Mission Effectiveness​/Operations Analysis Engineer - R10229954

Overview

At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact people s lives around the world today, and for generations to come. Our pioneering and inventive spirit has enabled us to be at the forefront of many technological advancements in our nation s history — from the first flight across the Atlantic Ocean, to stealth bombers, to landing on the moon.

We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage and a pioneering spirit to join forces to invent the future, and have fun along the way. Our culture thrives on intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity and bringing your whole self to work — and we have an insatiable drive to do what others think is impossible. Our employees are not only part of history, they re making history.

Note:

This opportunity is contingent on program funding. Start dates are determined after funding confirmation.

Security clearance requirements:
Secret clearance;
DoD in-scope or enrolled in Continuous Evaluation. Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems has an opening for a Systems Engineer - Mission Effectiveness/Ops Analysis to join our Systems Engineering organization. This role is located in Melbourne, FL.

• Operate in an agile team environment to perform the following: modeling, simulation, and analysis to support program development, execution, and related research and development projects
• Develop mission-relevant scenarios; assess operational effectiveness of existing and/or emerging systems and capabilities in representative operational environments
• Develop new and/or integrate existing system simulation frameworks, weapon system components including air vehicle platform, kinematics, sensors, communications, command & control, weapons, and threat performance models and algorithms
• Analyze and test next generation tactical assets within an advanced threat environment
• Develop software to simulate real-time operations and behavior of systems for virtual simulation (man-in-the-loop) testing
• Model operational environments and perform trade studies via computer simulation resulting in recommendations for alternative system architectures and configurations
• Support the design and development of visualization models and databases for integration with a high-fidelity simulation environment used for strategic simulation and training
• Support evaluations to determine the best frameworks, hardware, capabilities, and tools to create simulations and experiences that enhance the Virtual Simulation product
• Ensure performance capabilities of new systems and architectures are traded against cost and mission requirements
• Communicate across engineering disciplines and technology areas to integrate capabilities
• Ability to work independently or in team settings, according to project needs
• Must be able to interpret modeling and simulation results, algorithms, and formulas and communicate their significance in a clear, detailed manner

• Must have a Bachelor of Science degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering, or Math (STEM) discipline AND 2 years of related professional/military experience OR a Master of Science degree in a STEM discipline AND 0 years of related professional/military experience
• Ability to transfer and maintain the final adjudicated government Secret clearance (DoD in-scope or enrolled in Continuous Evaluation) and any program access(es) required for the position within a reasonable period of time
• Experience with operations analysis and/or virtual simulation tools (e.g. AFSIM, Brawler, NGTS, MATLAB)

• Experience with MBSE modeling products (e.g. Cameo)
• Experience in at least one programming language (e.g. C++, Python, FORTRAN)
• Experience with STK
• Experience collaborating on projects with multiple teams and managing relationships through effective communication
• Advanced degree in Engineering, Operations Research, Mathematics, Physics, or Computer Science
• Experience in weapon system level design, integration, test and evaluation
• An understanding of Integrated Air Defense Systems and capabilities
• Ability to translate Physics/Mathematics models into real-time simulation…