Staff Mission Performance Modeling Systems Engineer (Clearance Required)
Posted on: 13 Mar 2021
Azusa, CA
Job Description
Description
Embark on a career putting innovative, reliable, and agile products and ideas into orbit, and beyond. Northrop Grumman has opportunities waiting for you that play a vital role in human space exploration, national defense, and scientific discovery, supporting multiple programs across the universe. With us, you rsquo;ll discover a culture of curiosity and collaboration that will have you Defining Possible from the day you start. Our space systems connect and protect millions of people on earth every day, now and for the future. Explore your future and launch your career today.
Northrop Grumman Space Systems, Strategic Force Programs is looking for a Staff Systems Engineer (Level 5) with significant background in EO/IR and/or microwave phenomenology modeling with an emphasis in sensor modeling. The candidate will be working out of our Azusa, CA location.
The candidate will join the System Analysis functional organization group and serve as the thread modeling subject matter expert (SME). The candidate will not only provide technical expertise in the exploitation of EO/IR and/or microwave phenomenology for the detection of various threats, but will also provide expertise in building a modeling capability to model these threats. Candidate will provide technical expertise for the initiative to build an end-to-end, i.e atmospheric and threat modeling to threat detection algorithms, digital simulation facility. In particular, the candidate should have a strong background in sensor modeling to build up the capability to model any number of sensor forms within this end-to-end threat modeling capability. Candidate should have good familiarity with current space and ground based surveillance systems.
Qualification
Basic Qualifications:
middot; Bachelor rsquo;s Degree in a STEM field amp; 14 years of Mission Phenomenology and Simulation experience, OR a Master rsquo;s Degree in a STEM field amp; 12 years of mission phenomenology and simulation experience, OR a PhD in a STEM field amp; 9 years of mission phenomenology and simulation experience
middot; Strong background in atmospheric phenomenology and sensor modeling
middot; Subject matter expert in either EO/IR or microwave phenomenology, with specific application to mission threat detection
middot; Deep understanding on building and understanding mission Concepts of operations (CONOPS) for mission threat detection applications
middot; Experience in space and ground based surveillance architectures
middot; Strong Experience in using Matlab and/or Python to do analysis
middot; Active amp; current DoD Secret Clearance must be held and maintained
Preferred Qualifications:
middot; Master rsquo;s or PhD in Remote Sensing
middot; Subject Matter expert in both EO/IR and microwave phenomenology
middot; Significant experience in working with DoD technical SMEs
middot; Experience with focal plane technologies
middot; Active TS/SCI Clearance
Northrop Grumman
Falls Church, VA
Northrop Grumman Corporation, a security company, provides products in the areas of autonomous systems, cyber, space, strikes, and logistics and modernizations in the United States, the Asia Pacific, and internationally. The company operates through four segments: Aerospace Systems, Innovation Systems, Mission Systems, and Technology Services. The Aerospace Systems segment designs, develops, integrates, and produces manned aircrafts, autonomous systems, spacecraft systems, high-energy laser systems, microelectronics, and other systems and sub-systems for use in the areas of intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, strike operations, communications, earth observations, and space science.
The Innovation Systems segment designs, develops, integrates, and produces flights, armaments, and space systems. It offers launch vehicles and related propulsion systems; missile products and defense electronics; precision weapons, armament systems, and ammunitions; satellites and associated space components and services; and advanced aerospace structures. The Mission Systems segment offers products and services that include C4ISR systems; radar, electro-optical/infrared (EO/IR), and acoustic sensors; electronic warfare systems; cyber solutions; space systems; intelligence processing systems; air and missile defense integration systems; navigation systems; and shipboard missiles and encapsulated payload launch systems.
The Technology Services segment provides logistic solutions that supports the full life cycle of platforms and systems. Its products and services include software and system sustainment; modernization of platform and associated subsystems; advanced training solutions; and integrated logistics support. Northrop Grumman Corporation was founded in 1939 and is based in Falls Church, Virginia.
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IndustryAerospace and Defense
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No. of Employees85,000
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