Staff Modeling Simulation & Analysis Systems Engineer

$157,500 - $236,300/Yr

Northrop Grumman - Linthicum Heights, MD

Full-time - Senior

Linthicum Heights, MD

10,001+ employees

Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing

About the position

The Staff Modeling, Simulation & Analysis Systems Engineer will be a key member of the Mission Modeling, Simulation & Analysis team at Northrop Grumman, located in Linthicum, MD. This role focuses on accelerating the delivery of capabilities to customers through the development and use of advanced models and simulations of platforms, sensors, and weapons, as well as their interactions with the environment. The position requires a strong background in modeling, simulation, and analysis, particularly in the context of defense systems, and involves significant collaboration with various stakeholders to ensure simulation credibility and performance validation.

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, and verifying simulation performance against flight test data.
• Produce publication quality reports defining the foundation for simulation credibility across all stakeholders and provide artifacts to support formal simulation Verification, Validation and Accreditation (VVA).
• Innovate to solve problems and identify improvements across MSE&A products.
• Perform operational analysis and mission effectiveness analysis.
• Develop new and/or integrate existing system simulation frameworks, performance models and algorithms, threat models and command and control models.
• Model operational environments, perform trade studies via computer simulation and recommend alternative architectures.
• Simulate real-time operations and develop software that simulates behavior of systems.
• Develop, integrate, and use advanced graphical user interfaces and visualization tools.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree with 14 years of experience, Master's degree with 12 years of experience, Ph.D. with 9 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.
• U.S. Citizenship is required.
• A current/active DoD secret clearance is required and the ability to obtain Special Program Access (SAP) prior to start.
• Experience with programming languages such as C/C++, Python, Bash or C shell scripting and the Linux and Windows computing environments.
• 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.

Nice-to-haves

• Active Top Secret DoD Clearance or higher.
• Advanced degrees in Engineering, Computer Science, Applied Physics, Applied Mathematics, or a related technical field.
• Experience with Modeling, Experimentation, Simulation, and Analysis.
• 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.
• Solid 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.

Benefits

• Health Plan
• Savings Plan
• Paid Time Off
• Education Assistance
• Training and Development
• 9/80 Work Schedule (where available)