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Principal/Sr. Principal Systems Engineer

Northrop Grumman
COCO01, United States, United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 17 Jun 2025
💰 $150,500/yr($100,300/yr$150,500/yr)

About the role

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret

TRAVEL: Yes, 50% 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.

This position description does not represent a current opening but may be used to identify candidates with skills and experience for positions within Northrop Grumman that frequently become available. Candidates who express an interest may be considered for future positions at Northrop Grumman.

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.

As a Principal/Sr. Principal Systems Engineer, you will be developing systems using current technologies and others yet to come. We are seeking team members who have a thirst for knowledge, approach each day with optimism, and have a relentless drive to solve complex problems. Creativity and innovation are imperative for this role, because at Northrop Grumman, many of the problems we work on are impossible… until they’re not. This position will be based in our Colorado Springs facility.

The Engineering organization 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!

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, fabrication, 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, detailed trade studies, requirements allocation and interface definition studies to translate customer requirements into hardware and software specifications. Development of SW requirement verification test plan/approach. Development of SW requirement verification procedures (at all specification levels). Support to M&S scenario generation. Deployment of SW CRs on the SIL systems. Conduct formal RFR of test procedures during PMP FAT and/or SAT. Development of PMP FAT and RP SAT Test Report content

This requisition may be filled at a higher job grade based on the qualifications listed below.

This requisition may be filled as either a Principal or Sr. Principal Systems Engineer.

Basic Qualifications for a Principal Systems Engineer:

  • Bachelor’s degree in a STEM discipline and 5 years of relevant experience; 3 years with a Master’s degree; 0 years with a PhD
  • Active Secret clearance at time of application
  • Must be able to travel CONUS/OCONUS 50%
  • Must be able to obtain IATII certification within 45 days of hire

Basic Qualifications for a Sr. Principal Systems Engineer:

  • Bachelor’s degree in a STEM discipline and 8 years of relevant experience; 6 years with a Master’s degree; 4 years with a PhD
  • Active Secret clearance at time of application
  • Must be able to travel CONUS/OCONUS 50%
  • Must be able to obtain IATII certification within 45 days of hire


Preferred Qualifications:

  • IATII certification

Salary Range: $100,300.00 - $150,500.00

The above salary range represents a general

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