Systems Engineer V - MSAD (Modeling, Simulation, and Controls)

Location: Folsom, California, United States; travel up to 10% for program reviews, testing, and customer interface; secure or classified environments required.

Salary: $152,660–$197,258 annually. A California pay range of $161,000–$199,000 USD is also listed.

Company

hirify.global develops defense, national security, and space technologies for mission-critical applications from ground to space.

What you will do

• Lead high-fidelity modeling, simulation architecture, and control-algorithm development for propulsion, guidance, and flight-control systems.
• Perform controllability, performance, Monte Carlo, sensitivity, ballistics, and system-level analyses for aerospace and solid rocket motor programs.
• Design control-system topologies, gain-tuning methods, estimation techniques, and advanced state-space control schemes.
• Support propulsion concept development, mission CONOPS, requirements definition, verification, validation, configuration control, and technology maturation.
• Provide technical oversight across GNC, software, systems, and test teams; interface with DoD customers and support SRR, PDR, and CDR reviews.
• Mentor engineers and author or review modeling reports, test plans, ICDs, and interface specifications.

Requirements

• U.S. citizenship is required due to government program requirements; ITAR eligibility requires U.S. citizenship, lawful permanent residence, protected-individual status, or eligibility to obtain required authorizations.
• Must have or be able to obtain and maintain an active DoD Secret Clearance.
• Bachelor’s degree in systems engineering, aerospace engineering, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, or a related STEM field from an accredited institution.
• 10–15 years of experience in modeling and simulation, control systems, or algorithm development within aerospace or defense industries.
• Deep expertise in dynamic modeling, control-system design, simulation architecture, propulsion performance modeling, solid rocket motors, and controllable solids technology.
• Experience with physics-based modeling of mechanical, thermal, and aerodynamic systems and with customer-defined flight-trajectory constraints.
• Demonstrated ability to lead engineering efforts from concept development through verification and delivery, lead technical teams, and deliver under complex program requirements.
• Strong systems thinking, leadership, mentoring, stakeholder engagement, technical risk management, customer expectation management, communication, organization, and multitasking skills.
• Mastery of MATLAB/Simulink, Python, or equivalent tools; advanced classical and modern control knowledge, including state-space methods; model verification, validation, system integration, ballistics modeling, propulsion performance analysis, and SysML diagram generation.

Nice to have

• Master’s or Ph.D. in a related discipline; may substitute for up to two years of experience.
• Prior experience with Department of Defense, MDA, or similar government programs.

Culture & Benefits

• Mission-driven environment focused on national defense, aerospace, innovation, technical rigor, and continuous improvement.
• Comprehensive compensation package with discretionary annual bonus, paid time off, health benefits, retirement savings, and wellness program.
• Work includes secure or classified environments and requires up to 10% travel.

Hiring process

• Submit an application through the “Apply” option.