Staff Digital Engineering Systems Architect

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.

Please note that this opportunity is contingent on program funding. Start dates are determined after funding confirmation

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems has an opening for a Staff Digital Engineering Systems Architect to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals within our Systems Engineering organization. This role is located in Melbourne, FL.

The individual will have the ability to analyze architectures and develop various DODAF or SysML Viewpoints in support of this effort. Designs and develops system architectures and defines key capabilities and performance requirements in creating and maintaining the Digital Engineering Ecosystem (DEE). The candidate will be developing visualizations and merging data sets across functional disciplines to bring more visibility to the end users within the program by developing analytical interfaces for data presentation. This individual will also support development of thread integration plans and procedures and maintain technical cognizance of software tool interdependencies and maturity of ICDs for identifying and resolving gaps.

Key Responsibilities:

• Assist in development of system architectures.

• Architecture, CONOPS, and use case development using model-based systems engineering methodologies.

• Perform functional analysis, timeline analysis, detail trade studies, requirements allocation and interface definition studies to translate customer requirements into hardware and software specifications.

• Perform system requirements analysis.

• Automation workflow development of multi-disciplined functional processes in support of various engineering and business processes.

Benefits Statement:
We offer flexible work arrangements, 9/80 work schedule with every other Friday off, phenomenal learning opportunities, exposure to a wide variety of projects and customers, and a very friendly team environment. We are looking for self-motivated, proactive, and goal-oriented people to help us grow our services and become even better at what we do.

​Basic Qualifications (Staff Digital Engineering Systems Architect):

• Must have a Bachelor of Science degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, or Math) discipline AND 12 years of related professional/military experience, OR a Master of Science degree in a STEM discipline AND 10 years of related professional/military experience, OR a STEM Ph.D. AND 8 year of related professional/military experience.
• Your ability to transfer and maintain the final adjudicated government Secret clearance (DoD must be in-scope or enrolled in Continuous Evaluation) and any program access(es) required for the position within a reasonable period of time, as determined by the Company.
• Must have experience in Model based Systems Engineering (MBSE), particularly in aerospace systems.
• Must have experience collaborating across engineering disciplines to architect, design, or implement complex systems.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Degree in Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Systems Engineering, or Software Engineering.
• Experience with Cameo Enterprise Architecture and the Systems Modeling Language (SysML).
• Experience in the military aerospace development environment is preferred.
• Experience developing various DODAF views, especially Operational and Functional viewpoints, using MBSE tools like Cameo.
• Experience integrating hardware and software in a lab environment.
• Experience using th