Systems Engineer - Level 3 or 4
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. Northrop Grumman Space Systems, Multi-Domain Operations, and Missile Defense Integration Business Unit (BU) has an exciting career opportunity for a Systems Engineer – Level 3 or 4 to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals. This position will be in Huntsville, AL. Position Overview: The selected Systems Engineer – Level 3 or 4 will work as a member of an Agile Scrum team performing Algorithm development and Analysis for the GMD Weapon System (GWS) Fire Control (GFC) product, you will be part of the team that develops new algorithms, improves old algorithms, and assesses the effectiveness and performance of them in the context of the GFC software (currently ~1.5 million lines of code) that controls the missile defense system that protects the United States from intercontinental ballistic missile attack.
Requirements
- Basic Qualifications for Principal Systems Engineer – Leve 3: Bachelor’s Degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) discipline from an accredited university and 5 years of related work experience, or a Master's Degree in STEM and 3 years of related work experience, or 1 year of related work experience with a PhD in STEM.
- Basic Qualifications for Sr. Principal Systems Engineer – Level 4: Bachelor’s Degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) discipline from an accredited university and 8 years of related work experience, or a Master's Degree in STEM and 6 years of related work experience, or 4 years of related work experience with a PhD in STEM.
- Demonstrated experience in one or more of the following areas: data analysis, performance analysis, and physics/Mathematics-based algorithm development
- Ability to communicate technical information clearly to both technical and non-technical personnel
- High proficiency in technical problem solving
- Knowledge of MATLAB, Python or similar engineering tools used in prototyping complex algorithms
- Excellent interpersonal and team collaboration skills
- Proven track record of successfully integrating problem solutions into a larger system
- Extensive background in at least one of the following: Ballistic Missile Defense, midcourse missile defense, battle management, threat processing, weapon target assignment, target object map population
- Capable of performing assigned tasks with very little or no direction
- Well-developed skills in critical thinking and paying attention to detail
- Proven experience in developing, prototyping and evaluating complex algorithms
- Must be able to support an in-person / closed-area work environment
- Ability and willingness to travel up to 10% of the time to support business needs.
- Applicants must have a current active in-scope U.S. Government issued Secret security clearance at the time of application, which is required to start
Nice To Haves
- Experience with the MDA GMD program.
- Advanced degree in Mathematics or Physics
- General understanding of any or all of the following algorithm domains: track processing, track reporting, discrimination, sensor resource management, resource utilization optimization, battlespace analysis
- Unix/Linux Operating System Experience
- Experience with optimization algorithms
- Experience with planning / scheduling algorithms
- Experience with sensor modeling, communication modeling, and / or missile modelling
- Battle Management or Fire Control experience
- Experienced with Linux, scripting, and operations
Responsibilities
- Work in a collaborative team environment to understand, implement, and assess new capabilities and algorithms.
- Perform algorithm development and analysis which are mathematics and physics based complex solutions that are critical to the performance of Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS) mission.
- The selected candidate should thrive in a fast-paced work environment with high expectations, significantly diverse assignments, and collaborative/teams comprised of all experience levels.
Benefits
- Relocation assistance may be available
- health insurance coverage
- life and disability insurance
- savings plan
- Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business
- overtime
- shift differential
- a discretionary bonus
- 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.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
