Sentinel Software Systems Engineer - 14624

Northrop Grumman•Huntsville, AL

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. 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. Northrop Grumman Defense Systems (NGDS) is seeking a Software Systems Engineer to join our team in Huntsville, AL or Colorado Springs, CO. Candidates should be highly motivated engineers who can work both independently and in team environments. The selected candidate will get to use MBSE principles to model various processes, tools, and activities that span the Sentinel program. The successful candidate must be proficient in Cameo and DOORs and have an in-depth understanding of MBSE and be willing to support less experienced MBSE teammates through knowledge sharing and internal peer review of work products. As a Senior Principal Software Requirements Engineer, you will be a pivotal leader in the Command and Control (C2) team for the Sentinel program. This role demands a high level of accountability with responsibilities including: • Execution and Collaboration: Drive technical execution in support of major program events, collaborating within and across the Division SDS program portfolio to deliver exceptional customer value. • Systems Challenges: Focus on resolving high-level systems challenges, ensuring the execution of the overall technical plan within the Integrated Master Schedule. • Strategic Initiatives: Support strategic SDS Division initiatives on tools, processes, and cross-segment technical reviews, driving technical rigor into technical interchange meetings with C2 partners. • Model-Based Engineering: Utilize Model-Based Engineering to deliver a highly sustainable Weapon System, advising the C2 program office on program, schedule, and technical matters. This position requires a leader who is accountable to the team, customer, program management, and executive leadership. The ideal candidate will embody servant leadership, putting the team's needs first while maintaining focus on achieving program objectives.

Requirements

Software Engineer: 2 Years with Bachelor's in related field of study, 00 Years with Masters or 4 additional years in lieu of a degree
US Citizenship with Active DoD Secret clearance with a reinvestigation date occurring in the last 6 years.
Ability to obtain Special Program Access (SAP).
Ability to team plan, execute, and manage the technical scope, and support leadership planning.
Current understanding of software engineering best practices
Experience in software engineering, system design, software requirements, and test
Experience with Agile and working in a cross-functional Scrum team.
Experience integrating multiple engineering specialties and stakeholders across multiple Integrated Product Teams and Suppliers
Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) experience
Experience leading the performance of technical tasks on schedule, at cost and achieving all requirements as technical lead
Able to create plans and standards for architecture, requirements, and design that can address selection process that accounts for providing safe, fault tolerant, and deterministic operation for critical functions. Critical functions are those functions that perform/support SCF/Critical signal trace threads.

Nice To Haves

Detailed knowledge of the Command and Launch system and mission objectives
INCOSE ASEP or CSEP Certification
OMG SysML Model Builder Fundamental Certification
Experienced with verification planning and system buildup for Flight Tests
Experienced using Model Based Product Line Engineering Concepts

Responsibilities

Perform requirements analysis, review and document source data for requirements, generate requirements verification, and work with suppliers and internal teams to ensure products designed meet requirements
Interface with subject matter experts, analysts, architects, designers, system engineers and specialty engineers to capture Sentinel Node structure and behavior across UPDM/UAF/SysML/UML MBSE frameworks
Support requirement decomposition, derivation, and traceability
Support development of MBSE strategy and MBSE implementation
Coordinate with sub-contracted product teams to drive compliance to the SOW and established program model governance