Threat System Engineer

• Identify and analyze adversary threat systems, including counter-space weapons, electronic warfare (EW), cyber capabilities, and kinetic threats, as they pertain to space systems.
• Develop technical assessments of space system vulnerabilities and recommend resiliency solutions, including hardening, redundancy, and avoidance strategies.
• Collaborate with system architects to design and implement countermeasures against adversarial threats across all phases of system development and operations.
• Conduct threat modeling, simulation, and analysis using tools like AFSIM, STK, MATLAB, and other predictive platforms.
• Create and integrate threat-informed operational scenarios into testing and validation programs to ensure readiness for contested environments.
• Provide technical expertise on space domain awareness, including detection, tracking, and characterization of adversary systems.
• Support risk assessments and lead identification of mitigation strategies for space system survivability.
• Monitor advancements in adversary capabilities and lead technical responses for emerging threats to space systems and architectures.
• Develop technical reports, briefings, and presentations for program leadership, government stakeholders, and engineering teams.
• Ensure compliance with DoD frameworks and standards, including cyber, space resiliency, and OPSEC capabilities, in support of national security missions.

• Bachelor's degree in Aerospace Engineering, Systems Engineering, Physics, Cybersecurity, or related technical field (Master's degree preferred).
• Minimum of 15 years of experience in threat analysis, survivability engineering, or countermeasures development for space systems.
• Extensive experience assessing and mitigating risks to mission-critical systems in contested environments.
• Demonstrated expertise in cross-domain threats, including kinetic, non-kinetic, electronic warfare (EW), and cyber capabilities.

• Active Top Secret clearance with Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI).

• Strong understanding of counter-space operations, adversary capabilities, and space domain awareness.
• Proficiency in modeling tools such as AFSIM, STK, MATLAB, or similar simulation platforms for threat validation and impact assessments.
• Knowledge of space systems engineering principles, including resiliency, redundancy, fault tolerance, and threat impact analysis.

• Master's degree in Aerospace Engineering, Cybersecurity, or Operational Analysis.
• Certifications relevant to defense and threat management (e.g., CISSP, CEH, Certified Modeling and Simulation Professional).
• Experience supporting DoD or Intelligence Community (IC) programs focused on space resiliency.
• Familiarity with cyber and electronic warfare threats, including communications jamming, spoofing, and physical device susceptibility.
• Hands-on experience with space situational awareness tools and tracking systems for adversary capabilities.

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  Interesting Work:
  
  
  
  Our co-workers support some of the most important and critical programs to our national defense and security.
  
  
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  Values:
  
  
  
  Our first core value is that employees come first. We challenge our co-workers to provide the highest level of support and service, and reward them with some of the best benefits in the industry.
  
  
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  100% Employee Owned:
  
  
  
  We have a stake in each other's success, and the success of our customers. It's also nice to know what's going on across the company; we have company wide town-hall meetings three times a year.
  
  
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  Great Benefits - Most Full-Time Staff Are Eligible for:
  
  
  




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  Starting PTO accrual of 20 days PTO/year + 10 holidays/year
  
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  Flexible schedules
  
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  6% 401k match with immediate vesting up to $9k annually
  
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  Semi-annual bonus eligibility (July and December)
  
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  Company funded Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) - a separate qualified retirement account
  
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  Up to $10,000 in annual educational reimbursement
  
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  Other company funded benefits, like life and disability insurance
  
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  Optional zero deductible Blue Cross/Blue Shield health insurance plan
  




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  Track Record of Success:
  
  
  
  We have grown every year since our founding in 1993.
  
  

Modern Technology Solutions, Inc. (MTSI) is a 100% employee-owned engineering services and solutions company that provides high-demand technical expertise in Digital Transformation, Modeling and Simulation, Rapid Capability Development, Test and Evaluation, Artificial Intelligence, Autonomy, Cybersecurity and Mission Assurance

MTSI delivers capabilities to solve problems of global importance. Founded in 1993, MTSI today has employees at over 20 offices and field sites worldwide.

For more information about MTSI, please visit www.mtsi-va.com