Staff Modeling & Sim Eng. / Product Owner- (AHT)

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available

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 is currently looking for an experienced Level 5 -M&S Engineer / Product Owner with experience in product ownership and/or technical program management. This will be located at our Northridge, CA. Location.

The successful candidate will take on responsibilities in agile product ownership for individual programs and will assist and mentor other engineers in similar roles. The candidate will lead the M&S group on a specific program to drive our contractual obligations and deliverables to completion. In addition to specific product ownership responsibilities the candidate will improve our agile product management processes across the group, with a focus of leveraging agile processes for added value to our programs. There will be a focus on improving the effectiveness of the scrum manager role throughout the team. The engineer will have specific responsibilities in managing budget and schedule, combining EVMS an agile paradigms, and in assisting functional managers in staffing decisions.

The modeling and simulation team has engineers with a diverse set of capabilities, including software engineering, systems engineering, GNC, sensors, and analysis. The type of diverse-team leadership experience gained in this role will be suitable for both further technical leadership and program leadership roles.

Basic Qualifications for an Engineer, Modeling and Simulation Engineer/Product Owner - (Level 05): 

• BS degree in software engineering, information technology, aerospace engineering, physics, systems engineering, or a related field is required with 12 years of experience or an MS degree in areas above with 8 years of experience is required.

• Experience as a product owner, technical lead, technical program manager, or similar type of leadership role.

• Significant experience managing budget and schedule (EVMS, active scrum manager, or similar role where budget and schedule were a significant responsibility)

• Significant Experience in some part of the product delivery cycle downstream from development.

• Experience in at least 2 of the following:

  • Proposal development and/or contract negotiation

  • Significant experience with configuration management

  • Functional management

  • Managing information technology systems

  • At least 2 years

  • CAMEO or other SYSML tools

  • Weapon system Modeling and Simulation

• Must have an interim level secret level clearance at start, and be able to obtain a SAP level program clearance.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in developing or working with a CI/CD pipeline (strongly preferred)

• Leadership Experience

• Additional experience in DevOps (strongly preferred)

• Siemens Team Center PLM (EPLM) tool

• Multiple software configuration management tools

• Some experience with 6-DOF simulations or related simulations, or guidance, navigation and control algorithms for airborne platforms (strongly preferred)

• Experience running Monte Carlo simulations

• Experience working with an HPC system

• Experience with hardware in the loop systems

• Experience using simulations to verify weapon systems

* Living in Northridge offers a perfect combination of urban living with the beauty of nature. It is a short drive away from downtown Los Angeles, the Hollywood Hills, or the rest of the San Fernando Valley. Take advantage of your flexible work schedule to enjoy shopping at the local Northridge Fashion Center or spend time at the local Recreation Center as well as easy access to nearby protected natural areas such as the Chatsworth Reservoir, the Santa Susana Pass State Historic Park, Lake Balb