Senior Staff Radar Modeling Simulation & Analysis Systems Architect
Northrop Grumman2 days ago
Baltimore, MD, USAStaff+
Base Salary
$184k - $276k/yr
Responsibilities
- Architect and develop modeling, simulation, experimentation, and analysis capabilities for advanced platforms, sensors, weapons, and environmental interactions.
- Develop large-scale data analytics, probability and statistics models, design-of-experiment analyses, and high-fidelity physics simulations.
- Integrate simulations with operational flight software and validate simulation performance against laboratory and flight-test data.
- Produce reports and artifacts supporting simulation verification, validation, accreditation, and credibility.
- Lead multidisciplinary teams, coordinate technical solutions, and propagate modeling and simulation best practices across programs.
- Develop and integrate simulation frameworks, performance and threat models, command-and-control models, algorithms, and real-time simulation applications.
- Model operational environments, conduct computer-based trade studies, recommend alternative architectures, and support emerging contract proposals.
- Architect tools and ecosystems that aggregate simulation datasets into deliverable visual formats.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree with 14 years of experience, master’s degree with 12 years, or Ph.D. with 10 years in electrical engineering, computer engineering, computer science, or a related technical field; an additional four years of experience may substitute for a degree.
- U.S. citizenship and a current/active U.S. Government Secret clearance are required, with the ability to obtain Top Secret clearance and maintain Special Access Program access.
- Experience architecting software solutions to meet customer requirements.
- Experience programming in C/C++, Python, or C shell scripting in Linux and Windows environments.
- Radar, electronic warfare, or electronic support measures simulation domain experience.
- Experience with digital signal processing and complex-valued signal data.
- Preferred qualifications include advanced technical degrees, leadership across multidisciplinary teams, radar/EW/ESM mode verification and validation, systems engineering and integration/test processes, real-time or reactive simulation development, analytics or high-performance computing, MATLAB analytical modeling, RF hardware and firmware architecture, and LATEX, CUDA, cmake, or GCC.
- The position is contingent on contract award, successful transfer of an active Secret clearance, and the ability to obtain Special Program Access.
Benefits
- Health plan, savings plan, paid time off, education assistance, training and development, and additional benefits.
- A 9/80 work schedule may be available.
- Full-time, onsite role in Baltimore/Linthicum, Maryland; relocation assistance may be available.
- Travel is required approximately 10% of the time.
About Northrop Grumman
Northrop Grumman designs and manufactures aircraft, spacecraft, missile defense, C4ISR, and cyber systems for the U.S. government, NASA, and allied nations. The company operates primarily through long-term defense and space contracts, delivering products and services spanning autonomous systems, sensors, software, and sustainment. Founded in 1994 and headquartered in Falls Church, Virginia, it is a public company listed on the NYSE (ticker: NOC).