Modeling Simulation & Analysis Engineer III or IV

Northrop Grumman • Chandler, AZ

106d • $95,300 - $142,900

About The Position

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.

Requirements

• Must have active and current Secret Clearance upon application.
• Proficiency in Object Oriented Programming with a focus on C++, and experience in scripting with Bash, Python, and Matlab.
• Experience utilizing job schedulers like SLURM or PBS.

Nice To Haves

• Experience working with GNC algorithms for hypersonic missiles.
• Experience with IR discrimination and tracking.
• Create CI/CD Pipelines - able to automate simulation runs and post processing.
• Experience running 6DOF/3DOF simulations on HPC cluster for modeling vehicle trajectory and performance.
• Familiarity with state estimation and state propagation techniques.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, implement, verify, and test high-quality software and simulation toolchains.
• Integrate algorithms seamlessly into the vehicle's flight software and collaborate with software and hardware teams.
• Modify or write new scripts to capture customers' requirements for measuring vehicle performance.
• Design, develop, and validate modeling and simulation frameworks for aerospace vehicles and components.
• Enhance simulation fidelity and incorporate advanced modeling techniques to support system analysis and decision-making.
• Conduct rigorous testing and evaluation of simulation models - identify and resolve discrepancies between simulated and real-world performance metrics.
• Gather, post process, and analyze vast amounts of complex data.
• Verify and validate performance results to ensure the simulation matches intended results.

Benefits

• Health insurance coverage
• Life and disability insurance
• Savings plan
• Company paid holidays
• Paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Mid Level
• Industry: Transportation Equipment Manufacturing
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree