Posted:
9/2/2025, 7:51:50 AM
Location(s):
Colorado, United States ⋅ Aurora, Colorado, United States
Experience Level(s):
Expert or higher ⋅ Senior
Field(s):
IT & Security
The Payload and Ground Systems organization within the Northrop Grumman Space Systems 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.
Northrop Grumman Space Systems (NGSP) is seeking a Sr. Principal Systems Engineer to support a program out of our Aurora, CO location.
What You’ll get to Do:
Performs technical planning, system integration, verification and validation, cost and risk, and supportability and effectiveness analyses for total systems. Analyses are performed at all levels of total system product to include: concept, design, test, installation, operation, maintenance and disposal. Ensures the logical and systematic conversion of customer or product requirements into total systems solutions that acknowledge technical, schedule, and cost constraints. Performs functional analysis, timeline analysis, detail trade studies, requirements allocation and interface definition studies to translate customer requirements into hardware and software specifications. Maintain existing operations procedures up-to-date to also include lessons learned from real-time performance. Develop new procedures as required. Interface with program and customer personnel.
Basic Qualifications:
Bachelor’s degree in computer science or other STEM related degree with 8 years of relevant experience; 6 years of relevant experience with a Master's; 4 years of relevant experience with a PhD.
Must have an active Top Secret/SCI clearance at the time of application and willingness to sit for a polygraph
Experience in systems engineering, requirements, test plan/strategy
Strong written and oral communications skills
MTC program knowledge/experience
Preferred Qualifications:
Ability to decompose requirements understanding impacts to current baseline architecture
Ability to create/decompose new requirements in various disciplines (systems engineering, software & hardware)
Ability to create Inter-Connectivity Documents (ICD)
Ability to partner with Integrated Product Team ( IPT) stakeholders and engage in thought leadership and systems thinking.
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