Mission Support Threat Engineer (Systems Engineer 2/3)

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Threat Products and Services is responsible for the development and delivery of high fidelity threat modeling products in support of MDA and MDA's Missile Defense System. The Mission Support Threat Engineer role serves as a missile threat specialist, threat model developer, and threat model verifier and validator of threat representations across the kinematic, RF, and IR signature domains. This position requires a detail-oriented mid-level engineer responsible for capturing and documenting requirements as they pertain to the kinematic and/or signature representation of a missile as well as developing high-fidelity missile and advanced threat models for use in a variety of modeling and simulation tools/frameworks/media. Must have a good understanding of modeling and simulation methods and processes. Must be able to research, interpret and verify parameters required to build, replicate and propagate missile trajectories to include staging, debris, counter measures and RV / payload traits. Must be able to apply standard engineering and mathematical algorithms to ensure the accurate portrayal of expected missile behavioral characteristics during all phases of powered and un-powered flight. In order to support our mission, the Mission Support Threat Engineer will be involved in direct discussions and collaborations with our customers, threat stakeholders, intelligence analysts, and fellow engineers in order to best capture the requirements for developing and delivering accurate and relevant threat models. The selected individual must be able to work with little or no direct supervision, work as an integral member of a product delivery team, and meet time critical delivery schedules.

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Aeronautics, Physics, or Math
• Experience: Engineer Systems - 2 Years with Bachelors in Science; 0 Years with Masters / Principal Engineer - 5 Years with Bachelors in Science; 3 Years with Masters; 0 Years with PhD.
• Modeling, Simulation, and automation experience
• Programming background to include languages such as MATLAB and Python
• Strong knowledge of the flight characteristics, motion, and performance of missile systems
• Experience in modeling kinematic motion and/or signature representation
• Must be self-motivated, able to work in a dynamic team environment
• Must already possess an active DoD Secret clearance

Preferred Requirements:

• Strong math, physics or engineering background is preferred
• Previous experience with modeling flight characteristics, motion, atmospheric dynamics, and missile performance parameters of ballistic missiles is highly desirable
• Previous experience modeling or simulating signature profiles and responses in either the RF or IR frequencies
• Strong background in missile system engineering performance is highly desirable
• Mastery of engineering modeling principles behind body motion, trajectory generation, counter measures, debris, and signature modeling is a plus
• Ability to obtain DoD Top Secret Clearance

Salary Range: $74,900 USD - $112,300 USD
Salary Range 2: $92,200 USD - $138,400 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.

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