Modeling & Simulation Systems Engineer 2 Or 3 (AHT)

Level 2 Or Level 3 Engineer, Modeling And Simulation Systems/Software

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.

Northrop Grumman is currently looking for an experienced Level 2 or Level 3 in Modeling and Simulations, Systems or Software engineering with a strong background in C++.

The successful candidate will work with our C++ based simulations of the AARGM ER family of missiles to verify weapon system requirements. This will involve assisting in developing weapon systems requirements verifications, developing scenarios to verify those requirements, analyzing the results using MATLAB or python tools, and digging into the C++ source code of the simulation to track down reasons for apparent requirements failures (Actual issue with the system itself, the system software, or the model representation in C++). The candidate will also do extensive testing of the simulations themselves to verify their suitability for weapon systems requirements verification. Later tasks will vary between software-centric or analysis-centric.

The ideal candidate will have professional experience in both software engineering and systems engineering, or experience specific to modeling and simulation.

Basic Qualifications for an Engineer, Modeling and Simulation Systems/Software - (Level 02):

• BS degree in software engineering, aerospace engineering, physics, systems engineering, or a related field is required with 2 years of experience or an MS degree in areas above with 0 years of experience is required.
• Previous experience, and proficiency in developing or troubleshooting C or C++ applications on Windows, and preferably on Linux.
• Significant experience with either MATLAB or python, with demonstrable experience and skills in using these for data analysis.
• Significant experience developing requirements, devising requirements verification methods, executing those verifications, and documenting the results.
• Sufficient background in physics to understand the basics of flight dynamics and sensors (material covered in first year engineering physics courses will suffice) or coursework in statistics beyond the general education level.
• Experience in at least 1 of the following:
• 6-DOF simulations
• MBSE/CAMEO
• GNC
• Sensors
• Other field specifically relevant to missile simulation or verification
• Experience as a product owner or CAM
• Ability to obtain an interim US Government Secret security clearance prior to start and ability to get cleared to SAP access level.

Basic Qualifications for a Principal Systems Engineer, Modeling and Simulation Systems/Software - (Level 03):

• BS degree in software engineering, aerospace engineering, physics, systems engineering, or a related field is required with 5 years of experience or an MS degree in areas above with 3 year of experience is required.
• Previous experience, and proficiency in developing or troubleshooting C or C++ applications on Windows, and preferably on Linux.
• Significant experience with either MATLAB or python, with demonstrable experience and skills in using these for data analysis.
• Significant experience developing requirements, devising requirements verification methods, executing those verifications, and documenting the results.
• Sufficient background in physics to understand the basics of flight dynamics and sensors (material covered in first year engineering physics courses will suffice) or coursework in statistics beyond the general education level.
• Experience in at least 1 of the following:
• 6-DOF simulations
• MBSE/SYSML/CAMEO
• GNC
• Sensors
• Other field specifically relevant to missile simulation or verification
• Experience as a product owner or CAM
• Ability to obtain an interim US Government Secret security clearance prior to start and ability to get cleared to SAP access level.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience as a charge account manager, or other experience with EVMS
• Some experience with 6-DOF simulations or related simulations, or guidance, navigation and control algorithms for airborne platforms (strongly preferred)
• Experience running Monte Carlo simulations
• Experience working with an HPC system
• Experience with hardware in the loop systems
• Comfortable using GIT as a configuration management system.
• Familiar with make files or CMAKE.
• Familiar with Distributed Simulation Systems protocols such as DIS or HLA.
• General mathematical background in linear algebra and differential equations.
• Experience using simulations to verify weapon systems.
• Experience in estimating/planning budget and schedule, and in tracking to that plan. Specific experience in doing so via an agile paradigm is strongly preferred.
• Experience with SysML, preferably with CAMEO
• AJEM or other lethality modeling tools
• AFSIM

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