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Modeling and Simulation Engineer

BAE Systems

Sterling, VAFull-time$150–254K/yrSeen todaySeen in employer's feed today

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Compensation
$150–254K/yr
Location
Sterling, VA
Schedule
Full-time
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Job overview

BAE Systems seeks a Modeling and Simulation Engineer to develop and deliver system performance models in a cloud-based enterprise lab spanning multiple classification levels. The role supports customer capabilities through modeling, analysis, validation, and collaboration across engineering disciplines. The engineer will lead modeling and simulation work, assess system performance requirements, connect models with hardware or emulators, and brief stakeholders and customers.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Systems EngineeringSystems ModelingEmbedded SystemsMATLABC/C Design and ProgrammingWindowsLinuxRadar SystemsThreat RadarsElectronic WarfareRF ConceptsCommunicationOrganizational SkillsFollow-ThroughWritten CommunicationVerbal CommunicationAttention to DetailProblem SolvingMicrosoft OfficeData AnalyticsAnalytical SkillsInterpersonal SkillsCreative InnovationSolution Seeking

Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree or Equivalent Experience8 Years Work Experience

Benefits

Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
401(k) Match
Paid Time Off
Parental Leave

Full job description

Job Description

BAE Systems, a top ten prime contractor to the U.S. Department of War, enables the U.S. government to transform data into intelligence and provides engineering, integration and sustainment support for critical military platforms and systems. Intelligence & Security provides services and products to the Department of War, the intelligence community, federal law enforcement officials, and troops deployed around the world.

We are looking for a Systems Engineer experienced in modeling and simulation environments to develop, build, and deliver models in a new Enterprise lab built in a cloud-based environment across multiple classification levels. The lab supports new and emerging paradigms to support and enhance customer capabilities and tradecraft. The enterprise lab environment will encompass multi-intelligence data infusion to enable innovative tradecraft development modeling and simulation to provide solutions for customer problems and needs.

As the Modeling & Simulation Engineer you will:

  • Lead a team to execute modeling and simulation.

  • Perform modeling and simulation for the conceptual design of software and systems to predict system level performance at the algorithm and the hardware level.

  • Determine the functional architecture / framework of system performance models.

  • Develop performance models of systems to be incorporated into a modeling & simulation framework.

  • Perform analyses against system performance requirements to verify compliance and/or make recommendations about proposed requirements changes.

  • Build a strong linkage between the actual hardware/emulators and performance models.

  • Validate work against real and simulated data making corrections for non-ideal data artifacts.

  • Collaborate across engineering disciplines and business areas to develop performance models with right-sized fidelity.

  • Support program gates such as preliminary design review, critical design review, and technical interchange meetings.

  • Prepare presentations and documents.

  • Brief internal stakeholders, internal subject matter experts, and potentially customers.

  • Build collaborative relationships with key leaders and peers, both internally and externally, across the organization.

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Required Education, Experience, & Skills

  • Bachelor's Degree and 8 years work experience or equivalent experience

  • Experience performing systems engineering activities across the development cycle (analysis/decomposition/derivation/allocation of requirements, system modeling & simulation, system design & development, system integration & test) through production

  • Modeling and simulation experience in an embedded system.

  • Experience with MATLAB and C/C design and programming (Windows and Linux)

  • Experience with radar systems, threat radars, Electronic Warfare, or RF concepts.

  • Strong communication skills with the ability to work across engineering disciplines

  • Excellent organizational and follow through skills.

  • Strong communication (written and verbal) skills.

  • Detail oriented with problem-solving skills.

  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office

Preferred Education, Experience, & Skills

  • Knowledge of data analytics

  • Strong analytical, organizational, and interpersonal skills; ability to creatively innovate and tenaciously seek solutions

Pay Information

Full-Time Salary Range: $149603 - $254317

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.

Modeling and Simulation Engineer

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How this job compares

Set against the 11,702 open Systems Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 6, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$150–254K/yr
  • Virginia median$120–182K/yr852 salary ranges
  • US median$116–190K/yr8,618 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $202K, is 33% above the Virginia median midpoint ($152K) — in the top quarter of Systems Engineer salary ranges in Virginia.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 1,080 open Systems Engineer jobs in Virginia and 11,702 across the US. 5% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Virginia
Experience
This posting asks for at least 8 years of experience; Systems Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years at the median (9,797 postings).
Education
4,445 of the 11,702 open Systems Engineer jobs (38%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 6, 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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