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Northrop Grumman Defense Systems is seeking a Principal Systems Engineer (T-03) / Sr. Principal Systems Engineer (T-04), supporting the Guidance, Navigation & Control (GN&C) team. This position is located in Roy, Utah or Manhattan Beach, California, and supports the Sentinel program.
What You’ll Get to Do:
The selected candidate will be embedded in the GN&C department and program integrated product teams, providing Systems Engineering support for the Guidance, Navigation, and Control Subsystem, to ensure sound engineering procedures and products; including, but not limited to, requirements, interfaces, architecture, and mechanical/electrical design integration.
- Candidate will report to the GN&C Systems Engineering Lead and is responsible for building system engineering artifacts needed for GN&C System First Flight Design Review, Critical Design Review, Functional Configuration Audit, and System Qualification/Verification Review
- The role entails coordination with higher level system engineers and design engineering to produce the needed documentation and set baseline system documentation in Cameo and DOORs and push artifacts through engineering approval and configuration management
- Additional opportunities allow for communication with the customer and subcontractors to align requirements to the contract constraints and subcontracts to requirements
Basic Qualifications:
This requisition may be filled at either the Principal Systems Engineer level (T-03) or Sr Principal Systems Engineer level (T-04).
Required for Both Levels:
- Must be a US Citizen with an active DoD Secret Clearance, at time of application, current and within scope, with an investigation date within the last 6 years
- Must have a current or ability to obtain and maintain a Special Access Program (SAP) approval within a reasonable period of time, as determined by the company to meet its business need
- Must have experience across the systems engineering lifecycle, including Requirements development and decomposition, Requirements management and traceability, Verification & validation planning and execution
- Must have experience with requirements management tools (e.g., DOORS, or similar)
- Must have experience preparing and delivering technical presentations to customers or leadership
Systems Engineer (T03 Level):
- Bachelor's degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) discipline from an accredited university and 5 years of experience with Bachelor's degree, 3 years of experience with Master's degree, or 1 year with a PhD.
Principal Systems Engineer (T04 Level):
- Bachelor's degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) discipline from an accredited university and 8 years of experience with bachelor’s degree, 6 years of experience with master's degree, or 4 years with a PhD.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience with one or more of the following disciplines: Guidance, Navigation, & Control, Electrical Engineering, Software Development, Hardware-Software Interfaces
- A general understanding of Engineering Board Processes
- Experience leading projects/assignments
- Experience with Atlassian tools (Jira and Confluence) or similar
- Experience with Critical Design Review planning and/or execution
- Experience working with suppliers/subcontractors including reviewing SOWs and other contractual documents
- Strong experience reviewing specifications, requirements, and interface documents
- Understanding of the Systems Engineering V-Model
- Experience with aerospace development
- Experience with systems product development
- Experience modeling with Cameo Enterprise Architecture, MagicDraw (No Magic, Inc.) or other architecture modeling tools
- Experience in documenting Interface Control Documents, Interface Requirement Specifications, and Interface Description Documents
- Experience in DoD development environment
- Experience with ICBM weapon system sustainment engineering and integration
- Experience with complex system development on large programs
- Active DoD Top Secret Clearance or ability to obtain
- Active SAP Clearance or ability to obtain
Position Benefits
As a full-time employee of Northrop Grumman, you are eligible for our robust benefits package including:
- Medical, Dental & Vision coverage
- 401k
- Educational Assistance
- Life Insurance
- Employee Assistance Programs & Work/Life Solutions
- Paid Time Off
- Health & Wellness Resources
- Employee Discounts
https://www.northropgrumman.com/who-we-are/total-rewards-benefits/
This position’s standard work schedule is a 9/80. The 9/80 schedule allows employees who work a nine-hour day Monday through Thursday to take every other Friday off.
This role may offer a competitive relocation assistance package.
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Primary Level Salary Range: $98,400.00 - $171,000.00Secondary Level Salary Range: $122,800.00 - $213,400.00The 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.Skills Required
- U.S. citizenship
- Active DoD Secret clearance at application, current and within scope, with an investigation date within the last six years
- Current or ability to obtain and maintain Special Access Program approval
- Experience across the systems engineering lifecycle, including requirements development and decomposition, requirements management and traceability, and verification and validation planning and execution
- Experience with requirements management tools such as DOORS or similar
- Experience preparing and delivering technical presentations to customers or leadership
- Bachelor's degree in a STEM discipline with five years of experience, or equivalent master's or PhD experience path for the Principal Systems Engineer level
- Bachelor's degree in a STEM discipline with eight years of experience, or equivalent master's or PhD experience path for the Senior Principal Systems Engineer level
- Experience in Guidance, Navigation, and Control, Electrical Engineering, Software Development, or hardware-software interfaces
- Understanding of engineering board processes
- Experience leading projects or assignments
- Experience with Atlassian tools such as Jira and Confluence or similar
- Experience with Critical Design Review planning or execution
- Experience working with suppliers or subcontractors and reviewing statements of work and contractual documents
- Strong experience reviewing specifications, requirements, and interface documents
- Understanding of the Systems Engineering V-Model
- Experience with aerospace development
- Experience with systems product development
- Experience modeling with Cameo Enterprise Architecture, MagicDraw, or similar architecture modeling tools
- Experience documenting Interface Control Documents, Interface Requirement Specifications, and Interface Description Documents
- Experience in a DoD development environment
- Experience with ICBM weapon system sustainment engineering and integration
- Experience with complex system development on large programs
- Active DoD Top Secret clearance or ability to obtain
- Active SAP clearance or ability to obtain
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