Posted:
5/19/2026, 12:05:00 AM
Location(s):
California, United States ⋅ Los Angeles, California, United States
Experience Level(s):
Expert or higher ⋅ Senior
Field(s):
IT & Security
Workplace Type:
On-site
Northrop Grumman Mission Systems is a trusted provider of mission-enabling solutions for global security. Our Engineering and Sciences (E&S) organization pushes the boundaries of innovation, redefines engineering capabilities, and drives advances in various sciences. Our team is chartered with providing the skills, innovative technologies to develop, design, produce and sustain optimized product lines across the sector while providing a decisive advantage to the warfighter. Come be a part of our mission!
We at Northrop Grumman Missions Systems are seeking a skilled Principal or Senior Principal Systems Engineer in Woodland Hills, CA
Key Responsibilities:
Work with a broad customer base to identify unique requirements, flow the requirements into design documentation, and work with a diverse team to build and test those requirements.
Present to customers on the capabilities of current products, performance analyses, design information, and requirements verification methods.
Generate, review, and manage multiple requirements sets that cover all aspects of both performance and nonperformance including mechanical interfaces, electrical interfaces, data requirements, environmental requirements, and reliability.
Awareness and responsiveness to contract milestones and deliverables.
Lead an Agile team to ensure the designs are sufficient to meet the system requirements.
Work with various Agile teams to ensure all requirements are verified through inspection, analysis, demonstration, or test often by providing test and data reduction scripts.
Provide test directions to ensure production tests and troubleshooting tests are executed correctly and resulting data conforms to requirements.
Develop simulation models for sensors and systems.
This requisition may be filled as a Principal Systems Engineer or Senior Principal Systems Engineer.
Basic Qualifications - Principal System Engineer:
Bachelor's of Science degree in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) discipline with 5+ years of engineering experience OR Master's Science degree in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) discipline with 3+ years of engineering experience OR PhD degree in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) discipline with 1+ years of engineering experience
Experience with IBM Rational DOORS and technical baseline management
Experience in System Engineering activities such as:
Software requirements development
Requirements development
Test Case development
Verification and Validation i.e. experience running tests and documenting results
Excellent written and oral communication skills
Experience supporting test investigations and debugging efforts
Collaborate with cross-functional teams
A current/active U.S. Government Secret clearance
Ability to work onsite full-time at Woodland Hills, CA
Basic Qualifications - Senior Principal System Engineer:
Bachelor's of Science degree in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) discipline with 8+ years of engineering experience OR Master's Science degree in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) discipline with 6+ years of engineering experience OR PhD degree in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) discipline with 4+ years of engineering experience
Experience with IBM Rational DOORS and technical baseline management
Experience in System Engineering activities such as:
Software requirements development
Requirements development
Test Case development
Verification and Validation i.e. experience running test and documenting results
Excellent written and oral communication skills
Experience supporting test investigations and debugging efforts
Collaborate with cross-functional teams
A current/active U.S. Government Secret clearance
Ability to work onsite full-time at Woodland Hills, CA
Preferred Qualifications:
Experience with working in an engineering Agile team
Experience with JIRA
Systems Engineering experience on large, complex systems
Lab and system integration experience
Excellent time management, organizational skills
Understanding and experience with Model Based Systems Engineering and Cameo modeling (or equivalent)
Experience with ClearQuest / ClearCase
Website: https://northropgrumman.com/
Headquarter Location: Falls Church, Virginia, United States
Employee Count: 10001+
Year Founded: 1994
IPO Status: Public
Last Funding Type: Grant
Industries: Data Integration ⋅ Manufacturing ⋅ Remote Sensing ⋅ Security ⋅ Software