Engineer III

• 54260BR

• Company:

• General Atomics

• Job Summary:

• General Atomics (GA), and its affiliated companies, is one of the world's leading resources for high-technology systems development ranging from the nuclear fuel cycle to remotely piloted aircraft, airborne sensors, and advanced electric, electronic, wireless and laser technologies.

General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) is a supplier of advanced electromagnetic systems, related power equipment and other high technology products for a variety of government and commercial applications. These include products such as the design and fabrication of linear motors, superconducting and conventional rotating motors, power inverters, high-energy capacitors, radiation monitoring systems, high-voltage direct current power distribution systems, and numerous other products. We have an exciting opportunity in our Aerospace Systems Engineering Department for a Flight Simulation Engineer. This full-time position is located at our San Diego site and directly supports the System Simulation & Analysis and Guidance, Navigation, and Control teams by providing technical expertise for development and configuration management of analysis tools for a variety of space and weapon system development projects.

• DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• + Support the aerospace systems engineering organization by developing and configuration managing flight simulations and other analysis tools.

+ Support development of new weapon systems particularly gun-launched projectiles and guided missiles and/or satellites. + Support real-time simulation development and Software-in-the-Loop and Hardware-in-the-Loop testing. + Performs upgrades to simulation and analysis tools with special focus on maintaining analyst useability and tool flexibility. + Support peer reviews of simulation models, analysis tools, and other software modules as required. + Develop and implement simulation software unit tests and other automated test scripts as required. + Develop simulation tool and software documentation using company guidelines and best industry practices. + Support post-processing and analysis of data collected from ground and flight tests, simulation-based performance assessments, and other sources. + Develop briefing materials for design reviews. + Facilitate rapid resolution of delays that impact simulation and analysis tasks including real-time, thorough communication with task leads, program management and other leadership is required. + Collaborate daily with GA and customer engineering and program management teams. + Support development of simulation and analysis related data deliverables. + Perform other duties as required. + Travel expectations: