Sentinel - Principal Systems Engineer - Thread Support - 18792

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes

CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret

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.

Join Northrop Grumman on our continued mission to push the boundaries of possible across land, sea, air, space, and cyberspace. Enjoy a culture where your voice is valued and start contributing to our team of passionate professionals providing real-life solutions to our world’s biggest challenges. We take pride in creating purposeful work and allowing our employees to grow and achieve their goals every day by Defining Possible. With our competitive pay and comprehensive benefits, we have the right opportunities to fit your life and launch your career today.

Northrop Grumman Defense Systems currently has an opening for a Principal Systems Engineer. This position is located in Roy, UT and will support the Sentinel program. Northrop Grumman supports the Air Force’s sustainment, development, production and deployment of hardware and system modifications for Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) Ground and Airborne Launch Control Systems, Launch Facilities and associated infrastructure.

What you will get to do:

The selected Principal Systems Engineer, as part of the Sentinel Logistics Support team, will be assigned to support the Logistics System Capability Thread.  This role provides a great growth opportunity for an individual interested in developing into a technical leadership role.

Specific duties include, but are not limited to the following:

• Become a subject matter expert (SME) and technical leader with end-to-end / top-to-bottom understanding for the successful implementation of their assigned thread(s) for the Sentinel Program.
• Partner with the program's SEIT leadership and Office of Chief Engineering (OCE) to ensure their assigned threads technical baseline is developed with high quality.
• Brief program leadership, customers, and stakeholders on their assigned threads at both program and technical reviews.
• Establish an effective system of working group / coordination sessions with stakeholders across the development community to ensure effective horizontal and vertical thread integration.
• Develop and maintain strong relationships across program, customers, and stakeholder communities.
• Engage in formal and informal mentoring to support knowledge transfer and talent development.
• Execute special projects as needed for their assigned threads.
• Provide oversight of all systems engineering products related to their assigned threads. These include:
• Requirements definition and allocation, with cognizance down to the lowest level.
• Architecture and interface definitions.
• Functional flows and CONOPS/Operations Scenarios.
• Performance / allocation budgets, analysis, and margin management.
• Trade studies.
• Verification planning, including coordination of required and expected verification products down to the lowest applicable level.
• Verification and validation execution, including authorship of requirement verification reports and customer coordination.
• Solution definition / design artifacts produce a compliant realization of the thread capability.
• Integration and test planning and procedure development.
• Risk and opportunity identification and associated execution planning.
• Technical Performance Measure (TPM) reporting and management.

Basic Qualifications: 

• Bachelor’s degree with 5 years of experience; 3 years of experience with a Masters’ degree in STEM; or 1 year of experience with a PhD.
• Must be a US Citizen with an active DoD Secret Clearance with an investigation date within the last 6 years.
• Must be able to be successfully screened for Enhanced Security Clearances, within a reasonable amount of time as determined by the company to meet its business needs
• 2 years of experience in I