In a world of possibilities, pursue one with endless opportunities. Imagine Next! When it comes to what you want in your career, if you can imagine it, you can do it at Parsons. Imagine a career working with intelligent, diverse people sharing a common quest. Imagine a workplace where you can be yourself. Where you can thrive. Where you can find your next, right now. We’ve got what you’re looking for. **Job Description:** In a world of possibilities, pursue one with endless opportunities. Imagine Next! When it comes to what you want in your career, if you can imagine it, you can do it at Parsons. Imagine a career working with intelligent, diverse people sharing a common quest. Imagine a workplace where you can be yourself. Where you can thrive. Where you can find your next, right now. We’ve got what you’re looking for. **Job Description:** Parsons is looking for a talented and experienced **Modeling and Simulation Lead** to join our team! In this role you will lead a large team performing complex high-to-medium fidelity systems-of-systems modeling and simulation of weapon systems including the design, development, integration, and execution of the ITASE Modeling and Simulation (M&S) framework. The Parsons team supports a customer providing a critical role in our nation’s defense by assessing, developing, and bringing together intelligence-backed, medium- to high-fidelity threat system models from across the Defense Intelligence Enterprise into an integrated wargame simulation environment. Parsons has supported this customer for 20+ years with an established, growing team and customer relationships. **What You'll Be Doing:** + Working closely with the customer to understand and deliver quality products that accomplish their mission + Extracting customer requirements and associate concepts with current architecture, model, and tool capabilities to identify and resolve any deficiencies required to meet customer goals + Coordinating multiple tasks, staff and subcontractors performing analysis + Understanding engineering designs supplied by the customer and leading teams of staff and/or subcontractors to develop software models and simulation architectures that represent the systems at the fidelity necessary to meet customer goals + Work through the entire development process, including requirements definition, design, development, integration, testing, verification, and validation + Oversee the evolution of the technical baseline and plan transition steps that add emerging capabilities while maintaining existing products + Use modeling and simulation tools to answer intelligence questions **Clearance Required:** + Candidate must be a US Citizen and posses an **ACTIVE** TS/SCI + Candidate must meet the eligibility requirements **_and be willing and able_** to obtain (and maintain) a counterintelligence polygraph + _Active TS/SCI w/ CI Poly is preferred_ **What Required Skills You'll Bring:** + BS or MS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering or similar discipline, and 20+ years of experience + Expertise in designing, developing, and maintaining system-of-systems simulation architectures and integrating models + Deep technical experience with C4 Systems, Radar, Directed Energy Weapons, Surface to Air Missile Systems, Ballistic Missiles and/or Anti-Satellite weapons + Experience developing software in C++ and leading software teams + Experience with modeling and simulation of weapons systems + Experience designing, developing, and operating code for a distributed processing environment + Experience developing software models of C4, Radar, interceptor and sensor subsystems + Ability to mentor and provide task leadership **Minimum Clearance Required to Start:** Top Secret SCI This position is part of our Federal Solutions team. Our Federal Solutions segment delivers resources to our US government customers that ensure the success of missions around the globe. Our diverse, intelligent employees drive the state of the art as they provide services and solutions in the areas of defense, security, intelligence, infrastructure, and environmental. We promote a culture of excellence and close-knit teams that take pride in delivering, protecting, and sustaining our nation's most critical assets, from Earth to cyberspace. Throughout the company, our people are anticipating what’s next to deliver the solutions our customers need now. Salary Range: $140,700.00 - $253,300.00 We value our employees and want our employees to take care of their overall wellbeing, which is why we offer best-in-class benefits such as medical, dental, vision, paid time off, Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP), 401(k), life insurance, flexible work schedules, and holidays to fit your busy lifestyle! Parsons is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility in the workplace. Diversity is ingrained in who we are, how we do business, and is one of our company’s core values. Parsons equally employs representation at all job levels for minority, female, disabled, protected veteran and LGBTQ+. We truly invest and care about our employee’s wellbeing and provide endless growth opportunities as the sky is the limit, so aim for the stars! Imagine next and join the Parsons quest—APPLY TODAY!About Us Parsons is a digitally enabled solutions provider focused on the defense, security, and infrastructure markets. With nearly 75 years of experience, Parsons is uniquely qualified to deliver cyber/converged security, technology-based intellectual property, and other innovative services to federal, regional, and local government agencies, as well as to private industrial customers worldwide. Parsons is an equal opportunity, drug-free employer committed to diversity in the workplace. Minority/Female/Disabled/Protected Veteran/LGBTQ+. For more about Parsons, visit parsons.com and follow us on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and YouTube.