Aerospace Modeling & Simulation Software Engineer (TS/SCI) (Aerospace)

Location: Herndon, Virginia, United States; on-site work required

Salary: $116,000–$275,000 per year

Company

hirify.global develops spatial intelligence capabilities for government and commercial customers.

What you will do

• Design, develop, test, and maintain software for aerospace modeling, simulation, mission analysis, and data visualization.
• Enhance high-fidelity physics-based simulators for space, airborne, and ISR sensor systems.
• Build scripts, applications, APIs, and data pipelines for scenario generation, simulation execution, post-processing, analysis, and reporting.
• Develop modular architectures, reusable components, and integrations with engineering and modeling tools.
• Create efficient workflows for processing and visualizing large simulation datasets.
• Debug, verify, validate, and improve the performance, usability, automation, and maintainability of simulation tools.

Requirements

• U.S. citizenship and an active or current TS/SCI clearance are mandatory.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, or a related technical field.
• At least 5 years of experience developing software, scripts, tools, or applications for engineering, modeling and simulation, data analysis, or mission analysis.
• Programming experience with Python, C++, Java, C#, MATLAB, JavaScript, or similar languages.
• Familiarity with aerospace or space systems, airborne systems, ISR missions, sensors, mission analysis, or simulation environments.
• Willingness to work on-site in Herndon, Virginia.

Nice to have

• Advanced degree in engineering, computer science, mathematics, physics, or a related field.
• 8 years of experience developing or modifying modeling and simulation software, engineering analysis tools, mission analysis applications, or simulator frameworks.
• Experience with modular architectures, reusable components, APIs, or plugin-based capabilities.
• Knowledge of satellites, aircraft, ISR sensors, astrodynamics, remote sensing, aerospace operations, or complex systems integration.
• Experience with numerical methods, statistical analysis, automated reporting, or Python scientific libraries such as NumPy, pandas, SciPy, Matplotlib, or Plotly.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time employment supporting government and commercial aerospace studies.
• 401(k) plan with company match.
• Mental health resources.
• Student loan repayment assistance, adoption reimbursement, and pet insurance.
• Collaborative multidisciplinary environment with opportunities for independent technical ownership.