Missile Defense Architecture Analyst

Thank you for your interest in employment with Torch Technologies. We are a 100% employee-owned, Certified Great Place To Work and named Best Places to Work in Huntsville/Madison County, headquartered in Huntsville, AL. Our team provides superior research, development, and engineering services to the Federal Government and Department of War. As one of the nation’s top 100 defense companies, the services we provide directly support the men and women who serve our country. Our corporate mission sums up the pride our employee-owners take in the work we do: “Lighting the Pathway of Freedom”. And, as a Certified Evergreen ESOP, we have made the commitment to grow and sustain our company for the next 100 years! Come grow with us!

Torch Technologies is seeking a Missile Defense Architecture Analyst to join a team developing and evaluating advanced strategic and regional architecture concepts, executing predictive modeling and simulation, and identifying critical capability gaps. This position supports the Missile Defense Agency (MDA/CA) in Huntsville, AL.

• Maintain awareness of performance assessments of the Missile Defense System (MDS) at the full-system level and among contributing weapon systems, and update records on present or future capability gaps that will drive future development efforts.
• Contribute to architecture planning, requirements definition, and development activities at the enterprise level supporting strategic and regional architectures.
• Develop analysis scripts using MATLAB and/or Python to build new capabilities within the Benchmark M&S environment to support trade study analyses for future concepts.
• Conduct runs of the MDA Benchmark tool to perform predictive analysis about potential future missile defense architecture laydowns against theoretical and conceptual future threat environments.

• U.S. Citizenship
• Bachelor’s degree in a STEM field such as Engineering, Physics, or Mathematics (or related discipline).
• 2+ years of professional experience working on missile defense-related or other complex, large Department of War (DoW) programs/projects, or industry equivalent.
• Ability to obtain and maintain an active DoW Secret clearance.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills and critical thinking abilities.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently and collaboratively within multi-disciplinary teams to solve complex problems.

• Experience producing and automating analysis tools using MATLAB and/or Python (or similar scripting language).
• Prior hands-on experience utilizing or integrating models within the MDA Benchmark tool suite.
• Familiarity with one or more elements of the Missile Defense System (MDS).

Only those candidates invited for an interview will be contacted. Employment at Torch Technologies is contingent upon the successful completion of a comprehensive background check. 

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