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Modeling Simulation & Analysis ( MS & A ) Engineering Manager 1
Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation · 🇺🇸 United States-Maryland-Linthicum
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About the role
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. At Northrop Grumman, we drive innovations that define possible. We’re seeking a Systems Engineering Manager 1 to lead and elevate our Modeling, Simulation & Analysis (MS&A) capabilities in support of evolving mission needs. This is a dual role that combines technical project execution with people leadership, focused on delivering credible, mission-focused systems solutions and will be 100% on site at our Linthicum, MD location. As an integral part of our Foundational Systems Engineering department located in Linthicum, MD you will focus on architecting the delivery of capabilities across multiple programs through the development and use of advanced models and simulations of platforms, sensors, weapons, and their interactions with the environment. What You’ll Get to Do : Functional & People Leadership: • Balance approximately 80% allocation to technical/programmatic work and 20% to functional management activities. • Lead, develop, and manage a team of engineers supporting MS&A initiatives. • Provide engineering staffing to programs. • Support Compensation planning. • Provide performance management and career development for direct reports. • Foster a culture of well-being, inclusion, and high performance. • Support hiring, onboarding, compensation planning, and skills/career development. • Manage workload forecasting and drive continuous improvement efforts. • Mentor both senior and junior staff to build the next generation of MS&A professionals. • Maintain and apply engineering processes, tools, and standards. • Develop relationships with internal and external stakeholders, fostering sector-wide collaboration. • Review proposal content, develop department initiatives, and drive technology roadmaps. Technical & Project Leadership: • Utilize Modeling, Simulation and Analysis (MS&A) of advanced systems using C++ object-oriented design, advanced data structures and test-driven development. • Develop large scale data analytics, probabilities, and statistics, including the application of design of experiment techniques for the evaluation of system and mission performance. • Integrate MS&A with operational flight software, collecting and analyzing data from laboratory or flight tests, the verification and validation of simulation performance against flight test data, and formally verifying that the models meet specified requirements. • Produce publication quality reports which define the foundation for simulation credibility across all stakeholders and provide the artifacts to support formal simulation Verification, Validation and Accreditation (VVA). • Lead teams to solve problems and architect improvements across MS&A product lines. • Perform IQ-fidelity modeling and simulation to inform operational analysis and mission effectiveness. • Design simulation architectures to su