Sr Principal Systems Engineer
About The Position
Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems is hiring a Sr Principal Systems Engineer Requirements and Verification (R&V) Lead in Rancho Bernardo, California. The role serves as the Global Hawk SEI Long Term Comms (LTC) R&V Lead for the Foreign Military Sales (FMS) Business Area and supports work across the Systems Engineering V-Model, with a focus on requirements development, verification, and selloff. The position leads cross-Integrated Product Team development of system- and segment-level requirements and R&V activities for Systems Engineering Technical Reviews. It defines verification methodology and traceability, coordinates engineering and test teams to prepare integrated functions for formal verification, performs requirements verification and selloff, and translates stakeholders’ mission needs. The work draws on experience with fielded aircraft and UAV systems and the full Systems Engineering lifecycle, including design reviews, requirements decomposition, test planning, and requirements management. The role requires an active U.S. Government Secret or higher clearance and the ability to obtain and maintain SAP clearance. Travel is 10% of the time. Relocation assistance may be available.
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; or a Ph.D. and at least 4 years.
- Active U.S. Government Secret or higher clearance, with a background investigation completed within the last 6 years or current enrollment in Continuous Evaluation.
- Ability to obtain and maintain Special Access Program (SAP) clearance within a reasonable amount of time as determined by business needs.
- Previous experience with Systems Engineering Technical Reviews, such as SRR, PDR, and CDR.
- Previous experience managing Technical Baselines, including Functional and Allocated Baselines.
- Requirements verification and validation experience, including generating Requirements Verification Plans (RVPs), Requirements Verification Reports (RVRs), and verification selloff.
- Previous DOORS experience.
- Experience managing multiple levels of requirements and collaborating across engineering disciplines.
- Functional Configuration Audit (FCA) experience.
Nice To Haves
- Experience with RQ-4 air vehicle, ground segment, sensor payloads, communications, and support equipment.
- Experience with FMS customers.
- Experience with FMS operations.
- Experience with FMS architecture.
- Experience with Use Case generation.
- Experience as a Segment-Level Systems Engineer.
- Experience with interface control documents (ICDs).
- Experience with system design.
- Experience maintaining requirements metrics and status.
- Active TS/SCI clearance.
- Master’s degree in a STEM field.
Responsibilities
- Lead cross-IPT development of system- and segment-level requirements.
- Lead Requirements and Verification efforts in support of Systems Engineering Technical Reviews, such as SRR, PDR, and CDR.
- Define and implement requirements verification methodology and traceability.
- Coordinate with cross-IPT Responsible Engineers and System Test Engineering to ensure integrated functions are ready for formal verification.
- Perform requirements verification and selloff.
- Capture and translate stakeholders’ mission needs.
- Support the full Systems Engineering lifecycle, including design reviews, requirements decomposition, test planning, and requirements verification and management.
Benefits
- Health insurance coverage.
- Life insurance.
- Disability insurance.
- Savings plan.
- Company-paid holidays.
- Paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business.
- May be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus depending on the position.
- Relocation assistance may be available.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
