Senior Physicist role developing advanced multiphysics simulations (CFD/CSD) for conventional weapons effects analysis. Ideal for journeyman-level modelers with 8+ years hands-on experience who want to apply rigorous physics to high-impact national defense programs.
What you'll do
- Develop and validate coupled CFD/CSD models characterizing fluid-structure interaction under weapons effects conditions
- Execute thermal modeling to assess heat transfer and material response in conventional munitions scenarios
- Build multi-spectrum functional defeat models to evaluate target vulnerability across threat profiles
- Conduct rigorous uncertainty quantification and sensitivity analysis to communicate model fidelity and confidence bounds
- Maintain conventional weapons effects models per program-specific standards and compliance requirements
- Collaborate with interdisciplinary teams to integrate simulation outputs into broader system-level assessments
- Document and present technical findings to both technical and programmatic stakeholders
Mission
Supports U.S. DoD conventional weapons effects modeling programs focused on terminal ballistics, weapons lethality assessment, and multi-spectrum target defeat analysis. Work directly contributes to operationally relevant threat evaluations and system effectiveness predictions for government customers.
Required skills
- Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) modeling
- Computational Structural Dynamics (CSD) modeling
- ANSYS, LS-DYNA, ABAQUS, or AUTODYN
- Fluid-structure interaction (FSI) simulation
- Thermal modeling and heat transfer analysis
- Uncertainty quantification (UQ) methods
- Conventional weapons effects analysis
- Multi-spectrum functional defeat modeling
- Technical documentation and stakeholder communication