2027 Associate Systems Modeling & Simulation Engineer/Modeling & Simulation Engineer

About the Role

Northrop Grumman is seeking Systems Modeling & Simulation Engineers to support their Survivability organization. This position is located on-site at their Aeronautics Systems sector in El Segundo, CA. The role can be filled as either an Associate Systems Modeling & Simulation Engineer or a Systems Modeling & Simulation Engineer.

Key Responsibilities

• Support system analysis, operations analysis, and simulation activities
• Perform military requirements analysis
• Threat system analysis
• System survivability analysis
• Mission performance/effectiveness analysis
• Military utility
• Perform modeling, simulation, and analysis to support program development, execution, and related research and development projects
• Support lead in developing or assessing new requirements and evaluate advanced air vehicle concepts and technologies
• Support mission engineering activities to ensure performance capabilities of new systems and architectures are traded against cost and mission requirements; develop mission relevant scenarios; assess operational effectiveness of existing and emerging systems and capabilities in the threat environment
• Communicate across engineering disciplines and technology areas to integrate capabilities

Requirements & Tech Stack

Basic Qualifications for an Associate Systems Modeling & Simulation Engineer

• Completing or has completed a Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution by August 2027
• Majoring in or having majored in Electrical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Mathematics, or other related STEM degree program
• Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government Top Secret security clearance and Special Access Program clearance. (U.S. citizenship is a pre-requisite).
• Final approved U.S. Government Top Secret security clearance and Special Access Program clearance are required to start.

Basic Qualifications for a Systems Modeling & Simulation Engineer

• Completing or has completed a Master’s degree from an accredited institution by August 2027 OR is completing a Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution and has 2 years of related engineering experience by August 2027
• Majoring in or having majored in Electrical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Mathematics, or other related STEM degree program
• Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government Top Secret security clearance and Special Access Program clearance. (U.S. citizenship is a pre-requisite).
• Final approved U.S. Government Top Secret security clearance and Special Access Program clearance are required to start.

Preferred Qualifications (Both Levels)

• Overall cumulative GPA of 3.00/4.0 or higher
• Active Secret security clearance or Top Secret security clearance
• Familiarity with advanced air and space assets and associated technologies, including:
• Low Observables
• Electronic Warfare
• Radar Modeling/Analysis
• RF/IR/EO/Acoustic Modeling/Analysis
• Survivability Analysis
• Countermeasures
• Operations
• Sensor Payloads
• Ground Station
• Ability to work independently and in a team in a fast-paced environment, and brief technical approach and status to senior management
• Familiarity with Linux and/or Unix-based development
• Knowledge of domain-specific radar principles, including signal processing, target acquisition, target tracking, resource management, discrimination, and battle manager interfaces
• Experience related to air vehicle sensors (RF, EO/IR, radar, ESM, SAR, etc.), data processing/fusion, data links, navigation, or vehicle control
• Experience with MATLAB, Python, C#, or C/C++ or other advanced programming languages
• Familiarity with USAF modeling and simulations tools such as AFSIM, STK or other engagement or mission level models

Salary Range

• Associate Systems Modeling & Simulation Engineer: $76,200 - $114,400/year
• Systems Modeling & Simulation Engineer: $91,800 - $137,600/year

Relocation assistance may be available.

Travel: 10% of the time.