The Department of Defense (DoD) has made digital engineering (DE) a mandatory strategic imperative for how its components design, develop, deliver, operate and sustain defense systems. This research opportunity covers a wide range of issues related to digital engineering transformation. This includes utilizing dedicated model-based systems engineering (MBSE) and DE development environments like Cameo/MagicDraw, System Composer, ModelCenter, Innoslate to build a system or mission architecture; connecting this architecture with simulation environment like NSS, MAST, AFSIM to provide an operational context, as well as integrating it with models developed in the domain-specific development environments like MATLAB/Simulink or finite element analysis software or data-based AI/ML models to ensure high fidelity. Another venue could be using generative AI to automate / accelerate systems/missions design. The ultimate goal is to develop executable high-fidelity architectures and experimentable digital twins of systems and their missions to meet the DoD objectives.

Additional Benefits

Awardees who reside more than 50 miles from their host laboratory and remain on tenure for at least six months are eligible for paid relocation to within the vicinity of their host laboratory.

A group health insurance program is available to awardees and their qualifying dependents in the United States.