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RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be availableCLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: YesCLEARANCE TYPE: Top SecretTRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the TimeDescriptionAt 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, they're making history.

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems has an opening for a Systems Modeling & Simulation Engineer (Engineer or Principal Level) to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals within our Systems Engineering organization. This role is located in Palmdale, CA.

Roles and Responsibilities will include:

• You will model operational environments, perform trade studies via computer simulation and recommends alternative architectures.
• Responsible for the design, development, integration, and test of physics-based, real-time engineering simulations in support of Operator-In-The-Loop (OITL) mission simulations. Simulations include sensor/payload operations and employment, and advanced Electronic Warfare effects.
• Contribute to high-visible activities and have opportunities to periodically demonstrate integrated capabilities to sector leadership and high value customers.
• Complete installations of software, perform smoke tests, and use the software as intended to analyze its functional properties.
• Utilize software and analytical tools to model behavior of systems in real-time and constructive simulations.
• Integrate, and use advanced graphical user interfaces and visualization tools.
• Model operational environments, performs trade studies via computer simulation and recommends alternative architectures.
• Participate in demonstrating new software features and functionality to leadership
• Create and apply knowledge of Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures (TTPs) to support blue/red kill chains across multiple security environments, programs, architectures, and platforms
• Provide blue/red tactics and CONOPS modeling, simulation, and analysis in mission-level models to help accomplish long-term objectives related to program development, execution, and related research and development projects.
• Expected to be a self-starter with familiarity working in an Integrated Product Team construct.

This role is a required full-time, on-site position at our facility. There is no remote / hybrid / telework available for this position. Travel up to 25% may be required.

This role may be filled at a Engineer or Principal Engineer level based on the qualifications outlined below.

Basic Qualifications:

At an Engineer Level (Level 02)

• Must have a Bachelors degree in a STEM field and at least 2 years of relevant military / professional experience, OR a Master's Degree in a STEM field and at least some of relevant military / professional / academic experience

At a Principal Level (Level 03)

• Must have a Bachelors degree in a STEM field and at least 5 years of relevant military / professional experience, OR a Master's Degree in a STEM field and at least 3 years of relevant military / professional experience, OR a PhD and at least 1 year of relevant military / professional / academic experience

And at Both Levels:

• Must have experience with engineering skills using C#/C++, JAVA, or other Object Oriented programming languages.
• Experience in at least one of the following areas:
  • Modeling and Simulation of Radars, Missiles, Integrated Air Defense Systems (IADS), Air and/or Space platforms
  • Knowledge of debugging codes and software developmental languages
  • Electronic Attack (EA), Electronic Protection (EP), Electronic Countermeasures
  • Red and/or Blue CONOPs and TTPs

• Must have an active US Government Top Secret clearance (with a background investigation completed within the last 6 years or currently enrolled into Continuous Evaluation).

• Must have the ability to obtain and maintain Special Access Program (SAP) clearance within a reasonable amount of time as determined by business needs.

Preferred Qualifications

• Current applicable Special Access Program (SAP) clearance.
• Active DoD Top Secret SCI clearance (with a background investigation within the past 5 years or enrolled into Continuous Evaluation).
• The ability to develop (C# and JAVA) and integrate prototype and pre-production software to support simulation events.
• The ability to develop physics-based models and simulations using Object Oriented programming.
• Systems and software integration experience related to Service Oriented Architectures.
• An ability to work with a team in a rapid prototyping environment.
• Experience with system of systems modeling tools: AFSIM, Suppressor, or Brawler.
• Operational military background or experience
• Experience with version control tools (Tortoise SVN, Bitbucket, GitHub, Gitlab, etc.).
• Strong communication, interpersonal and leadership skills to include project/analysis lead experience.

Primary Level Salary Range: $91,800.00 - $137,600.00Secondary Level Salary Range: $114,000.00 - $171,000.00The above salary range represents a general guideline; however, Northrop Grumman considers a number of factors when determining base salary offers such as the scope and responsibilities of the position and the candidate's experience, education, skills and current market conditions.Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay. Annual bonuses are designed to reward individual contributions as well as allow employees to share in company results. Employees in Vice President or Director positions may be eligible for Long Term Incentives. In addition, Northrop Grumman provides a variety of benefits including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, savings plan, Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business.The application period for the job is estimated to be 20 days from the job posting date. However, this timeline may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates.Northrop Grumman is an Equal Opportunity 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 and pay transparency statement, please visit http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO. U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.