About the role
RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be availableCLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: YesCLEARANCE TYPE: Top SecretTRAVEL: 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 is seeking a Systems Engineer with an emphasis on the Advanced Framework for Simulation, Integration, and Modeling (AFSIM) to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals supporting the National Air and Space Intelligence Center (NASIC) and/or National Space Intelligence Center (NSIC).
You will work on projects that focus on space, counter‑space, and intelligence missions and support modeling, simulation, and analysis (MS&A) teams in evaluating the performance of current and future military systems.
Domestic travel (up to 10%) may be required, dependent on program needs.
Responsibilities
Develop, integrate, and maintain models and simulations in the AFSIM framework to support mission‑level analysis.
Design and implement AFSIM scenarios and plugins, including object detection/identification and system‑of‑systems behaviors.
Collaborate with other modeling and simulation engineers, software developers, analysts, and government/DoD stakeholders to:
Understand mission objectives and analysis needs
Translate requirements into simulation architectures and models
Validate and document models and results
Use Python, C++, and related languages to extend AFSIM capabilities and interface with external tools, dat…
