Modeling Simulation & Analysis Engineer (Level 2)

Northrop Grumman • El Segundo, CA

9d • $91,800 - $137,600 • Onsite

About The Position

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems is hiring a Modeling Simulation and Analysis Engineer for its Systems Engineering organization in El Segundo, California. The role supports Research & Advanced Design, which develops advanced concepts, prototypes, and demonstrations across areas including future aircraft, collaborative autonomous platforms, survivability, autonomy, and battle management.

The engineer will provide technical leadership in collaborative small-team settings, conducting research and analysis and developing models and scenarios for systems across multiple domains. The work supports clean-sheet and existing system requirements and informs future technologies and capabilities. The engineer will collaborate with air vehicle and subsystem engineers, program leaders, and customers to recommend candidate designs and develop Concepts of Operation (CONOPs) and Tactics, Techniques and Procedures (TTPs) at system, mission, and campaign levels. The position also develops or integrates system simulation frameworks, performance models and algorithms, threat models, and command-and-control models.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science degree in a STEM discipline and at least 2 years of related professional or military Systems Engineering experience, or a master's degree and some related professional or military Systems Engineering experience.
• Active U.S. Government Secret or higher clearance, with a background investigation completed within the last 6 years or current enrollment in Continuous Evaluation.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government Top Secret clearance within a reasonable amount of time, as determined by business needs.
• Ability to obtain and maintain Special Access Program (SAP) clearance within a reasonable amount of time, as determined by business needs.
• Scripting experience with tools such as MATLAB, Python, C++, or Java, or experience conducting software-based trade studies.
• Experience developing advanced data-analysis visualization tool sets.
• Experience with simulation framework tools such as AFSIM, Suppressor, or STK.
• Experience modeling operational environments and conducting operations analysis and mission-effectiveness trade-study analyses.

Nice To Haves

• Operational military background or experience as a fighter or bomber pilot, Electronic Warfare Officer/Weapons Systems Officer, Air Battle Manager, Intelligence Officer, or Joint Duty Officer.
• Familiarity with AGILE, MBSE, and/or system architecture.
• Effective project management skills and good communication.
• Experience with version-control tools such as Bitbucket, GitHub, or GitLab.
• Strong interpersonal and leadership skills.
• Excellent communication skills, including presenting and briefing technical data to organizational and U.S. Government leadership.
• Current active in-scope U.S. Government DoD Top Secret clearance with current or previous Special Program Access (SAP)/SCI.
• Experience researching, analyzing, and creating assessments of foreign threats to U.S. military systems.
• Experience with operations modeling and simulation of radars, missiles, integrated air defense systems (IADS), and air, sea, and/or space platforms.
• Experience analyzing defense systems at the mission level for survivability, lethality, vulnerability, and engagement.
• Experience with low observables (LO).
• Experience modeling and analyzing radio frequency (RF) signals, infrared (IR), electro-optical (EO), and/or acoustic systems.
• Experience modeling and analyzing electronic attack (EA), electronic protection (EP), and/or electronic countermeasures.
• Experience with friendly/adversary CONOPs and tactics.

Responsibilities

• Lead teams in the technical execution of systems analysis and simulation tasks and projects.
• Develop software and analytical tools to model system behavior in real-time and constructive simulations.
• Develop, integrate, and use advanced graphical user interfaces and visualization tools.
• Model operational environments, conduct computer-simulation trade studies, and recommend alternative architectures.
• Perform operational analysis and mission effectiveness analysis.
• Apply knowledge of TTPs to support blue/red kill chains across security environments, programs, architectures, and platforms.
• Provide blue/red tactics and CONOPS modeling, simulation, and analysis in mission-level models to support program development, execution, and research and development objectives.
• Perform mission engineering through the Systems Engineering “V,” maintaining continuity between desired operational capabilities and delivered system performance.
• Trade system and architecture performance capabilities against cost and mission requirements; develop operationally relevant mission scenarios; and assess existing and emerging systems in representative operational environments.
• Gather input from stakeholders, synthesize data, and communicate results to organizational leadership.

Benefits

• Health insurance coverage.
• Life and disability insurance.
• Savings plan.
• Company-paid holidays.
• Paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business.
• Employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus, depending on the position.
• Relocation assistance may be available.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level