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Join Northrop Grumman on our continued mission to push the boundaries of possible across land, sea, air, space, and cyberspace. Enjoy a culture where your voice is valued and start contributing to our team of passionate professionals providing real-life solutions to our world’s biggest challenges. We take pride in creating purposeful work and allowing our employees to grow and achieve their goals every day by Defining Possible. With our competitive pay and comprehensive benefits, we have the right opportunities to fit your life and launch your career today.

Northrop Grumman Aerospace Sector is seeking a motivated Staff

Engineer Systems Modeling Simulation to perform analysis activities in the System Analysis and Simulation organization. This individual will be responsible for supervising and leading a group of engineers to plan and execute the Modeling and Simulation, and Mission/ Risk Analysis efforts for autonomous systems, manned ISR and BMC2 platforms and future growth opportunities.

Essential Functions:
Responsible for allocating resources across the enterprise programs and ensuring the cost, schedule and technical performance meets each program’s statement of work. Ensure appropriate communications up and down the chain of command including providing management briefings as well as status reports and metrics on the health of the projects. Engage in frequent interaction with the customers and other IPTs Candidate will provide technical leadership and guidance to a team of system engineers/ analysts in the areas of Modeling and Simulation (M&S), Verification, Validation, and Accreditation (VV&A), and Mission/ Operational/ Impact Analysis Interact as a team player/ leader utilizing strong analytical skills. This position is located in Rancho Bernardo, CA or Melbourne, FL.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) and 14 years of related engineering experience, or a Master's in STEM with 12 years of related experience, or a PhD in STEM and 9 years of related experience
• Minimum of one year of experience leading a team
• Direct experience in M&S/ Analysis methodologies and tools/standards (such as MATLAB or STK or AFSIM or DIS etc.) or M&S VV&A process
• Active DoD Secret Clearance or higher, and the ability to obtain TS/SCI clearance

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master’s Degree plus of a minimum of 10 years of related experience/ Ph.D. Degree plus a minimum of 5 years of related experience
• Working knowledge in various aspects of Unmanned Aerial Systems (air vehicle, ground station, operations, sensor payloads, and/or communications ) and Manned ISR and BMC2 Platforms
• Active TS/SCI clearance preferred
• Excellent communication skills

This position reports to San Diego, CA, USA, however, this position can also be worked from Melbourne, FL, FL, USA.

Salary Range: $156,000 USD - $234,000 USD

Employees may be eligible for 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 health and safety of our employees and their families is a top priority. The company encourages employees to remain up-to-date on their COVID-19 vaccinations. U.S. Northrop Grumman employees may be required, in the future, to be vaccinated or have an approved disability/medical or religious accommodation, pursuant to future court decisions and/or government action on the currently stayed federal contractor vaccine mandate under Executive Order 14042 https://www.saferfederalworkforce.gov/contractors/.

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