Lead Real-Time Simulation Engineer

0090 CORP-Corporate Office; United States; On-site; USD 104,000 - 155,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance coverage

Life and disability insurance

Savings plan

Company paid holidays

PTO for vacation/personal

Job summary

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems is seeking a Principal Engineer - Simulation Modeling to turn complex models into fast, real‑time simulations. You’ll shape frameworks, visualization, and analysis pipelines used by diverse customers on Windows/Linux/RTOS with Git, Confluence, Atlassian, and GitLab.

You will guide trade studies and mission effectiveness analyses, work in a cross‑functional environment, and contribute to a broad portfolio of projects across air, cyber, land, sea and space.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science in a STEM discipline with 8 years of related professional/military experience or Master’s with 6 years or PhD with 4 years in model simulation.
• Active US Government Top Secret clearance (with background investigation within past 6 years or enrolled into Continuous Evaluation).
• Ability to obtain and maintain SAP clearance, including SAP PARs.
• Strong object‑oriented programming skills in C/C++.
• Experience with Windows, Linux, and RTOS (LynxOS or VxWorks).
• Experience with aviation or safety‑critical systems.
• Experience with JavaScript, HTML, CSS and XML.
• Familiarity with Atlassian tool suite, Git and Confluence.
• Experience developing software using Java, C++ or other OO languages.

Responsibilities

• Develops new or integrates existing system simulation frameworks, performance models, algorithms and threat models.
• Simulates real‑time operations and develops software that simulates system behavior.
• Develops and uses advanced graphical user interfaces and visualization tools.
• Models operational environments and performs trade studies via simulation; recommends architectures.
• Performs operational and mission effectiveness analyses.

Job description

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems is seeking a Principal Engineer - Simulation Modeling to turn complex models into fast, real‑time simulations. You’ll shape frameworks, visualization, and analysis pipelines used by diverse customers on Windows/Linux/RTOS with Git, Confluence, Atlassian, and GitLab.

You will guide trade studies and mission effectiveness analyses, work in a cross‑functional environment, and contribute to a broad portfolio of projects across air, cyber, land, sea and space.