Principal Systems Engineer

Northrop Grumman•Melbourne, FL

8d•$98,400 - $147,600•Onsite

About The Position

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. The candidate will be expected to apply their expertise and knowledge of aircraft systems for development and analysis of system requirements and usage scenarios. Job responsibilities include decomposing high-level requirements into systems and sub-systems specifications. Ensuring requirements are fully allocated, are understandable and testable. The Candidate will collaborate with E-2 suppliers and Customers, participate in working groups and gain design requirements approval from our customers. A working knowledge of aircraft sub-systems and system level mission capabilities is required.

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathamatics and 5 years of Engineering experience, 3 years with a Master Degree or 1 year and PhD.
Must have an Active In-Scope DoD Secret Security Clearance that has been granted/renewed within the past 6 years.
Ability to obtain and maintain an Active Program Specific SAP clearance
Experience with Systems Engineering V-Model of development including leadership of Systems Engineering Technical Review (SETR) events
Working knowledge of DOORS and Atlassian tools (Jira, Confluence)

Nice To Haves

Experience in technical engineering requirements analysis, development, verification and/or validation.
Experience leading and coordinating medium sized technical teams.
Experience with Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE)
Experience with direct interface and collaboration with customer representatives.

Responsibilities

Performs technical planning, system integration, verification and validation, cost and risk, and supportability and effectiveness analyses for total systems.
Analyses are performed at all levels of total system product to include: concept, design, fabrication, test, installation, operation, maintenance and disposal.
Ensures the logical and systematic conversion of customer or product requirements into total systems solutions that acknowledge technical, schedule, and cost constraints.
Performs functional analysis, timeline analysis, detail trade studies, requirements allocation and interface definition studies to translate customer requirements into hardware and software specifications.