Sr. Principal Systems Engineer - Mission Effectiveness/Ops Analysis

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems has an opening for a Senior Principal Systems Engineer - Mission Effectiveness/Ops Analysis to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals within our Systems Engineering organization. This role is located in Melbourne, FL. In this role, you will support the Systems Engineering Integration (SEI) Integrated Product Team (IPT). Key Responsibilities: Perform modeling, simulation, and analysis to support program development, execution, and related research and development projects. Develop mission relevant scenarios; assesses operational effectiveness of existing and/or emerging systems and capabilities in representative operational environments. Develop new and/or integrates existing system simulation frameworks, weapon systems components to include air vehicle platform, kinematics, sensors, communications, command & control, weapons, and threat performance models and algorithms. Analyzes and tests next generation tactical assets within an advanced threat environment. Develop software to simulate real-time operations and behavior of systems for virtual simulation (man in the loop) testing so that future tactical aircraft can be evaluated in next generation air warfare mission environments. Model operational environments and perform trade studies via computer simulation resulting in recommendations for alternative system architectures and configurations. Support the design and development of visualization models and databases for integration with a high fidelity simulation environment used for strategic simulation and training. Support evaluations to determine the best frameworks, hardware, capabilities, and tools available to create simulations and experiences that enhance the Virtual Simulation product. Ensures performance capabilities of new systems and architectures are traded against cost and mission requirements. Communicate across the engineering disciplines and technology areas to integrate capabilities. Ability to work independently or in team settings, according to project needs. This position requires practical experience and interpretation of modeling and simulation results, algorithms, and formulas and must be able to communicate their significance and relevancy in a clear, detailed manner.