**Check out this NEW Opportunity with Axient!** Systems Engineering Group, Inc. (SEG) is a highly regarded provider of air and missile defense threat engineering and combat, radar, and missile systems engineering and analysis. Principal customers include the U.S. Navy, Missile Defense Agency, and industry. SEG is headquartered in Columbia, MD and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Axient Corporation. SEG is seeking enthusiastic candidates to be part of our threat missile modeling and simulation team. SEG provides an intellectually stimulating environment with excellent opportunities for technical and leadership growth. This position supports SEG’s Aerospace Branch which develops trajectory models and representations of adversary missile systems. **What you will do...** **Key responsibilities include:** + Development of intelligence-based analytical models and tools to characterize and analyze threat ballistic missile, cruise missile, and hypersonic vehicle performance + Development of aerodynamics, mass properties, propulsion, guidance, navigation and control inputs and modules + Characterization of missile performance variation and uncertainty + Modeling of threat missile excursions and execution of design trade studies + Generation and evaluation of digital trajectory data using 6-DOF simulation tools + Documentation and presentation of work to internal and external customers + Support of ongoing activities in developing a high fidelity Six Degrees-of-Freedom (6-DOF) digital flight simulation environment + Performing research and augmenting toolsets to enhance modeling techniques and improve current processes **Skills you will need...** **Required Qualifications:** + Candidates must be US citizens with the ability to obtain and maintain a DoD Secret clearance. + Candidates must possess a Bachelor of Science Degree in Aerospace Engineering (advanced degrees preferred) + Candidates must possess at least 0 to 5 years of work experience + Candidates should demonstrate experience and capability in one or more of the following areas: analysis and modeling of ballistic missile, cruise missile, and/or hypersonic systems including flight dynamics, vehicle performance characterization, propulsion system design, supersonic/hypersonic aerodynamics prediction, guidance, navigation, control, and flight test data analysis + Candidates must be familiar with MATLAB and/or Python programming languages + Candidates must be able to communicate well through written documentation and oral presentations **Desired Qualifications:** + Candidates should demonstrate familiarity with the C++ programming language + Candidates should possess an active DoD Secret clearance APPLY HERE (https://careers-axient.icims.com/jobs/5875/junior-aerospace-engineer/job?mode=apply&apply=yes&in\_iframe=1&hashed=-336025105) Applicants for positions which require a US government security clearance or access must meet eligibility requirements that most often include US citizenship. This company is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer as defined by the EEOC. If you are a qualified individual with a disability or are a disabled veteran, and are unable or limited in your ability to use or access our online application as a result of your disability, you have the right to receive assistance by calling us directly at 256-650-6263 orclick here (help@axientcorp.com?subject=Application%20Help) to reach us by email. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion or creed, national origin or ancestry, gender, age, sexual orientation, gender orientation, physical or mental disability, veteran status, genetic information, citizenship, or any other federal, state, or locally protected class. Axient LLC is a federal government contractor and must adhere to applicable safety and legal requirements, protocols, and compliance regulations as required by federal laws and governing agencies. **Job ID** _2024-5875_ **Category** _Engineering - Aerospace | Aeronautical_ **\# of Openings** _7_ **Location : Location** _US-MD-Columbia_ **Type** _Regular, Full-Time_ **Minimum Education Requirement** _Bachelor's_ **Minimum Experience Requirement, Years** _0-5 yrs_ **Clearance Requirement** _Secret_