Senior Principal Center Mod Kit 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.At the heart of Defining Possible is our commitment to missions. In rapidly changing global security environments, Northrop Grumman brings informed insights and software-secure technology to enable strategic planning. We’re looking for innovators who can help us keep building on our wide portfolio of secure, affordable, integrated, and multi-domain systems and technologies that fuel those missions. By joining in our shared mission, we’ll support yours of expanding your personal network and developing skills, whether you are new to the field, or an industry thought leader. At Northrop Grumman, you’ll have the resources, support, and team to do some of the best work of your career.
We are looking for you to join our team as a Senior Principal Center Mod Kit Engineer based out of Baltimore, MD and will require 100% on-site work.
What You’ll get to Do:
As an integral part of our Core Systems Engineering Team, you will be a key contributor to a program that is transforming concepts into real systems and working across disciplines while balancing new and traditional implementations of systems thinking. Some of our major development programs include sensors for current and next generation air and sea platforms: including EA-18 Growler, SEWIP, unmanned programs, and other restricted programs/missions.
Application of systems engineering processes to develop systems that meet customer requirements.
Perform Systems Requirements analysis.
Management of requirements, including decomposition, allocation, verification, and validation
Support preparations, execution, and resolution of major system design reviews (e.g., PDR, CDR, SVR, TRR, Physical Configuration Audits (PCAs), Functional Configuration Audits (FCAs), etc.)
Work with product teams in different disciplines and domains to ensure compliance.
Ensure system technical compliance with the program Statement of Work (SOW) and system requirements.
Work with the SEIT Lead to oversee system configuration management of the System Technical Baseline
Support the transition of the system to the operations, maintenance, and sustainment stakeholders.
This position is contingent upon the successful transfer of active DoD Secret clearance.
Basic Qualifications:
Bachelor's degree with 8 years of experience, a Master's degree with 6 years of experience, or a PhD with 4 years of experience in Science, Technology, Engineer, or Mathematics or other related technical fields; an additional 4 years of experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.
U.S Citizenship is required.
A current/active DoD Secret Clearance.
Experience with system engineering design methods, including requirements analysis and flow-down, specification derivation and interface control documentation.
Experience participating in major systems reviews, including SRR, SFR, PDR, CDR, etc.
Prior experience selecting workstations and server hardware.
Prior experience integrating several different types of hardware into system (designing rack layouts, cabling)
Prior experience maintaining a Bill of Materials (BOMs)
Preferred Qualifications:
Advanced degrees in Science, Technology, Engineer, or Mathematics or other related technical fields.
Active Top Secret Clearance or higher.
Technical expertise in RF Sensors sensor systems
Understanding of
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