Sr. Principal Systems Engineer – Mission Effectiveness/Ops Analysis
| Company | Northrop Grumman |
|---|---|
| Location | Melbourne, FL, USA |
| Salary | $118600 – $178000 |
| Type | Full-Time |
| Degrees | Bachelor’s, Master’s, PhD |
| Experience Level | Senior, Expert or higher |
Requirements
- Must have a Bachelor of Science degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering, or Math (STEM) discipline AND 8 years of related professional/military experience OR a Master of Science degree in a STEM discipline AND 6 years of related professional/military experience, OR a STEM Ph.D. AND 4 years of related professional/military experience
- Your ability to transfer and maintain the final adjudicated government Secret clearance, and any program access(es) required for the position within a reasonable period of time, as determined by the company.
- Must have experience with operations analysis and/or virtual simulation tools (e.g. AFSIM, Brawler, STK, MATLAB)
- Must have experience with MBSE modeling products (e.g. Cameo)
- Must have experience with NGTS, AFSIM, Brawler, and/or FORTRAN
Responsibilities
- Perform modeling, simulation, and analysis to support program development, execution, and related research and development projects
- Develop mission relevant scenarios; assesses operational effectiveness of existing and/or emerging systems and capabilities in representative operational environments
- Develop new and/or integrates existing system simulation frameworks, weapon systems components to include air vehicle platform, kinematics, sensors, communications, command & control, weapons, and threat performance models and algorithms.
- Analyzes and tests next generation tactical assets within an advanced threat environment
- Develop software to simulate real-time operations and behavior of systems for virtual simulation (man in the loop) testing so that future tactical aircraft can be evaluated in next generation air warfare mission environments.
- Model operational environments and perform trade studies via computer simulation resulting in recommendations for alternative system architectures and configurations
- Support the design and development of visualization models and databases for integration with a high fidelity simulation environment used for strategic simulation and training
- Support evaluations to determine the best frameworks, hardware, capabilities, and tools available to create simulations and experiences that enhance the Virtual Simulation product
- Ensures performance capabilities of new systems and architectures are traded against cost and mission requirements
- Communicate across the engineering disciplines and technology areas to integrate capabilities
- Ability to work independently or in team settings, according to project needs
- This position requires practical experience and interpretation of modeling and simulation results, algorithms, and formulas and must be able to communicate their significance and relevancy in a clear, detailed manner.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience collaborating on projects with multiple teams and managing relationships through effective communication.
- Advanced degree in Engineering, Operations Research, Mathematics, Physics, or Computer Science
- Experience in weapon system level design, integration, test and evaluation
- An understanding of Integrated Air Defense Systems and capabilities
- The ability to translate Physics/Mathematics models into real-time simulation algorithms and models
- Experience with real time simulation/software development
- Experience working within an Agile workflow using Atlassian Suite products (i.e. Jira, BitBucket)
- Familiarity with Digital Engineering processes
- Ability to communicate findings and recommendations clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences
- Active Top Secret Clearance