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.

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 Defense Systems Sector is seeking a Sr. Principal Engineer Systems to join our team. This position will be located at the Northrop Grumman facility in Redondo Beach, CA or via a candidate that can work remotely. Travel up to 10% of the time may be required.

This role will be in support of the Collaborative Mission Planning Continuum (CMPC) program. The candidate will serve as an integral member of the systems engineering team and will be responsible for collaborating with the customer, systems engineering leads, architects, and test teams to develop concepts of operations and system concept definitions and to shape and decompose system level requirements.

The ideal candidates are innovative, capable of multitasking, possess strong systems engineering knowledge, and are adaptable to fast-paced environments and agile methodologies.

 
Key Responsibilities:

• Directly interact with the customer and other stakeholders to understand their mission needs and help them shape and validate requirements

• Directly interact with external test teams to ensure requirements are verifiable

• Help capture requirements in the Cameo Enterprise Architecture system model with traceability to system components

• Work with the customer and other stakeholders to develop concepts of operations

• Participate in the System Safety Board with customers to determine and mitigate potential system hazards

Basic Qualifications: 

• A Bachelor of Science degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, or Math) discipline AND 8 years of related professional/military experience, OR a Master of Science degree in a STEM discipline AND 6 years of related professional/military experience, OR a STEM Ph.D. AND 4 years of related professional/military experience.

• Current DoD Secret Clearance

• Experience developing concepts of operation and interface definitions, decomposing and allocating requirements, and translating requirements into hardware and software specifications.

• Experience tracing requirements to epics and features with acceptance criteria that can be configured and developed in sprints.

• Strong understanding of Model-Based Systems Engineering principles and tools.

• Experience implementing and using model-based systems engineering (MBSE) tools, practices, and methods.

• Expert-level proficiency in SysML with at least 2+ years of experience developing use cases, sequence diagrams, and activity diagrams.

• Experience developing models in Cameo Enterprise Architecture.

• Experience working in an Agile framework.

• Experience communicating technical topics clearly to customers and senior leadership.

Preferred Qualifications: 

• Experience in full lifecycle of Systems Engineering, including requirements decomposition, test planning, and requirements verification

• Experience preparing verification documentation for system level requirements

• Strong oral and written communication skills, including demonstrated experience with high value customer presentations, with ability to focus on multiple projects with competing priorities.

• Large scale / complex system development experience across multiple phases of a development program: preliminary design, detailed design, integration and test, verification and sell off, transition to production.

Primary Level Salary Range: $124,900.00 - $206,000.00

The above salary range represents a general guideline; however, Northrop Grumman considers a number of factors when determining base salary offers such as the scope and responsibilities of the position and the candidate's experience, education, skills and current market conditions.

Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay. Annual bonuses are designed to reward individual contributions as well as allow employees to share in company results. Employees in Vice President or Director positions may be eligible for Long Term Incentives. In addition, Northrop Grumman provides a variety of benefits including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, savings plan, Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business.

The application period for the job is estimated to be 20 days from the job posting date. However, this timeline may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates.

Northrop Grumman is an Equal Opportunity Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class. For our complete EEO and pay transparency statement, please visit http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO. U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.