Sentinel (GBSD) - Principal / Sr Principal Systems Architect - IFC (14382)

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 IFC Systems Architect at either the Principal Systems or Sr Principal Systems level. This position is located in Roy, UT and supports the Sentinel program. 

This role may offer a competitive relocation assistance package.

What You’ll Get To Do:

As an integral part of our IFC Architecture team, you will be responsible for defining key capabilities and functions allocated to system incremental builds (IFC's), development of  the supporting Sentinel weapon system architecture, and optimizing the way we work through the Cameo modeling application to enhance collaboration across systems engineering and software design functions.

You will have the opportunity to:

• Define technology maturity constraints as they relate to program integration events
• Coordinate with integrated product teams for establishing threads of functions and requirements within the architecture model
• Develop descriptive system models to include logical & physical diagrams at various abstraction layers
• Coordinate verification strategies at Segment and Subsystem level with Segment / Subsystem owners
• Maintain technical consistency across multiple levels of weapon system requirement and architecture baseline
• Ensure defined capabilities are adequately understood by development teams
• Elicit and unify architectural methodologies used amongst product teams
• Develop training resources and communicate to both internal and external stakeholders

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 Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) discipline from an accredited university and 8 Years of related experience; 6 Years with Masters; 4 Years with PhD

Required for Both Levels:

• Must be a US Citizen with an active DoD Secret Clearance, at time of application, current and within scope, with an investigation date within the last 6 years
• Must have the ability to obtain and maintain Special Access Program (SAP) approval within a reasonable period of time, as determined by the company to meet its business need
• Previous software engineering, systems engineering, or technical project management experience
• Proficiency in architecture and design practices
• Experience developing model-based systems engineering products in Cameo

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with Sentinel or MMIII weapon systems
• Experience building and integrating large Cameo models
• Excellent communication, mento