Principal / Sr Principal Engineer - Operations Research (AHT)
Northrop Grumman
- Los Angeles, CA
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Develop and apply advanced software and systems methods that support the investigation, analysis and solution of complex and advanced technical problems.
- Develop and use tools that support the visualization of the battlespace at a mission or engagement level
- Use, develop, and modifying tools to support data analysis of simulation or flight test results
- Model operational environments, performs trade studies via computer simulation, and recommends alternative architectures
- Develop software to model behavior of systems in real-time and constructive simulations
- Develop, integrate, and use advanced graphical user interfaces and visualization tools
- Perform mission simulation using government or industry standard tools to determine mission effectiveness
- Perform engagement simulation using standard tools, MATLAB, Simulink and others.
- Perform modeling and simulation studies that optimize mission performance for weapon systems across the air, land, sea, space and cyber domains
- Perform modeling, simulation, and analysis tasks assessing system survivability, system effectiveness, and overall system performance in engagement / mission-level scenarios.
- Develop performance models and algorithms, threat models and command and control models for new and/or existing system simulation frameworks.
- Solicit input from various stakeholders, synthesize data, and communicate results to various levels of leadership within the organization
- Participate in Agile engineering project frameworks
- High school diploma/GED and a minimum of 9+ years of experience in modeling, simulation, and analysis of Aerospace Systems, Systems Analysis, and Design.
- BS in Computer Science, Engineering, Math, or Physics AND 5+ years modeling, simulation, and analysis of Aerospace Systems, Systems Analysis, and Design, OR
- MS in Computer Science, Engineering, Math, or Physics AND 3+ years modeling, simulation, and analysis of Aerospace Systems, Systems Analysis, and Design
- **Current/active U.S Government issued DoD Secret Clearance; clearance must have been issued/adjudicated in the past five (5) years
- Experience as an AFSIM developer/analyst, including making and validating movers, creating observers and post-processors, and performing large Design of Experiments (DoE) studies
- Experience creating compelling OV-1s, data visualization, and other briefing materials to explain simulation techniques, assumptions, and insights to a variety of audiences
- Experience executing technology development and EMD contracts with DoD customers
- Experience leading Operations Research studies, including identifying Technical Performance Metrics (TPMs) and developing study plans from Statements of Work (SOWs) and Statements of Objectives (SOOs)
- High school diploma/GED and a minimum of 13+ years of experience in modeling, simulation, and analysis of Aerospace Systems, Systems Analysis, and Design, OR
- BS in Computer Science, Engineering, Math, or Physics AND 9+ years modeling, simulation, and analysis of Aerospace Systems, Systems Analysis, and Design, OR
- MS in Computer Science, Engineering, Math, or Physics AND 7+ years modeling, simulation, and analysis of Aerospace Systems, Systems Analysis, and Design, OR
- PhD. Computer Science, Engineering, Math, or Physics AND 4+ years modeling, simulation, and analysis of Aerospace Systems, Systems Analysis, and Design
- **Current/active U.S Government issued DoD Secret Clearance; clearance must have been issued/adjudicated in the past five (5) years
- Experience as an AFSIM developer/analyst, including making and validating movers, creating observers and post-processors, and performing large Design of Experiments (DoE) studies
- Experience creating compelling OV-1s, data visualization, and other briefing materials to explain simulation techniques, assumptions, and insights to a variety of audiences
- Experience executing technology development and EMD contracts with DoD customers
- Experience leading Operations Research studies, including identifying Technical Performance Metrics (TPMs) and developing study plans from Statements of Work (SOWs) and Statements of Objectives (SOOs)
- Comfortable with high level programming languages such as C/C++.
- Strong software development principles with the ability to manage computer resources for data throughput and distributed systems.
- Experience developing and using analysis tools such as MATLAB, Python, VBA, or similar tools
- Comfortable developing in multiple operating systems as well as integrating systems across OS boundaries. (Windows/Linux)
- Strong debugging skills, ability to use common debuggers, compilers and command line execution.
- Ability to develop shell scripts for program execution
- Knowledge of and experience with software engineering development lifecycle processes
- Experience with version control tools (Bitbucket, GitHub, or Gitlab, etc.)
- Experience integrating custom plug-ins to AFSIM
- Experience with working with and programming distributed simulation protocols such as DIS or HLA
- Experience performing modeling, simulation, and analysis tasks assessing system survivability, system effectiveness, and overall system performance in engagement / mission-level scenarios.
- Knowledge of RF Threat Modeling, of Electronic Attack techniques and modeling, guided missile design
- Knowledge of any of the following simulation frameworks: AFSIM, Suppressor, Brawler, JWS, AJEM, ESAMS
- Familiarity with Agile, MBSE, and / or system architecture frameworks
- Effective project management skills and good communication techniques
- Strong interpersonal and leadership skills, excellent communications skills, including the ability to present and brief technical data to all levels of leadership within the organization and U.S. Government
- Proposal development, writing or execution experience