Aeronautical Engineer/Principal Aeronautical Engineer

Northrop Grumman•Palmdale, CA

8d•$91,800 - $171,000•Onsite

About The Position

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems has an opening for an Aeronautical Engineer or Principal Aeronautical Engineer to join their team. This position is located in Palmdale, CA. The role involves delivering integrated HW/SW aerospace capabilities that impact mission readiness and system performance in a fast-paced, Agile environment. The engineer will shape requirements, architecture, and system verification, with broad exposure across systems, software, and specialty engineering, driving solutions from concept through test and fielding.

Requirements

Must have an active US Government Top Secret clearance with SCI (with a background investigation within the past 6 years or enrolled into Continuous Evaluation).
Must have the ability to obtain and maintain Special Access Program (SAP) clearance, within a reasonable amount of time as determined by business needs.
Experience in DOORS
Experience working with Systems and Specialty engineers to develop solutions that include a background in all systems development life cycle aspects.
Experience in one or more of the following system engineering knowledge areas: technical planning, requirements derivation, functional analysis, timeline analysis, trade studies, cost and risk analysis, interface definition, system design, system integration, verification and validation, supportability, and effectiveness analyses for total systems.
Experience developing system engineering artifacts (e.g., specifications, Interface Control Documents, Use Cases, System Architecture Descriptions, Trade Studies, Design Packages, etc.).
Experience with requirements development: decomposing requirements from parent-level to lower system/subsystem-level requirements (e.g. system/SW architecture, HW/SW design), reviewing/developing, HW/SW verification and validation.

Nice To Haves

Active DoD Top Secret clearance SCI
Current applicable Special Access Program (SAP) clearance.
Security+ certification
Experience with Ansible Engines
Experience with IBM Rational tool suite (DOORS and ClearQuest)
Experience with Atlassian tool suite (JIRA, Git, Confluence)
Experience using SW test automation tools/frameworks
Experience with Java, C++, or Python
Experience working within an Agile development environment
Experience with MBSE, Architecture development, system design and analysis, and development of metrics
Experience as a Product Owner
Experience with SW products running in a virtual environment (e.g. VMware, Openshift, Kubernetes)

Responsibilities

Apply engineering principles to investigate, analyze, plan, design, test, and evaluate systems.
Perform trade studies, engineering and technical analyses, reports, change proposals, and other technical documentation.
Actively participate in Agile development efforts, including release planning, sprint planning, scrum, and retrospectives.
Work in an integrated team environment with other systems, software (SW), and specialty engineers to develop solutions.
Prepare technical presentations for management and stakeholders, clearly communicating technical approaches and findings.
Review Test Plans and Procedures for requirements verification and support system integration and test of complex systems, including evaluating integration and test anomalies and assisting with disposition and correction of issues.
Address interface and functionality problems between SW components and/or hardware (HW).
Work with SW and infrastructure teams to correct or improve capabilities.
Develop requirements for the subsystem and SRS/HRS specifications through use of MBSE tools & DOORS.
Develop architecture and designs of complex HW and SW systems, including requirements traceability and implementation assessment.
Contribute to an implementation that includes the ability to analyze high-level needs and define a structured and logical approach to refine the capability into an integrated set of requirements that led to a fielded product.
Support the development and review of interface documents (ICDs), requirements, Verification Cross Reference Matrix (VCRM), architectural documentation, system engineering estimates, and author and perform formal and informal engineering reviews.