Systems Modeling & Simulation Engineer - Operations Analysis

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the Time Description At 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 is looking for a Systems Modeling & Simulation, Operations Analysis Engineer to support the Systems Engineering organization in Rancho Bernardo, CA . Our work influences the investment decisions of our senior leadership and customer program offices. The Modeling and Simulation discipline itself is a mesh of many other fields (e.g., Systems Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Software Engineering, etc.) and frequently collaborates across functional disciplines. In this role, you will be a member of a small, cross-functional team. The team performs the following tasks: developing physics-based models, creating dynamic scenarios, designing focused vignette threads and performing operations analysis. The analysis includes a wide variety of system types and spans multiple domains (friendly and adversary; ground, maritime, air and space). This drives the development of clean-sheet requirements, refines existing program system requirements, and influences the pursuit of future technologies and capabilities. You will work with air vehicle and subsystem engineers, as well as with program and customer leadership, to recommend candidate designs, and to develop Concepts of Operation (CONOPs) and Tactics, Techniques and Procedures (TTPs) at the system, mission, and campaign levels. You'll also be responsible for developing new and/or integrating existing system simulation frameworks, performance models and algorithms, threat models and command and control models. Essential Functions: • Perform operational analysis and mission effectiveness analysis • Develop and translate friendly/adversary tactics into mission-level models such as AFSIM • Model operational environments, perform trade studies via computer simulation, and recommend alternative architectures • Perform mission engineering activities to ensure continuity between desired operational capabilities and delivered system performance • 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 representative operational environments • Solicit input from various stakeholders, synthesize data, and communicate results to various levels of leadership within the organization • Develop software to model behavior of systems in real-time and constructive simulations • Develop, integrate, and use advanced graphical user interfaces and visualization tools Basic Qualifications: • Must have a Bachelors of Science 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 • Must have an active