Chief MS&A Engineer
Posted 2026-08-26 · Verified live 2026-09-23
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NextGen Federal Systems is seeking a Chief Modeling, Simulation and Analysis (MS&A) Engineer to lead our engineering efforts in either Dayton Ohio, Aurora Colorado, or Huntsville Alabama.
Responsibilities
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<p>Serve as the Lead MS&A Engineer responsible for defining the technical strategy, architecture, and analytical approach for simulation and mission engineering activities. </p>
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<p>Provide technical leadership to multidisciplinary teams of systems engineers, modeling and simulation engineers, software engineers, and mission analysts. </p>
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<p>Develop technical roadmaps and establish MS&A priorities based on mission objectives, customer requirements, and program decision needs. </p>
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<p>Present analytical results, technical findings, trade studies, and recommendations to Government customers and program leadership. </p>
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<p>Establish MS&A best practices, including modeling priorities, analytical workflows, required tools, data, and enabling technologies. </p>
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<p>Develop integrated MS&A workflows that connect system and subsystem models to evaluate end-to-end mission performance and system effectiveness. </p>
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<p>Develop automated analytical workflows for scenario generation, model execution, data processing, optimization, visualization, and results assessment. </p>
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<p>Apply tools including Ansys STK, Ansys Fluent, ModelCenter, Cameo Systems Modeler, MATLAB/Simulink, and other Government and commercial modeling and simulation tools. </p>
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<p>Lead development of mission-level and system-level models and simulations supporting missile, space, Integrated Air and Missile Defense (IAMD), and advanced weapon-system analysis. </p>
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<p>Develop and integrate models supporting missile trajectories, engagement geometries, orbital mechanics, sensor performance, RF propagation, communications, EW, threat representation, and mission effectiveness. </p>
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<p>Develop analytical mission threads addressing detection, tracking, targeting, engagement, intercept, battle management, and mission assessment. </p>
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<p>Develop and integrate multidisciplinary models across domains including propulsion, guidance/navigation/control, aerodynamics, RF, radar, EO/IR, communications, EW, thermal, structures, and space systems. </p>
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<p>Lead digital engineering activities in coordination with partner SMEs </p>
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<p>Lead trade-space exploration, sensitivity analysis, optimization, Monte Carlo analysis, and Design of Experiments (DOE) to evaluate alternative system architectures, technologies, and mission concepts. </p>
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<p>Lead verification and validation of models and analytical workflows to ensure results are technically credible, repeatable, and suitable for engineering decision-making. </p>
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<p>Oversee a multi-tenanted digital engineering environment which integrates multiple COTS & GOTS modeling, simulation, and analysis tools.</p></li></ul>
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