Principal Or Senior Principal Systems Engineer
Northrop GrummanAbout the role
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.Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems is looking to for a Principal or Senior Principal Systems Engineer to join our Systems Engineering organization. This position will be located in Rancho Bernardo, CA.
This Requisition may be filled at either the Principal (Level 3) or Senior Principal (Level 4) based on the requirements listed below.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
• Applies engineering principles to investigate, analyze, plan, design, test, and evaluate systems
• Performs trade studies, engineering and technical analyses, reports, change proposals, and other technical documentation
• Ability to work independently, multi-task, and demonstrate strong time-management skills
• Actively participate in the efforts associated with Agile development, including release planning, sprint planning, scrum and retrospective.
• Working in an integrated team environment with other systems, software, and specialty engineers to develop solutions.
• Prepare technical presentations for management and stakeholders and communicate clearly and effectively the technical approaches and findings
• Reviews Test Plans and Procedures for requirements verification and support system integration and test of complex systems. This includes evaluating integration and test anomalies and assisting disposition and correction of issues
• Address interface and functionality problems between software components and/or hardware
• Work with the software and infrastructure teams to correct or improve capabilities
• Develops requirements for the subsystem and SRS/HRS specifications through use of MBSE tools & DOORS
• Develops architecture and designs of complex hardware and software systems, including requirements traceability and implementation assessment
• Contributes to an implementation that includes the ability to analyze high-level needs and define a structured and logical approach to refine the capability into an integrated set of requirements that led to a fielded product.
• Support the development and review of interface documents (ICDs), requirements, Verification Cross Reference Matrix (VCRM), architectural documentation, system engineering estimates, and author and perform formal and informal engineering reviews.
• Apply system engineering principles to develop product solutions.
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We offer flexible work arrangements, 9/80 work schedule with every other Friday off, phenomenal learning opportunities, exposure to a wide variety of projects and customers, and a very friendly team environment. We are looking for self-motivated, proactive, and goal-oriented people to help us grow our services and become even better at what we do.
Educational assistance is available to employees who want to continue to learn and develop skills/knowledge.
Our educational assistance program supports employee development by providing resources such as:
- Free Education Advice: Call 855-222-2398 to speak with an experienced advisor to tailor an educational program to your career goals and needs.
- Tuition Savings at Accredited Schools: Access a network of accredited schools in a variety of locations (and online) to take advantage of reduced tuition costs and waived fees.
- Our Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) provide benefits for the member, our leaders and the company. Our ERGs offer opportunities to be a friend, be active, be a volunteer, be a leader, to be recognize
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