Northrop Grumman Australia · 1 week ago
Modeling & Simulation Systems Engineer 3 or 4 (AHT)
United States-California-Northridge
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
$89K/yr - $134K/yr
5+ years expNorthrop Grumman is a leading aerospace and defense technology company, seeking an experienced Modeling & Simulation Systems Engineer 3 or 4. The role involves working with C++ based simulations for missile systems, verifying weapon system requirements, and conducting extensive testing of simulations to ensure their suitability for verification tasks.
Defense & Space
No H1B
Security Clearance RequiredU.S. Citizen Only
Responsibilities
Work with C++ based simulations of the AARGM-ER family of missiles to verify weapon system requirements
Assist in developing weapon systems requirements verifications, 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
Do extensive testing of the simulations themselves to verify their suitability for weapon systems requirements verification
Qualification
Required
BS degree in aerospace engineering, physics, software engineering, systems engineering, or a related field is required with 5 years of experience or an MS degree in areas above with 3 years of experience
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 or building analysis tools
Experience applying principles of dynamics/kinematics to analysis or software development. Experience should be specifically applicable to missile systems, though the experience can be in other areas. May consider experience with sensor modeling in liu of this
Experience in at least one of the following: 1 – requirements development and verification, including developing requirements, devising requirements verification methods, executing those verifications, and documenting the results; 2 - Jenkins or other DevOps tools; 3 - AFSIM and/or JSE; 4 - working with a Hardware-In-The-Loop system; or 5 - embedded software development
Current US Government Secret level clearance with ability to be cleared for SAP (Special Access Program)
BS degree in aerospace engineering, physics, software engineering, systems engineering, or a related field is required with 8 years of experience or an MS degree in areas above with 6 years of experience
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 or building analysis tools
Experience applying principles of dynamics/kinematics to analysis or software development. Experience should be specifically applicable to missile systems, though the experience can be in other areas. Will also consider experience with sensor modeling in liu of this
Experience in at least one of the following: 1 – requirements development and verification, including developing requirements, devising requirements verification methods, executing those verifications, and documenting the results; 2 - Jenkins or other DevOps tools; 3 - AFSIM and/or JSE; 4 - working with a Hardware-In-The-Loop system; or 5 - embedded software development
Current US Government Secret level clearance with ability to be cleared for SAP (Special Access Program)
Preferred
Experience as a charge account manager, or other experience with EVMS
Experience as a scrum master (beyond just running scrum meetings) or scrum product owner
Experience running Monte Carlo simulations
Experience working with an HPC system
Familiar with make files or CMAKE
Experience in estimating/planning budget and schedule, and in tracking to that plan. Specific experience in doing so via an agile paradigm
Experience with SysML, preferably with CAMEO
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