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 Huntsville, AL 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: