Modeling and Simulation Engineer (Principal Level; Rancho Bernardo CA)

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 Aeronautics Systems is looking for a Systems Modeling & Simulation, Operations Analysis Engineer to support the Systems Engineering organization in Rancho Bernardo, CA.

In this role, you will be a member of a small, cross-functional team. The team performs the following tasks: developing models, creating scenarios, designing focused vignette threads and performing analysis. The analysis includes a wide variety of system types and spans multiple domains (friendly and adversary; ground, maritime, air and space). This drives the development of clean-sheet requirements, refines existing program system requirements, and influences the pursuit of future technologies and capabilities. You will work with air vehicle and subsystem engineers, as well as with program and customer leadership, to recommend candidate designs, and to develop Concepts of Operation (CONOPs) and Tactics, Techniques and Procedures (TTPs) at the system, mission, and campaign levels.

You will be responsible for developing new and/or integrating existing system simulation frameworks, performance models and algorithms, threat models and command and control models.

We offer flexible work arrangements, 9/80 work schedule with every other Friday off, phenomenal learning opportunities, exposure to a wide variety of projects and customers, and a very friendly team environment. We are looking for self-motivated, proactive, and goal-oriented people to help us grow our services and become even better at what we do.

Essential Functions:

• Develop and translate friendly/adversary tactics into mission-level models such as AFSIM and Suppressor.
• Perform operational analysis and mission effectiveness analysis.
• Participate in Agile project framework.
• Model operational environments, perform trade studies via computer simulation, and recommend alternative architectures.
• Perform mission engineering activities to ensure continuity between desired operational capabilities and delivered system performance, through the Systems Engineering "V".
• Ensure performance capabilities of new systems and architectures are traded against cost and mission requirements; develop mission relevant scenarios; assess operational effectiveness of existing and emerging systems and capabilities in representative operational environments.
• Solicit input from various stakeholders, synthesize data, and communicate results to various levels of leadership within the organization.
• Develop software to model behavior of systems in real-time and constructive simulations.
• Develop, integrate, and use advanced graphical user interfaces and visualization tools.

Basic Qualifications:

• Must have a Bachelor of Science Degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) discipline and 5 years of relevant professional / military experience in Systems Engineering, OR a Master's Degree in a STEM discipline and 3 years of relevant professional / military experience in Systems Engineering, OR a PhD in a STEM discipline and relevant military / academic / professional experience in Systems Engineering.
• Must have previous experience with object oriented programming languages (C, C++) or scripting languages (Python, MATLAB).
• Must have the ability to obtain and maintain a Secret Clearance.
• Must have experience in at least one of the below:
• Friendly/Adversary CONOPs and tactics.
• Modeling and Simulation of Radars, Missiles, Integrated Air Defense Systems (IADS), air/ground/maritime/space platforms.
• Electronic Warfare (EW), Electronic Attack (EA), Electronic Protection (EP), Electronic Countermeasures.
• Low Observables (LO).
• Radio Frequency (RF)/Infrared (IR)/Electro-Optical (EO)/Acoustic Modeling & Analysis.
• Analysis of Survivability, Lethality, Vulnerability, Engagement at the mission level.
• Computer Networking & Communications.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Proposal development, writing or execution.
• Operational military background in any of the following:
• Aircrew (Fighter/Bomber/RPA Pilot).
• Electronic Warfare Officer/Weapons Systems Officer.
• Air Battle Manager/Naval Flight Officer.
• Intelligence or Communications Officer.
• Master's Degree in a STEM discipline from an accredited university.
• Experience with system of systems modeling tools: AFSIM, Suppressor, or Brawler.
• Familiarity with AGILE, MBSE, and/or system architecture frameworks.
• Effective project management skills and good communication techniques.
• Experience with version control tools (Bitbucket, GitHub, or Gitlab, etc.).
• Strong interpersonal and leadership skills.
• Excellent communications skills, including the ability to present and brief technical data to all levels of leadership within the organization and U.S. Government.

Salary Range: $107,300 - $160,900

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