Leidos is seeking an Aerospace M&S Engineer Intern to provide solutions to complex, technical problems involving analysis, design, flight testing and/or autonomous solutions of various types of missiles, space systems, hypersonics, acquisition systems, fixed & rotary wing aircraft, and more.
Requirements
- Fundamental understanding of aerospace engineering concepts, particularly including flight dynamics, simulation, orbital mechanics, and/or guidance/navigation/controls.
- Programming experience in Matlab/Simulink, C/C++, Python, or other language.
- Experience with Linux, hardware-in-the-loops simulation architectures, and/or GPS simulators
- Configuration management software, such as Git or Mercurial
- Trajectory analysis tools, such as TAOS or OTIS
- Using numerical optimization techniques
- Simulink code-generation
Responsibilities
- Developing and maintaining simulations to evaluate performance and flight dynamics of an aerospace flight vehicle
- Create 6-DOF, 3-DOF, and/or hardware-in-the-loop (HWIL) simulations by incorporating aerodynamic & propulsion models, Guidance/Navigation/Control (GNC) algorithms, and other features to accurately characterize the capabilities of foreign or domestic missiles systems and other flight vehicles.
- Conduct accurate, timely, detailed analysis of vehicle dynamics, complete design trade-studies, support mission planning operations, prepare for live flight test events, as well as other responsibilities.
- Provide accurate assessments to make programmatic design decisions and/or inform Department of Defense policy makers, acquisition program, warfighter consumers, or other organizations to support their needs.
- Develop, upgrade, or use scripts, GUIs, or other utilities to support analysis and programmatic efforts.
Other
- Candidate must possess technical communication skills and an ability to work both independently and in collaborative team environments.
- Candidates must be a resident of North Alabama area or willing to temporarily relocate in order to work on-site at the Huntsville, AL office.
- Candidates must be a student (Jr. level or higher) pursuing a Bachelor’s (or graduate) Degree in Aerospace, Mechanical Engineering, Physics, or related field from an ABET accredited school with a minimum GPA of 3.0.
- Candidate must be a US citizen and the ability to obtain a DoD Secret security clearance.
- Pursuing a graduate degree in Aerospace or Mechanical Engineering.
