Systems Engineer Level 5 – Mission Modeling Simulation

🕒 August 20

🌵 Arizona – Remote

🌵 Arizona – Remote

💵 $152.9k - $229.3k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

🔴 Lead

⚙️ Systems Engineer

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Northrop Grumman

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10,000+ employees

Founded 1939

🏭 Manufacturing

📦 Logistics

🎖️ Defense

Manufacturing • Logistics • Defense

Northrop Grumman is a leading global aerospace and defense company, recognized for its innovative solutions in air, cyber, land, sea, and space domains. With a focus on advanced technologies and innovation, Northrop Grumman provides unmatched expertise in military communications, satellite communications, and microelectronics manufacturing. The company is committed to solving complex challenges and 'defining possible' by transforming the concepts of what's achievable. Northrop Grumman is also actively involved in sustainability efforts and offers career opportunities to various levels of professionals, including veterans and entry-level candidates.

📋 Description

• Support mission-level and system-level modeling, simulation, and analysis for advanced missile and interceptor systems • Develop and integrate performance models, algorithms, and simulations for missiles, interceptors, sensors, threats, and command-and-control systems • Perform operations and behavior analysis, mission effectiveness studies, architecture assessments, and end-to-end engagement and campaign-level assessments • Implement algorithms and analysis scripts in MATLAB, Python, C/C++ or similar tools for constructive and real-time simulations • Build operationally relevant scenarios against representative air and missile threats • Conduct trade studies, sensitivity analyses, and design of experiments • Quantify performance, robustness, and mission utility • Document assumptions, methods, and results in technical reports • Present findings to project teams and technical reviewers • Collaborate with systems, GNC, seeker/sensor, software, mission, and integration and test engineering disciplines

🎯 Requirements

• U.S. citizenship is required • Active US Government Secret security clearance required • Bachelor’s degree in a STEM discipline and 12 years of related experience in modeling and simulation or operations analysis; or Master’s degree and 10 years; or Ph.D. and 8 years • Demonstrated experience in modeling, simulation, and analysis for defense systems, preferably missiles, interceptors, or related weapon/mission systems • Hands-on experience with operations analysis and/or virtual simulation tools such as AFSIM, NGTS, Brawler, STK, MATLAB/Simulink • Strong background in probability, statistics, and design of experiments applied to weapon system and mission performance • Proficiency in MATLAB, Python, C/C++ or similar languages • Experience modeling operational environments and performing mission effectiveness trade studies • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including briefing complex analysis outcomes to program and customer leadership • Ability to drive tasks to completion independently and collaboratively • Strong mentoring/training skills • Ability to obtain and maintain Top Secret and/or Special Access Program (SAP) access is preferred • Preferred experience in missile/interceptor guidance, navigation, and control (GNC) • Preferred experience in RF or EO/IR seeker/sensor modeling • Preferred experience in integrated air defense systems (IADS) or threat modeling • Preferred experience in electronic attack, electronic protection, and countermeasures modeling • Preferred experience in survivability, lethality, and vulnerability analysis • Familiarity with MBSE tools and digital engineering practices such as Cameo/SysML • Experience with real-time simulation and man-in-the-loop or hardware-in-the-loop test environments • Experience with Agile workflows and tools such as Jira and Bitbucket/Git

🏖️ Benefits

• Relocation assistance may be available • Health insurance coverage • Life and disability insurance • Savings plan • Company-paid holidays • Paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business • Overtime eligibility may be available depending on position • Shift differential may be available depending on position • Discretionary bonus may be available • Annual bonuses designed to reward individual contributions and share in company results • Long Term Incentives may be available for Vice President or Director positions