Staff Systems Engineer - Modeling Simulation Lead - 16666

Northrop Grumman•Roy, UT

22d

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. Join Northrop Grumman on our continued mission to push the boundaries of possible across land, sea, air, space, and cyberspace. Enjoy a culture where your voice is valued and start contributing to our team of passionate professionals providing real-life solutions to our world's biggest challenges. We take pride in creating purposeful work and allowing our employees to grow and achieve their goals every day by Defining Possible. With our competitive pay and comprehensive benefits, we have the right opportunities to fit your life and launch your career today. Northrop Grumman Defense Systems is seeking a Staff Systems - Modeling and Simulation Lead. This position is located in Roy, Utah and supports a restricted program within Advanced Programs. What You'll Get To Do: Lead Modeling, Simulation and Analysis (MS&A) team under the direction of the program lead systems engineer for a restricted capture effort Coordinate development of multi-physics models across disciplines that feed overall mission-level effectiveness simulation; includes coordinating across multiple security levels Responsible for schedule for development of models that feed overall mission-level effectiveness simulation Responsible to develop technical baseline of mission-level effectiveness model Perform assessments of mission effectiveness and use results to inform milestone reviews Perform Design-of-Experiments (DOE) studies at the mission-level and apply statistical post-processing methods to extract useful information to inform system requirements development Contribute to development of system models across various disciplines Routinely out-brief Executive Leadership Team on program MS&A progress/status (technical, schedule, staffing, etc.) Negotiate/deconflict support staffing with programs of competing priority; liaison program needs for MS&A to support organizations Manage hardware and software resources for execution of MS&A tools/environments

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Math (STEM) with at least 12 Years of related experience (10 Years with Masters; 8 Years with PhD)
Must be a US Citizen with an active U.S. Government DoD Top Secret security clearance at time of application with an investigation completed within the last 6 years
Must have the ability to obtain and maintain Special Access Program (SAP) approval within a reasonable period of time, as determined by the company to meet its business need
Experience with mission level simulation and analysis (Red vs. Blue, e.g. ITASE, AFSIM, HLA Federations, etc.)
Fluent in one or more object-oriented programming language (Python, C++, etc.)
Experience performing large-scale DOE studies and performing post-processing to extract useful information (variance decomposition, bootstrap sampling, etc.)
Excellent technical writing skills
Excellent communication and organizational skills

Nice To Haves

Experience with Linux-based High-Performance Computing (HPC) environments
Experience developing/deploying distributed simulations or several single-threaded simulations in-parallel
Demonstrated ability to rapidly pick-up new concepts and physics
Experience with Git
Experience leading junior engineers to achieve technical objectives
Experience writing proposals for capture efforts

Responsibilities

Lead Modeling, Simulation and Analysis (MS&A) team under the direction of the program lead systems engineer for a restricted capture effort
Coordinate development of multi-physics models across disciplines that feed overall mission-level effectiveness simulation; includes coordinating across multiple security levels
Responsible for schedule for development of models that feed overall mission-level effectiveness simulation
Responsible to develop technical baseline of mission-level effectiveness model
Perform assessments of mission effectiveness and use results to inform milestone reviews
Perform Design-of-Experiments (DOE) studies at the mission-level and apply statistical post-processing methods to extract useful information to inform system requirements development
Contribute to development of system models across various disciplines
Routinely out-brief Executive Leadership Team on program MS&A progress/status (technical, schedule, staffing, etc.)
Negotiate/deconflict support staffing with programs of competing priority; liaison program needs for MS&A to support organizations
Manage hardware and software resources for execution of MS&A tools/environments