Principal Systems Engineer

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, but they’re also making history.

As an integral part of our Mission Modeling, Simulation & Analysis team in Mission Systems Engineering located in Linthicum, MD you will focus on accelerating the delivery of capabilities to our customers through the development and use of advanced models and simulations of platforms, sensors, weapons, and their interactions with the environment.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Utilize Modeling, Simulation, Experimentation, and Analysis (MSE&A) of advanced systems using C++ object-oriented design, advanced data structures and test-driven development

• Develop large scale data analytics, probabilities, and statistics, including the application of design of experiment techniques for the evaluation of system and mission performance

• Integrate MS&A with operational flight software, collecting and analyzing data from laboratory or flight tests, the verification and validation of simulation performance against flight test data, and formally verifying that the models meet specified requirements

• Produce publication quality reports which define the foundation for simulation credibility across all stakeholders and provide the artifacts to support formal simulation Verification, Validation and Accreditation (VVA).

• Innovate to solve problems and identify improvements across MSE&A products

• Performs operational analysis and mission effectiveness analysis

• Develops new and/or integrates existing system simulation frameworks, performance models and algorithms, threat models and command and control models

• Models operational environments, performs trade studies via computer simulation and recommends alternative architectures

• Simulates real-time operations and develops software that simulates behavior of systems

• Develops, integrates, and uses advanced graphical user interfaces and visualization tools

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree with 5 years of experience, Master’s degree with 3 years of experience, Ph.D. with 0 years of experience in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science or related technical fields.

• U.S Citizenship with active DoD Secret Clearance and the ability to obtain Special Program Access prior to start

• Experience with programming languages such as C/C++, Python, Bash or C shell scripting and the Linux and Windows computing environments

• Experience with analytical modeling approaches using MATLAB environment

Preferred Qualifications:

• Active Top Secret DoD Clearance or higher

• Advanced degrees in Engineering, Computer Science, Applied Physics, Applied Mathematics, or a related technical field

• Experience with Modeling, Experimentation, Simulation, and Analysis

• Experience with real-time and/or reactive simulation software applications development

• Experience using AFSIM and/or Brawler

• Experience with one or more of the following: statistics, design of experiments, descriptive/diagnostic/predictive/prescriptive analytics, high performance computing

• Domain experience in simulations of RF, EOIR, Communications or related systems

• Solid understanding of the Systems Engineering and Integration & Test processes

• Experience with DPC, CUDA, OpenCL, Verilog, VHDL, or other domain specific languages

• Experience with Agile and/or SAFe methodologies

As a full-time employee of Northrop Grumman Mission Systems, you are eligible for our robust benefits package including:

• Medical, Dental & Vision coverage

• 401k

• Educational Assistance

• Life Insurance

• Employee Assistance Programs & Work/Life Solutions

• Paid Time Off

• Health & Wellness Resources

• Employee Discounts

Link to Benefits: https://totalrewards.northropgrumman.com

This positions standard work schedule is a 9/80. The 9/80 schedule allows employees who work a nine-hour day Monday through Thursday to take every other Friday off.

This position is contingent upon maintaining an active DoD Secret Clearance and the ability to obtain Special Program Access (SAP)

The health and safety of our employees and their families is a top priority. The company encourages employees to remain up-to-date on their COVID-19 vaccinations. U.S. Northrop Grumman employees may be required, in the future, to be vaccinated or have an approved disability/medical or religious accommodation, pursuant to future court decisions and/or government action on the currently stayed federal contractor vaccine mandate under Executive Order 14042 https://www.saferfederalworkforce.gov/contractors/.

Northrop Grumman is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action 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/AA and Pay Transparency statement, please visit http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO. U.S. Citizenship is required for most positions.