Northrop Grumman Australia · 2 months ago
Principal OR Sr. Principal Computational Scientist
United States-Maryland-Annapolis Junction
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$127K/yr - $191K/yr
1+ years expNorthrop Grumman is a trusted provider of mission-enabling solutions for global security, seeking Computational Scientists with a robust scientific and computational background. The role involves developing and implementing scalable scientific software and algorithms for modeling physical processes on high-performance computing systems, as well as optimizing existing codes and workflows.
Defense & Space
No H1B
Security Clearance RequiredU.S. Citizen Only
Responsibilities
Benchmark and profile existing codes and workflows; identify bottlenecks and throughput limitations and establish path for improvement
Enable scaling of simulation and optimization software on HPC systems through the design and development of efficient serial and parallel algorithms
Develop and implement numerical simulation models and scientific algorithms for modeling physical processes of interest
Improve simulation performance via hardware-aware code optimization at the core, node, and system (internode) level
Develop, improve, and orchestrate complex HPC workflows that use off-the-shelf and custom modeling tools for efficient execution on HPC systems
Benchmark and profile new codes and workflows and report on improvements
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in applied mathematics, computational chemistry, computer science, physics or a relevant STEM field with 5 years of relevant technical experience; Master's degree in applied mathematics, computational chemistry, computer science, physics or a relevant STEM field with 3 years of relevant technical experience OR Master's degree in applied mathematics, computational chemistry, computer science, physics or a relevant STEM field and currently enrolled in a PhD program with a completion date prior to start with 1 year of relevant technical experience; PhD in computational chemistry, applied mathematics, computer science, physics or relevant STEM field with 1 year of relevant technical experience
Experience with developing physics-based simulation and scientific software
Domain expertise in at least one scientific field (e.g., condensed matter physics, quantum chemistry, fluid dynamics, solid mechanics, or any other field where computational methods are used for predictions)
Experience with collaborative scientific software development (e.g., Git)
Familiarity with code optimization and HPC hardware
Proficiency in writing code in C or C++ (preferred) and Python
This position requires the applicant to be a U.S. Citizen
Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government security clearance per business requirements
Bachelor's Degree in applied mathematics, computational chemistry, computer science, physics or a relevant STEM field with 8 plus years of relevant technical experience; Master's Degree in applied mathematics, computational chemistry, computer science, physics or a relevant STEM field with 6 years of relevant technical experience; PhD in applied mathematics, computational chemistry, computer science, physics or a relevant STEM field with 4 years of relevant technical experience
Preferred
PhD in applied mathematics, computational chemistry, computer science, physics or a relevant STEM field
Experience with developing numerical algorithms for solving linear-algebra problems and partial differential equations
Experience with developing and implementing numerical optimization methods
Experience with running, profiling, and benchmarking scientific software on HPC systems
Experience with implementing hardware-aware code optimization techniques for HPC systems
Experience with developing parallel code (MPI, OpenMP) or GPU programming (CUDA)
Experience with designing scientific software (design patterns)
Experience leading small technical teams delivering HPC software
Active U.S. Government security 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