Systems Engineer, Level 7 – Mission Modeling Simulation

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🌵 Arizona – Remote

🌵 Arizona – Remote

💵 $183.2k - $274.8k / 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

• Serve as an enterprise-level technical authority for modeling, simulation, and analysis of missile and interceptor systems • Define and lead enterprise-level MS&A strategy, including digital engineering and model-based approaches across multiple programs and product lines • Lead cross-program mission engineering and campaign-level operations analyses to inform capability roadmaps and investment decisions • Provide independent technical assessments, red/blue teaming, and risk evaluations of architectures, requirements, and operational concepts • Represent the organization as a technical authority in customer engagements, gate reviews, and external technical forums • Shape customer requirements and CONOPS through analysis-backed insights • Drive innovation in MS&A tools, frameworks, and methodologies, including advanced visualization, real-time simulation, and digital twin implementations • Sponsor and oversee collaborations with government labs, universities, industry, and other disciplines • Build and sustain MS&A communities of practice, standards, and training • Mentor multiple teams and develop succession plans for technical leadership

🎯 Requirements

• U.S. citizenship is required • Active US Government Secret security clearance required • Bachelor’s degree in a STEM discipline and 16 years of related experience; or master’s degree and 14 years; or Ph.D. and 12 years • Recognized subject-matter expertise in mission-level operations analysis, campaign-level modeling, and system-of-systems simulation • Demonstrated impact on enterprise-level or portfolio-level decisions through MS&A • Extensive experience providing independent technical assessments and representing programs in customer technical reviews and senior leadership briefings • Proven ability to lead and mentor multiple teams, establish standards and best practices, and drive adoption of advanced modeling and digital engineering techniques • Strong executive-level communication skills and ability to convey complex technical concepts to non-technical decision-makers • Ability to obtain and maintain Top Secret and/or Special Access Program (SAP) access preferred; active TS/SAP highly preferred • Broad and deep experience across multiple domains, including missile/interceptor GNC, RF or EO/IR seeker/sensor modeling, IADS or threat modeling, electronic attack/protection/countermeasures modeling, and survivability, lethality, and vulnerability analysis • Recognition as a technical authority via publications, external working groups, or customer acknowledgment preferred • Experience defining enterprise-level MS&A strategies, standards, and capability roadmaps across missile and interceptor programs preferred • Demonstrated leadership in building technical communities of practice, training programs, and long-term MS&A capability development plans preferred • Travel up to 10% of the time

🏖️ Benefits

• Relocation assistance may be available • Health insurance coverage • Life insurance • Disability insurance • Savings plan • Company-paid holidays • Paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business • Overtime eligibility may apply • Shift differential may apply • Discretionary bonus may apply • Long Term Incentives may apply for Vice President or Director positions