Principal / Senior Principal Aeronautical Engineer

Northrop Grumman•Palmdale, CA

2d•$114,000 - $213,400•Onsite

About The Position

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems has an opening for a Principal Aeronautical Engineer/ Sr. Principal Aeronautical Engineer to join the team of qualified individuals. Position is located in Palmdale, CA. The candidate should be a self-starter with familiarity working in an Integrated Product Team construct. The selected candidate will be required to work full-time, on-site at our facility. There is no remote / hybrid / telework available for this position. Travel up to 25% may be required. We offer 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. The position may be filled at either level based on the qualifications below.

Requirements

Must have a Bachelor of Science degree in a STEM discipline AND 5 years of related professional/military experience, OR a Master's degree AND 3 years of related professional/military experience, OR a Ph.D. AND 1 year of related professional/military experience. (For Level 3)
Must have a Bachelor of Science degree in a STEM discipline AND 8 years of related professional/military experience, OR a Master's degree AND 6 years of related professional/military experience, OR a Ph.D. AND 4 years of related professional/military experience. (For Level 4)
Ability to obtain and/or transfer and maintain the final U.S. adjudicated Top Secret clearance and any program access(es) required for the position within a reasonable period of time.
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: i.e. 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

Current applicable Special Access Program (SAP) clearance.
Security+ certification
Experience with Ansible Engine
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 the efforts associated with Agile development, including release planning, sprint planning, scrum and retrospective.
Work in an integrated team environment with other systems, software (SW), and specialty engineers to develop solutions.
Prepare technical presentations for management and stakeholders and communicate clearly and effectively the technical approaches and findings
Review Test Plans and Procedures for requirements verification and support system integration and test of complex systems. This includes evaluating integration and test anomalies and assisting disposition and correction of issues
Address interface and functionality problems between SW components and/or hardware (HW)
Work with the 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.