Principal / Senior Principal Radar Modeling Simulation Analysis Systems Engineer

Northrop Grumman•Baltimore, MD

1d•$108,800 - $203,600•Onsite

About The Position

Northrop Grumman Mission System’s Engineering and Sciences (E&S) Baltimore and Partnered Sites (BaPs) Division is seeking a Principal Radar Modeling Simulation & Analysis Systems Engineer or Senior Principal Radar Modeling Simulation & Analysis Systems Engineer to join their team. This position will be in Baltimore, MD, and is a full time on site role. As an integral part of the Foundational Systems Engineering department located in Linthicum, MD, the role focuses on accelerating the delivery of capabilities to customers through the development and use of advanced models and simulations of platforms, sensors, weapons, and their interactions with the environment. This requisition may be filled as a Principal Radar Modeling, Simulation & Analysis Systems Engineer or a Senior Principal Radar Modeling, Simulation & Analysis Systems Engineer. This position is contingent upon contract award, the ability to obtain an active U.S Government Secret Clearance and the ability to obtain Special Program Access (SAP).

Requirements

U.S. Citizenship is required.
A final DoD U.S Government Secret clearance.
Ability to obtain/maintain Special Access Program (SAP) access.
Experience with programming languages such as C/C++, Python, Bash or C shell scripting on the Linux and Windows computing environments.
Experience with domain experience in simulations of RF, EOIR, Communications or related systems.
Experience working with digital signal processing and complex valued signal data.
Experience with analytical modeling approaches using MATLAB environment.
Bachelor’s Degree with 5 years of experience, Master’s degree with 3 years of experience, Ph.D. with 1 years of experience in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science or related technical fields; an additional 4 years of experience may be considered in lieu of a degree. (For Principal)
Bachelor’s Degree with 8 years of experience, Master’s degree with 6 years of experience, Ph.D. with 4 years of experience in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science or related technical fields; an additional 4 years of experience may be considered in lieu of a degree. (For Senior Principal)

Nice To Haves

Advanced degrees in Engineering, Computer Science, Applied Physics, Applied Mathematics, or a related technical field.
Experience with Modeling, Experimentation, Simulation, and Analysis.
Active U.S Government Secret Clearance or higher.
Experience with real-time and/or reactive simulation software applications development.
Experience with one or more of the following: statistics, design of experiments, descriptive/diagnostic/predictive/prescriptive analytics, high performance computing.
Experience developing and validating radar modes.
Experience with adaptive signal processing.
Experience with optimal estimation theory.
Understanding of the Systems Engineering and Integration & Test processes.
Experience with DPC, CUDA, OpenCL, Verilog, VHDL, or other domain specific languages.
Experience with Agile and/or SAFe methodologies.

Responsibilities

Utilize Modeling, Simulation, Experimentation, and Analysis (MSE&A) of advanced systems using C++ object-oriented design, advanced data structures and test-driven development.
Develop large scale data analytics, probabilities, and statistics, including the application of design of experiment techniques for the evaluation of system and mission performance.
Integrate MS&A with operational flight software, collecting and analyzing data from laboratory or flight tests, the verification and validation of simulation performance against flight test data, and formally verifying that the models meet specified requirements.
Produce publication quality reports which define the foundation for simulation credibility across all stakeholders and provide the artifacts to support formal simulation Verification, Validation and Accreditation (VVA).
Innovate to solve problems and identify improvements across MSE&A products.
Performs operational analysis and mission effectiveness analysis.
Develops new and/or integrates existing system simulation frameworks, performance models and algorithms, threat models and command and control models.
Models operational environments, performs trade studies via computer simulation and recommends alternative architectures.
Simulates real-time operations and develops software that simulates behavior of systems.
Develops, integrates, and uses advanced graphical user interfaces and visualization tools.