Modeling and Simulation Engineer - Data Analytics

Northrop Grumman; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 92,000 - 171,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance coverage

Life and disability insurance

Savings plan

Company paid holidays

Paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/o

Annual bonuses

Long Term Incentives

Discretionary bonus

Job summary

Northrop Grumman's Aeronautics Systems in San Diego is seeking a Modeling and Simulation Engineer focused on Data Analytics to design data mining pipelines, perform statistical analyses, and build dashboards that inform data-driven decisions within the Triton Enterprise Sustainment Systems Engineering program.

This role emphasizes turning complex data into actionable insights across engineering, operations, and business units in a defense context.

Qualifications

• BS in STEM with 2+ years of relevant military or professional experience, or MS with some experience, or PhD with 1+ year.
• Experience ingesting, processing, storing, analyzing and visualizing large data sets.
• Active US Government Secret or higher clearance or eligibility for SAP clearance.

Responsibilities

• Design scalable data mining pipelines and data ingestion, cleaning, transformation and storage.
• Perform exploratory data analysis, hypothesis testing and statistical modeling.
• Create interactive dashboards and reports to communicate insights to stakeholders.

Skills

Data analytics

Data mining

Statistical analysis

Dashboard design

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor of Science in STEM

Master's in STEM

PhD in STEM

Tools

MATLAB

Tableau

Power BI

Plotly

Python

SQL

.DAT file decoding

Job description

Northrop Grumman's Aeronautics Systems division in San Diego is seeking a Modeling and Simulation Engineer focused on Data Analytics to design data mining pipelines, conduct statistical analyses, and build dashboards that inform data-driven decisions within the Triton Enterprise Sustainment Systems Engineering program. This role emphasizes turning complex data into actionable insights across engineering, operations, and business units in a defense context.

Location

San Diego, CA (onsite)

Responsibilities

• Data Architecture & Modeling – Design scalable data mining pipelines and establish protocols for data ingestion, cleaning, transformation, and storage. Evolve models to capture long term trends and support real time analytics.
• Statistical Insight – Perform exploratory data analysis, hypothesis testing, and advanced statistical modeling to identify key drivers and associations within heterogeneous data sources.
• Visualization & Reporting – Create interactive dashboards and reports using MATLAB, Tableau, Power BI, Plotly to communicate insights to technical and non technical stakeholders.
• Cross Functional Collaboration – Partner with engineering, operations, and business units to define problem statements, translate requirements into analytical solutions, and integrate findings into product roadmaps.
• Innovation & Knowledge Leadership – Stay abreast of cutting edge data science methodologies (e.g., deep learning, reinforcement learning) and evaluate their relevance to defense contexts. Mentor teams and promote a culture of data driven decision making.
• Governance & Quality – Establish data governance standards, data quality metrics, and reproducibility practices across the analytics lifecycle.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science in a STEM field with at least 2 years of relevant military or professional experience, OR a Master’s Degree in a STEM field with some relevant military, professional, or academic experience.
• Bachelor of Science in a STEM field with at least 5 years of relevant military or professional experience, OR a Master’s Degree in a STEM field with at least 3 years of relevant military, professional, or academic experience, OR a PhD with at least 1 year of relevant military, professional, or academic experience.
• Active US Government Secret or higher clearance (with a background investigation completed within the last 6 years or currently enrolled into Continuous Evaluation).
• Ability to obtain and maintain Special Access Program (SAP) clearance within a reasonable amount of time as determined by business needs.
• Experience in ingesting, processing, storing, analyzing and visualizing large data sets.

Technologies

• MATLAB
• Tableau
• Power BI
• Plotly
• Python
• SQL
• .DAT file decoding

Benefits

• Health insurance coverage
• Life and disability insurance
• Savings plan
• Company paid holidays
• Paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business
• Annual bonuses
• Long Term Incentives
• Discretionary bonus

Relocation Assistance

Relocation assistance may be available

Clearance

Clearance for start: Yes. Type: Secret. Active clearance required (background investigation within 6 years or Continuous Evaluation). Ability to obtain and maintain SAP clearance as needed.

Travel

Yes, 10% of the time

Compensation

• Primary level salary range: USD 91,800 - 137,600 per year
• Secondary level salary range: USD 114,000 - 171,000 per year