop simulations that model how military platforms and systems act, react, and interact during complex missions
Partner with military SMEs, pilots, engineers, and technologists to translate real-world mission requirements into simulation environments
Support study planning, scenario development, model implementation, simulation execution, and results analysis
Evaluate emerging technologies, operational concepts, and military capabilities
Work with software development teams to expand and improve modeling and simulation capabilities
Develop new analytical solutions and workflows
Present study results, technical findings, and recommendations to customers and other stakeholders

Required Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Science, Mathematics, or a related technical field
At least two years of modeling, simulation, or analytical experience
Hands-on experience building models, entities, scenarios, and behaviors within AFSIMScripting or programming experience
Active Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility

Preferred Qualifications:

Master’s degree in Engineering, Science, Mathematics, or a related technical field
Active TS/SCI clearance
Experience with STK, Python, C++, R, or JMPKnowledge of U.S. or foreign military systems
Experience supporting operational analysis, force design, capability assessments, mission analysis, or Department of Defense studies

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Level

LeadL6

Salary

$150,000/year

Location

McLean, VA

Occupation

Aerospace Engineers

Industry

Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology)

Posted

yesterday

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