
Senior Modeling and Simulation Engineer
Huntsville, AL · HybridFull-time$136–231K/yrSeen 4w agoSeen in employer's feed 1 day ago
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BAE Systems seeks a Senior Modeling and Simulation Engineer to support a military training program. The role works with engineers, training developers, and instructors to deliver an integrated technical training solution. It combines military modeling and simulation expertise, engineering knowledge, and business strategy experience, with a hybrid schedule requiring at least three days per week in the office and domestic and international travel.
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Job Description
BAE Systems is looking for Modeling and Simulation support to a military training program. The candidate will work with a team of engineers, training developers, and instructors to deliver an integrated technical training solution to the military customer. The position is hybrid and will require at least 3 days per week in the office. The successful candidate will have a combination of military modeling and simulation expertise, engineering knowledge, and business strategy experience.
Job Tasks:
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Modeling and Simulation Design and Integration:
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Design solutions for the military application of modeling and simulation including: wargaming, training, education, exercises, and planning.
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Research and recommend modeling and simulation tools and methods for modeling and simulating aggregate air and joint campaigns from the tactical to operational levels
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Lead the integration and deployment of constructive modeling and simulation tools, and assist in their employment in live, virtual, constructive (LVC) environments.
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Engineering Management and Execution:
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Lead engineering design and review processes
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Drive system integration work involving off-the-shelf and developmental software and hardware, overseeing all components of this effort
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Oversee system test planning and system tests; ensure all testing is scheduled and occurs
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Business Strategy
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Contribute to development of business strategy for follow-on and adjacent work
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Recommend and insert modeling and simulation solutions and methods into new business solutions as appropriate
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Contribute technical expertise and writing input for proposals
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Travel:
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This role requires domestic and international travel.
Location: Rockville, MD; Huntsville, AL; Orlando, FL
Clearance: Secret
Required Education, Experience, & Skills
Required Skills:
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Modeling and Simulation for military end-users: constructive, aggregate campaign-level combat models for military forces
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High-Level Architecture (HLA) for communications
General Skills:
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Technical writing
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Briefing development and presentation
Education: At least a Bachelor's degree in engineering, computer science, or systems engineering (Master's/PhD preferred)
Experience: 10 years experience in defense/aerospace systems engineering, solution architecture, or technical leadership
Preferred Education, Experience, & Skills
Preferred Skills:
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Experience working with military customers in wargaming, training, education, exercises, and planning
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Familiarity with air and joint military operations
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Business strategy and proposal writing
Pay Information
Full-Time Salary Range: $136000 - $231200
Please note: This range is based on our market pay structures. However, individual salaries are determined by a variety of factors including, but not limited to: business considerations, local market conditions, and internal equity, as well as candidate qualifications, such as skills, education, and experience.
Employee Benefits: At BAE Systems, we support our employees in all aspects of their life, including their health and financial well-being. Regular employees scheduled to work 20 hours per week are offered: health, dental, and vision insurance; health savings accounts; a 401(k) savings plan; disability coverage; and life and accident insurance. We also have an employee assistance program, a legal plan, and other perks including discounts on things like home, auto, and pet insurance. Our leave programs include paid time off, paid holidays, as well as other types of leave, including paid parental, military, bereavement, and any applicable federal and state sick leave. Employees may participate in the company recognition program to receive monetary or non-monetary recognition awards. Other incentives may be available based on position level and/or job specifics.
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How this job compares
Set against the 10,995 open Systems Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 29, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$136–231K/yr
- Alabama median$109–191K/yr223 salary ranges
- US median$116–186K/yr8,078 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $184K, is 23% above the Alabama median midpoint ($150K) — in the top quarter of Systems Engineer salary ranges in Alabama.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 366 open Systems Engineer jobs in Alabama and 10,995 across the US. 4% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Alabama
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- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 10 years of experience — more than three in four Systems Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for (median 5 years, across 9,191 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 4,697 of the 10,995 open Systems Engineer jobs (43%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 29, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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