Modeling and Simulation Engineer (Aerospace)

Location: Onsite in Albuquerque, New Mexico, at Kirtland AFB; domestic U.S. travel up to 10% may be required.

Salary: $60,500–$92,500 annually

Company

hirify.global develops autonomous defense systems and technologies across air, land, sea, space, and cyber domains.

What you will do

• Develop, integrate, execute, and analyze modeling and simulation capabilities for system-performance evaluation.
• Implement and maintain simulation models, supporting tools, and engineering scenarios.
• Process, analyze, and interpret simulation results, identifying trends and anomalies.
• Support model verification, validation, performance assessment, and troubleshooting.
• Integrate models with software, hardware, test environments, and established engineering workflows.
• Document configurations, procedures, results, and reusable modeling capabilities under senior technical direction.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, computer science, mathematics, physics, or a related technical discipline.
• 0–2 years of modeling, simulation, software, or engineering experience; internships, academic projects, and research may qualify.
• Working knowledge of C++, Python, MATLAB, or a similar technical programming or scripting language.
• Understanding of mathematical, physics-based, or system-level modeling and simulation principles.
• Familiarity with Git-based version control, configuration management, documentation, integration, troubleshooting, verification, and validation.
• Must qualify as a U.S. person under ITAR/EAR requirements; U.S. citizenship is required. Ability to acquire and maintain a TS/SCI DoD security clearance is required.

Nice to have

• Experience with Python, MATLAB/Simulink, C++, Linux, GitLab, CI/CD, automated workflows, or containerized simulation environments.
• Exposure to directed-energy systems, including high-energy lasers and high-power microwaves.
• Experience with discrete-event, Monte Carlo, physics-based, mission-level, or system-level simulation.
• Familiarity with VV&A, model performance assessment, simulation or test-data visualization, and hardware-in-the-loop environments.
• Exposure to DoD, aerospace, defense systems, digital engineering, or mission-level modeling and simulation.

Culture & Benefits

• Work in an office and manufacturing environment supporting defense and autonomous-systems programs.
• Medical, dental, and vision benefits.
• 401(k) with company matching.
• 9/80 work schedule and paid holiday shutdown.
• Work may involve sitting and standing for extended periods and frequent computer and telephone use.