Flight Systems Engineer
Johns Hopkins APL · Laurel, MD · Aerospace Engineering
About this role
Johns Hopkins APL is hiring a mid-level Systems Engineer in the operations function based in Laurel, MD. The posting calls out experience with Data Structures.
- Role
- Systems Engineer
- Function
- operations
- Level
- mid
- Track
- Individual contributor
- Location
- Laurel, MD
- Department
- Aerospace Engineering
- Posted
- May 6, 2026
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Job description
from Johns Hopkins APL careersAre you interested in the relationship between system architecture and performance of advanced hypersonic weapons?
Do you have experience in the engineering of complex systems and want to have an impact on critically important defense programs?
Do you love working in teams with a dynamic group of specialists?
If so, we're looking for someone like you to join our team at APL.
We are seeking a Flight Systems Engineer to develop and integrate algorithms, concepts, and system-level approaches for end-to-end mission planning of current and future conventional and nuclear strategic systems. This role involves working across multiple teams to perform high-fidelity analysis and accuracy studies, requiring strong mathematical, modeling and systems integration expertise.
As a Flight Systems Engineer, your primary responsibilities will be to ...
- Support system-level modeling and evaluation of existing strategic systems using rigorous mathematical and statistical approaches
- Develop mission planning algorithms for hypersonic and ballistic weapon systems
- Ensure the successful integration of system modifications on the existing system-level navigation architectures and mission planning approaches of strategic systems
- Collaborate with internal teams, our sponsors and external partners to develop concepts of operations for advanced technologies
- Document and present results to sponsors and external stakeholders
Qualifications
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