Sr Principal Engineer Systems
About The Position
Northrop Grumman is seeking a Sr. Principal Engineer Systems to provide technical support to a high-visibility capability upgrade program. The role works across Systems Engineering disciplines, including Safety, Requirements & Verification, Specialty Engineering, and Configuration Management, helping ensure program objectives are achieved within schedule, cost, and performance constraints. The position is onsite in Melbourne, Florida, and requires travel 10% of the time. Relocation assistance may be available. The engineer will support system-level and supplier Systems Engineering Technical Review (SETR) events, contribute to system architecture and requirements development, maintain requirements traceability and verification, and assist with incremental capability thread definition such as IFC builds. The position also supports planning and execution of development and delivery activities, coordination with specialty engineering teams, preparation of Systems Engineering inputs for meetings and program reviews, tracking assigned tasks to closure, and configuration and baseline management.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in a STEM field and at least 8 years of relevant military or professional experience; or a master’s degree in a STEM field and at least 6 years of relevant military or professional experience; or a Ph.D. and at least 4 years of relevant military, professional, or academic experience.
- Current DoD Secret clearance with a background investigation within the past 5 years or enrollment in Continuous Evaluation.
- Ability to obtain a Top Secret clearance.
- Ability to obtain SAP access within a reasonable amount of time as determined by the company to meet its business needs.
- Experience with Systems Engineering Technical Reviews (SRR, SFR, PDR, CDR, etc.).
- Experience with the “right side” of the Systems Engineering V.
- Experience integrating new hardware/software onto a major system.
Nice To Haves
- Knowledge of lab and system-level test planning and execution, system safety, requirements and verification, and specialty engineering domains.
- Experience with IBM DOORS.
- Experience briefing technical reviews with USG customers.
- Prior experience with capability upgrade programs.
- Experience with Mission Systems.
- Experience with RF Systems.
- Experience with military aircraft.
Responsibilities
- Support specification development, including creation of verification statements.
- Support supplier Technical Interchange Meetings (TIMs).
- Brief Systems Engineering at internal TIMs.
- Manage requirements and verification using DOORS; ensure requirements are captured, traced, and verified throughout the lifecycle.
- Support execution of multiple supplier events, including development and review of technical content.
- Develop SETR content.
- Participate in working group discussions with government customers.
- Coordinate with Specialty Engineering groups and the program.
- Support planning and execution of Functional Configuration Audits (FCA) and Physical Configuration Audits (PCA).
- Support system-level and supplier SETR events.
- Contribute to system architecture and requirements development and maintain a robust verification approach.
- Assist with incremental capability thread definition, including IFC builds.
- Support planning and execution of development and delivery activities.
- Prepare Systems Engineering inputs for Technical Interchange Meetings and program reviews.
- Track assigned tasks to closure and contribute to configuration and baseline management.
Benefits
- Health insurance coverage.
- Life insurance.
- Disability insurance.
- Savings plan.
- Company-paid holidays.
- Paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business.
- Employees may be eligible for overtime and shift differential, depending on the position.
- Discretionary bonus; annual bonuses are designed to reward individual contributions and allow employees to share in company results.
- Employees in Vice President or Director positions may be eligible for Long Term Incentives.
- Relocation assistance may be available.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
