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Principal/Senior Principal Requirements Systems Engineer

Northrop Grumman
CARBR4, United States, United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 10 Dec 2025
💰 $213,400/yr($114,000/yr$213,400/yr)

About the role

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE TYPE: Polygraph

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.

Northrop Grumman Microelectronics Center (NGMC) is seeking Principal Requirements Systems Engineer or Senior Principal Requirements Systems Engineer.

What You’ll Get to Do: 

Northrop Grumman Mission Systems is seeking a Principal/Sr. Principal Requirements Systems Engineer to join our team in Redondo Beach, CA.

    

Scope will include requirement and verification ownership, including analysis, definition, and flow down of requirements, and verification planning. This role will also support cost and schedule activities for ROMs and proposal for Requirements & Verification, and the selected candidate will be the focal point for requirements and verification.

Job responsibilities include, but not limited to:

  • Requirement Creation
  • Requirement Decomposition
  • Requirements Ownership to lower levels
  • Cameo Model experience
  • Application of Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE)
  • Verification Planning and VCRM Development
  • Cost Reduction Trades and Activities
  • Generation and tracking of Technical Performance Measures (TPMs)
  • Open requirement issues (TBX) tracking and resolution

This position will serve on-site in Redondo Beach, CA.

This requisition may be filled as a Principal Requirements Systems Engineer or Sr Principal Requirements Systems Engineer. 

This position is contingent upon acquiring and maintaining the necessary US Government security clearance per customers’ requirements.

Basic Qualifications for Principal Requirements Systems Engineer

  • Bachelor’s Degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) discipline from an accredited university with 5 or more years of experience; 3 or more years with Master's Degree; 1 or more years with PhD
  • 2 or more years of Requirements experience
  • Demonstrated experience in applying systems engineering principles, methodologies, and best practices 
  • Excellent written and oral communication skills for technical documentation, presentations, and stakeholder interactions 
  • This position requires the applicant to be a U.S. citizen 
  • Current Active DoW Secret Clearance with the ability to obtain and maintain a TS/SCI and FS Polygraph (Cannot start until all clearances have been obtained)

Basic Qualifications for Senior Principal Requirements Systems Engineer

  • Bachelor’s Degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) discipline from an accredited university with 8 or more years of experience; 6 or more years with Master's Degree; 4 or more years with PhD
  • 2 or more years of Requirements experience
  • Demonstrated experience in applying systems engineering principles, methodologies, and best practices 
  • Excellent written and oral communication skills for technical documentation, presentations, and stakeholder interactions 
  • This position requires the applicant to be a U.S. citizen 
  • Current Active DoW Secret Clearance with the ability to obtain and maintain a TS/SCI and FS Polygraph (Cannot start until all clearances have been obtained)

Preferred Qualifications for Principal Requirements Systems Engineer or Senior Principal Requirements Systems Engineer

  • Current Active DoW TS/SCI with Polygraph
  • Master’s Degree and/or PhD in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, or Math) discipline
  • Experience in element or subsystem integration
  • Experience in developing, managing, and decomposing requirements
  • Experience in system architecture, CONOPs, and/or model based system engineer

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