Northrop Grumman Australia · 21 hours ago
Staff Engineer Systems - Mission Effectiveness/Ops Analysis
United States-Florida-Melbourne
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$153K/yr - $229K/yr
8+ years expNorthrop Grumman is a leading aerospace and defense company with a commitment to innovation and excellence. They are seeking a Staff Engineer Systems to support the Systems Engineering Integration team by performing modeling, simulation, and analysis to enhance mission effectiveness and operational capabilities.
Defense & Space
No H1B
Security Clearance RequiredU.S. Citizen Only
Responsibilities
Perform modeling, simulation, and analysis to support program development, execution, and related research and development projects
Develop mission relevant scenarios; assesses operational effectiveness of existing and/or emerging systems and capabilities in representative operational environments
Develop new and/or integrates existing system simulation frameworks, weapon systems components to include 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 so that future tactical aircraft can be evaluated in next generation air warfare mission environments
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 available 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 the engineering disciplines and technology areas to integrate capabilities
Work independently or in team settings, according to project needs
Operate in an agile team environment
Interpret modeling and simulation results, develop algorithms and communicate their significance and relevancy in a clear, detailed manner
Qualification
Required
Must have a Bachelor of Science degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering, or Math (STEM) discipline AND 12 years of related professional/military experience OR a Master of Science degree in a STEM discipline AND 10 years of related professional/military experience, OR a STEM Ph.D. AND 8 years of related professional/military experience
Your ability to transfer and maintain the final adjudicated government Secret clearance (DoD must be in-scope or enrolled in Continuous Evaluation) and any program access(es) required for the position within a reasonable period of time, as determined by the Company
Must have experience with operations analysis and/or virtual simulation tools (e.g. AFSIM, Brawler, STK, MATLAB)
Must have experience with MBSE modeling products (e.g. Cameo)
Preferred
Experience with NGTS and/or FORTRAN
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
The ability to translate Physics/Mathematics models into real-time simulation algorithms and models
Experience with real time simulation/software development
Experience working within an Agile workflow using Atlassian Suite products (i.e. Jira, BitBucket)
Familiarity with Digital Engineering processes
Experience with developing and presenting technical documentation and briefings to the customer and organization leadership
Active Top Secret Clearance
Benefits
Health insurance coverage
Life and disability insurance
Savings plan
Company paid holidays
Paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business
Company
Northrop Grumman Australia
Northrop Grumman Australia is the Australia-based arm of Northrop Grumman Corporation and committed to generating long-term prosperity, investing in advanced Research & Development, sovereign and exportable Intellectual Property, high-quality jobs and long-term technology leadership across the Commonwealth.
501-1000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageCompany data provided by crunchbase