Systems Modeling Simulation Engineer (Engineer or Principal Engineer Level)

0090 CORP-Corporate Office; United States; On-site; USD 91,800 - 137,600; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance coverage

Life and disability insurance

Savings plan

Company paid holidays and PTO

Job summary

0090 CORP-Corporate Office is seeking skilled engineers to design and develop real-time simulations. Candidates must possess a Bachelor's degree in a STEM field with relevant military or professional experience and hold an active US Government Top Secret clearance.

You'll participate in high-visibility projects and utilize advanced modeling techniques in support of mission simulations. The role requires strong programming skills in C#/C++, JAVA, and experience with modeling simulations.

Benefits include health insurance, paid time off, and competitive salary ranges.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in a STEM field with relevant experience.
• Active US Government Top Secret clearance required.
• Experience with Object Oriented programming languages.

Responsibilities

• Model operational environments and perform trade studies via simulation.
• Design, develop, integrate, and test physics-based simulations.
• Contribute to high-visible activities to demonstrate capabilities.

Skills

Engineering skills with C#/C++

Modeling and Simulation

Team collaboration

Debugging codes

Strong communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in a STEM field

Master's degree in a STEM field

PhD in a STEM field

Tools

AFSIM

Suppressor

Brawler

Version control tools (e.g., Tortoise SVN, Bitbucket)

Job description

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available
CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes
CLEARANCE TYPE: Top Secret
TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the Time

Roles and Responsibilities

• Model operational environments, perform trade studies via computer simulation and recommend alternative architectures.
• Responsible for the design, development, integration, and test of physics-based, real-time engineering simulations in support of Operator‑In‑The‑Loop (OITL) mission simulations.
• Simulations include sensor/payload operations and employment, and advanced Electronic Warfare effects.
• Contribute to high‑visible activities and have opportunities to periodically demonstrate integrated capabilities to sector leadership and high value customers.
• Complete installations of software, perform smoke tests, and use the software as intended to analyze its functional properties.
• Utilize software and analytical tools to model behavior of systems in real‑time and constructive simulations.
• Integrate and use advanced graphical user interfaces and visualization tools.
• Participate in demonstrating new software features and functionality to leadership.
• Create and apply knowledge of Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures (TTPs) to support blue/red kill chains across multiple security environments, programs, architectures, and platforms.
• Provide blue/red tactics and CONOPS modeling, simulation, and analysis in mission‑level models to help accomplish long‑term objectives related to program development, execution, and related research and development projects.
• Expected to be a self‑starter with familiarity working in an Integrated Product Team construct.

Qualifications

• At an Engineer Level (Level02) – Must have a Bachelors degree in a STEM field and at least 2 years of relevant military / professional experience, OR a Master’s Degree in a STEM field and at least some of relevant military / professional / academic experience.
• At a Principal Level (Level03) – Must have a Bachelors degree in a STEM field and at least 5 years of relevant military / professional experience, OR a Master’s Degree in a STEM field and at least 3 years of relevant military / professional experience, OR a PhD and at least 1 year of relevant military / professional / academic experience.
• Must have experience with engineering skills using C#/C++, JAVA, or other Object Oriented programming languages.
• Experience in at least one of the following areas: Modeling and Simulation of Radars, Missiles, Integrated Air Defense Systems (IADS), Air and/or Space platforms.
• Knowledge of debugging codes and software developmental languages; Electronic Attack (EA), Electronic Protection (EP), Electronic Countermeasures; Red and/or Blue CONOPs and TTPs.
• Must have an active US Government Top Secret clearance (with a background investigation completed within the last 6 years or currently enrolled into Continuous Evaluation).
• Must have the ability to obtain and maintain Special Access Program (SAP) clearance within a reasonable amount of time as determined by business needs.

Preferred Qualifications

• Current applicable Special Access Program (SAP) clearance.
• Active DoD Top Secret SCI clearance (with a background investigation within the past 5 years or enrolled into Continuous Evaluation).
• The ability to develop (C# and JAVA) and integrate prototype and pre‑production software to support simulation events.
• The ability to develop physics‑based models and simulations using Object Oriented programming.
• Systems and software integration experience related to Service Oriented Architectures.
• An ability to work with a team in a rapid prototyping environment.
• Experience with system of systems modeling tools: AFSIM, Suppressor, or Brawler.
• Operational military background or experience.
• Experience with version control tools (Tortoise SVN, Bitbucket, GitHub, Gitlab, etc.).
• Strong communication, interpersonal and leadership skills to include project/analysis lead experience.

Benefits

• Health insurance coverage
• Life and disability insurance
• Savings plan
• Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business

Primary Level Salary Range: $91,800.00 – $137,600.00
Secondary Level Salary Range: $114,000.00 – $171,000.00
The above salary range represents a general guideline; however, Northrop Grumman considers a number of factors when determining base salary offers such as the scope and responsibilities of the position and the candidate's experience, education, skills and current market conditions. Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay. Annual bonuses are designed to reward individual contributions as well as allow employees to share in company results. Employees in Vice President or Director positions may be eligible for Long Term Incentives.

Northrop Grumman is an Equal Opportunity Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class. For our complete EEO and pay transparency statement, please visit http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO.

U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.