Engineer Systems, Modeling Simulation

At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact people's lives around the world today, and for generations to come. Our pioneering and inventive spirit has enabled us to be at the forefront of many technological advancements in our nation's history - from the first flight across the Atlantic Ocean, to stealth bombers, to landing on the moon. We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage and a pioneering spirit to join forces to invent the future, and have fun along the way. Our culture thrives on intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity and bringing your whole self to work - and we have an insatiable drive to do what others think is impossible. Our employees are not only part of history, they're making history.

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems has an opening for an Engineer Systems, Modeling Simulation to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals. This position may be located in Redondo Beach, CA or Melbourne, FL.

Our work influences the investment decisions of our senior leadership and customer program offices. The Modeling and Simulation discipline draws from the skills and experience of many other (e.g. Systems Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Software Engineering, etc.) and frequently collaborates across diverse and functional disciplines, offering a unique opportunity to obtain a broad understanding of many areas or to more narrowly focus on developing a deep expertise in any of the contributing fields.

In this role, you will work in collaborative small team environments to conduct research and analysis, develop models and scenarios, and perform analysis of a wide variety of system types across multiple domains (friendly and adversary; ground, air and space) to drive the development of clean-sheet requirements, refine existing program system requirements, and influence the pursuit of future technologies and capabilities. You will work with air vehicle and subsystem engineers, as well as with program and customer leadership, to recommend candidate designs, and to develop Concepts of Operation (CONOPs) and Tactics, Techniques and Procedures (TTPs) at the system, mission, and campaign levels.

The selected candidate with be responsible for developing new and/or integrate existing system simulation frameworks, performance models and algorithms, threat models, and command and control models.

Essential Functions:

• Develop software and analytical tools to model behavior of systems in real-time and constructive simulations.
• Develop, integrate, and use advanced graphical user interfaces and visualization tools.
• Model operational environments, performs trade studies via computer simulation and recommends alternative architectures.
• Performs operational analysis and mission effectiveness analysis.
• Create and apply knowledge of TTPs to support blue/red kill chains across multiple security environments, programs, architectures, and platforms.
• Provide blue/red tactics and CONOPS modeling, simulation, and analysis in mission-level models to help accomplish long-term objectives related to program development, execution, and related research and development projects.
• Perform mission engineering activities to ensure continuity between desired operational capabilities and delivered system performance, through the Systems Engineering "V". Ensure performance capabilities of new systems and architectures are traded against cost and mission requirements; develop operationally relevant mission scenarios; assess operational effectiveness of existing and emerging systems and capabilities in representative operational environments.
• Solicit input from various stakeholders, synthesize data, and communicate results to various levels of leadership within the organization.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) discipline from an accredited university and 2 years of related engineering experience, or 0 years of experience with a master's degree.

• Experience in at least one of the following areas:

• Air vehicle performance analysis

• Air vehicle and/or system survivability analysis

• Analysis at the Survivability, Lethality, Vulnerability, Engagement, and/or Mission Level

• Research, Analysis, and Creating Assessments of Foreign Threats to US Military Operations

• Modeling and Simulation of Radars, Missiles, Integrated Air Defense Systems (IADS), Air and/or Space platforms

• Electronic Attack (EA), Electronic Protection (EP), Electronic Countermeasures

• Red and/or Blue CONOPs and TTPs

• An active in-scope U.S. Government DoD Secret security clearance or higher is required to start.

• Ability to obtain and maintain a Top Secret clearance with Special Program Access (PAR/SAP).

Preferred Qualifications:

• Data Analysis or Coding Experience using MATLAB, C++ or similar.
• Experience with system of systems modeling tools: AFSIM, Suppressor, or Brawler.
• Familiarity with AGILE, MBSE, and/or system architecture.
• Effective project management skills.
• Excellent communications skills, including the ability to present and brief technical data to all levels of leadership within the organization and U.S. Government.
• Operational military background or experience.
• Experience with version control tools (Bitbucket, GitHub, Gitlab, etc.).
• Strong interpersonal and leadership skills to include project/analysis lead experience.
• A current active in-scope U.S. Government DoD Top Secret security clearance with current or previous Special Program Access (SAP)/SCI.

Salary Range: $71,100 USD - $123,600 USD

Employees may be eligible for a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay. Annual bonuses are designed to reward individual contributions as well as allow employees to share in company results. Employees in Vice President or Director positions may be eligible for Long Term Incentives. In addition, Northrop Grumman provides a variety of benefits including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, savings plan, Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business.

The health and safety of our employees and their families is a top priority. With the continuing impacts of COVID-19 around the world, we are taking action to protect the health and well-being of our colleagues and maintain the safety of the communities where we operate. As a federal contractor, and consistent with Executive Order 14042 (https://www.saferfederalworkforce.gov/contractors/) we require all newly hired employees in the United States to be fully vaccinated by their start date. Federal guidance allows for disability/medical and religious accommodations with respect to the vaccine requirement. Any requested accommodations must be reviewed and approved (if applicable) in advance of your start date.

Northrop Grumman is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class. For our complete EEO/AA and Pay Transparency statement, please visit http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO . U.S. Citizenship is required for most positions.