Sr. Principal Engineer Systems

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE TYPE: A US Government security clearance per customer's requirements.

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.

An organization within Northrop Grumman’s Mission Systems Sector, Microelectronics Design and Applications (MDA) is a leading innovator in advanced microelectronics design and fabrication.  MDA is seeking a Sr. Principal Systems Engineer with demonstrated ability to lead development of new technologies to support our innovative MDA team in support of emerging supercomputing technologies.

What You’ll Get to Do:

• Support requirements development, management, analysis, and traceability, to generate stakeholder needs definitions, requirements, use cases, and CONOPS.
• Develop systems requirements, and further allocate to lower-level requirements (e.g., subsystem, software, hardware, programmable logic).
• Support the preparation of system/software engineering materials during System Requirements Review, System Functional Review, Preliminary Design Review, Critical Design Review, System Verification Review, Test Readiness Review, and other program reviews as needed.
• Assist with the generation of well-defined and executable system, subsystem, and software requirements documents, interface documents, and test and verification documents.
• Support system architecture development and system/subsystem/software allocations and designs.
• Collaborate cross-functionally to ensure system/subsystem/software designs align with system requirements.
• Support planning and execution of system/subsystems/software/hardware integration, (formal qualification) test, and requirements verification activities.
• Support functional analysis and systems trade studies for technical solutions with respect to concept, design, fabrication, test, installation, operation, and maintenance.
• Support system technical performance measurement definition and tracking.
• Interface with inter-organizational management and external Customer to communicate technical briefing and program status.

This position will serve on-site in Linthicum / Annapolis Junction, MD.

Basic Qualifications for Sr. Principal Systems Engineer:

• Bachelor's degree in a STEM discipline with 8 years of experience, a Master's degree in a STEM discipline with 6 years of experience, or a PhD in a STEM discipline with 4 years of experience.
• Demonstrated Experience with Systems Development Lifecycle, Focus on trade studies, white papers, Analysis of Alternatives (AoA), Risk Reduction activities (RR), system/subsystem/software/hardware integration, test, and verification.
• Demonstrated ability to translate mission needs into specific, testable, execution/operation focused requirements.
• Must have demonstrated experience with requirements management.
• This position requires the applicant to be a U.S. citizen.
• Clearance