Principal/Sr Principal Systems Engineer: Software (*Active TS/SCI required)

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE TYPE: SCI

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.

The Payload and Ground Systems, a division within Northrop Grumman’s Space Systems Sector, is known for pushing the boundaries of innovation, redefining engineering capabilities, and driving advances in various sciences through cutting-edge technology.  Our team is chartered with providing the skills and 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!

Northrop Grumman Space Systems is seeking a Systems Engineer to join our team in the Payload and Ground Systems Division Engineering organization supporting the Integrated National Systems (INS) Business Unit (BU) to support a Ground program. 

Job responsibilities will include, but not be limited to, the following:

• 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 products 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, detail trade studies, requirements allocation and interface definition studies to translate customer requirements into hardware and software specifications.

• Maintaining existing operations procedures up to date also include lessons learned from real-time performance.

• Develop new procedures as required. Interface with program and customer personnel.

• The selected candidate should have a strong understanding of software development.

This position will be at one of our sites in Morrisville, North Carolina, Fairfax, Virginia, or Linthicum, Maryland.  Compensation varies depending on location.

This position requires being on-site and does not support remote or hybrid work. 

This requisition may be filled at either level 3 or level 4, depending on the candidate’s experience as laid out in the basic qualifications detailed below as well as the interview assessment.

Basic Qualifications

• Must have an active U.S. Government DoD Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) security clearance at the time of application  [US Citizenship required]

• Must have the ability to obtain and favorably succeed a CI polygraph

• Must have a completed STEM degree [a degree in the fields of science, technology, engineering, or mathematics]

  • Level 3 (Principal)

    • 5 Years of relevant experience with completed Bachelor's (STEM)

    • 3 Years of relevant experience with completed Masters's (STEM)

    • 1 Year of relevant experience with completed PhD (STEM)

  • Level 4 (Sr Principal)

    • 8 Years of relevant experience with completed Bachelor's (STEM)

    • 6 Years of relevant experience with completed Masters's (STEM)

    • 4 Years of relevant experience with completed PhD (STEM)

• Must have above minimum experience on the below:

  • Experience with software systems design

  • Experience with Model Base Systems Engineering (MBSE) and Cameo tool

  • Experience with JIRA

  • Experience with decomposing element requirements to subsystem

  • Experience with acceptance criteria creation

Preferred Qualifications

• Favorably adjudicated CI polygraph

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