Sr. Principal R&V Systems Engineer - AISR&T Contingent

Northrop Grumman•San Diego, CA

2d•$142,200 - $213,400•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. Please note that this opportunity is contingent on program funding. Start dates are determined after funding confirmation. Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems has an opening for a Senior Principal Requirements Engineer to support the AISR&T program in Rancho Bernardo, CA. In this role, you will focus on end to end requirements engineering: eliciting, analyzing, documenting, and managing system and subsystem requirements for mission critical airborne ISR and tactical systems. This role is key to ensuring that stakeholder needs are clearly defined, traceable, and successfully verified. Your success in this role will critically rely on strong analytical, organizational, and communication skills, and the ability to work effectively on cross functional teams.

Requirements

Must have a Bachelors of Science degree in a STEM field and at least 8 years of relevant military / professional experience, OR a Master's Degree in a STEM field and at least 6 years of relevant military / professional experience, OR a PhD and at least 4 years of relevant military / professional experience
Must have an active US Government Secret or higher clearance (with a background investigation completed within the last 6 years or currently enrolled into Continuous Evaluation).

Nice To Haves

Experience on airborne ISR, mission systems, or tactical communications programs.
Hands on experience defining and managing requirements for complex, multi disciplinary systems (software, hardware, network, and integration).
Experience with Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) approaches and tools.
Familiarity with government or industry standards relevant to AISR&T (e.g., MIL STDs, interface standards, security/cyber requirements).
Familiarity with requirements management tools (e.g., DOORS, DOORS Next, Jama, Cameo/MBSE) and standard requirements practices.

Responsibilities

Lead and perform requirements engineering activities across the full lifecycle (decomposition, analysis, documentation, allocation, traceability, change management, verification, and validation).
Work directly with customers, program leadership, and technical teams to capture and clarify operational concepts, use cases, and stakeholder needs.
Develop and maintain system and subsystem requirements specifications, interface control documents (ICDs), and related engineering artifacts.
Establish and maintain bidirectional traceability between stakeholder requirements, system requirements, design elements, and test cases in the chosen requirements management tools.
Support architecture and design efforts by ensuring requirements are well structured, testable, and aligned to program constraints and objectives.
Drive requirements baselining and change control processes; assess the impact of requirement changes on cost, schedule, and technical performance.
Collaborate with test and integration teams to define verification methods (analysis, test, inspection, demonstration) and ensure requirements are fully verified and validated.