Sentinel (GBSD) Principal / Sr Principal Systems Engineer (14516-14518)

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.

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 is seeking an Principal Systems Engineer / Sr Principal Systems Engineer. This position is located in Roy, UT or Huntsville, AL and supports the Sentinel program. 

This role may offer a competitive relocation assistance package.

What You’ll Get To Do:

• Oversees and manages the technical aspects of prime contract requirement flow down to the supplier management team
• Reviews status of traceability and allocation of requirements; manages schedules and prepares status reports
• Assesses project and technical issues and develops resolutions to meet productivity, quality, and client-satisfaction goals and objectives
• Develops mechanisms for monitoring project progress and for intervention and problem solving with project managers, program managers, and data analysts

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

• Overseeing and managing the operational aspects of new and ongoing projects to support program technical and non-technical requirements
• Work side by side with Supplier Management Teams (SMT) to support the development of Statement of Work (SOW) and Supplier Data Requirement Lists (SDRL) packages in IBM Rationale DOORS software
• Capture, track and manage prime and subcontract requirements and maintain 100% traceability of those requirements from the prime contract to the subcontract level
• Interface with stakeholders to derive master contract requirements to support subcontract Request for Proposals (RFP)
• The ability to trace a master contract requirement to subordinate documents, ensuring compliance with the issued contract and specifications
• Assessing project issues and assisting in developing resolutions to meet productivity, quality, and customer-satisfaction goals and objectives
• Coordinate with technical leads and specialty engineering on tailoring of statement of work contracts
• Contribute to product and process quality by helping to define and track metrics and leading indicators
• Responsible for the development of the supplier statement of work template for the program and compliance document module
• Partner with supply management to enable successful flow down and traceability to the statement of work
• Utilize DOORS for Statement of Work requirement management, allocation and traceability

Basic Qualifications:

This requisition may be filled at either the Principal Systems level (T03) or Sr Principal Systems level (T04).

Principal Systems Engineer: Bachelor's degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) discipline from an accredited university and 5 years of experience with Bachelor's degree, 3 years of experience with Master's degree, 1 year with a PhD.

Sr Principal Systems Engineer: Bachelor's degree in a Scie