Sr Principal Engineer Systems

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available

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.

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

• Apply your Systems, RF, Comms, and/or Network Modeling experience to cutting edge pursuits
• Participation in architecture definition and complex system problem solving in support of advanced software defined multifunction mission systems
• Creation of innovative concepts of operation and employment of the advanced mission system solutions
• Development of detailed design requirements suitable for efficient hardware/software/firmware implementation and network deployment
• Demonstrated proficiency in analytical thinking and problem-solving skills
• Excellent decision making and communication (written and oral) skills
• Strong work ethic and the ability to work in an integrated product team (IPT) environment

 

Basic Qualifications Sr. Principal Systems Engineer:

• Bachelor of Science degree in STEM field with 8 years of experience; 6 years with a Master's Degree; 4 years with a Ph.D.

Basic Qualifications Sr. Principal Systems Engineer:

• System analysis and/or integration experience
• Strong work ethic and the ability to work in an integrated product team (IPT) environment
• Working knowledge of requirements management software
• Recent experience in requirements allocation, derivation, and verification traceability
• Ability to obtain/maintain a DoD Secret Clearance is required to start

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master’s or Ph.D. degree with emphasis on Communications or equivalent knowledge
• Experience with emerging technologies
• High proficiency with tools required for communication system and network modeling and simulation
• Agile development experience, including use of Atlassian products
• Background in digital communications theory and commercial and military wireless networking technologies
• Development of communication waveform processing techniques and architectures in support of Northrop Grumman’s advanced software defined multifunction mission systems
• Demonstrated depth and breadth in the physical through application layers and how the aggregation of these partitioned capabilities accomplish required missions
• Demonstrated skills in bridging the gap between theoretical and practical and in performing associated trade off analysis
• Model Based System Engineering experience, especially using Cameo
• Ability and willingness to travel
• Active/Current DoD Secret Clearance
• Ability to obtain DoD Special Program Access (SAP)

Primary Level Salary Range: $137,400.00 - $206,000.00

The above salary range represents a general guideline; however, Northrop Grumman considers a number of factors when determining base salary offers such as the