Sentinel - Sr. Principal Systems Engineer - 14855-1

Northrop Grumman•Roy, UT

3d•$122,800 - $184,200•Onsite

About The Position

Northrop Grumman Defense Systems is seeking a Sr. Principal System Engineer supporting the Data Acquisition and Processing System within the System Test Team. This position is located in Roy, UT and supports the Sentinel program. The role involves supporting the development and deployment of the Data Acquisition and Processing System for flight test data handling, system architecture and requirements development, flight test data processing (including best bit selection and data quality checks), system performance assessment, requirements analysis, verification and validation, design, development, and integration. The engineer will also be responsible for creating technical reports, presenting metric reports, and interfacing with internal and external customers.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) discipline with a minimum 8 years of related experience; 6 years with a Master’s; or 4 years with a PhD.
Must be a US Citizen with an active U.S. Government DoD Secret security clearance at time of application, current and within scope (<6 years), with the ability to obtain a U.S. Government DoD Top Secret security clearance, with an ability to obtain and maintain Special Access Program (SAP) approval within a reasonable period of time, as determined by the company to meet its business need
4+ years of Systems Engineering experience or procedure and process development with DOORS or CAMEO
Experience with Systems Engineering Principles or understanding of the Systems Engineering V
Understanding of functional requirement development, requirements analysis, functional analysis, trades, and architecture definition
Knowledge of data gathering, cleansing, and transformation techniques
Demonstrated ability working with cross-functional teams and customers

Nice To Haves

Degree in Aerospace Engineering, Systems Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Software Engineering, or similar
ICBM Experience
Familiarity with Agile engineering and Jira
Experience soliciting input from internal and external stakeholders, synthesizing data, and communicating complex results to technical and non-technical stakeholders at various levels
Advanced use of standard Microsoft Office products to include development tools
Experience with modern (Model Based System Engineering) MBSE principles and SysML Modeling Language
Active Top Secret security clearance with adjudication in the last 6 years

Responsibilities

Support the development and deployment of the Data Acquisition and Processing System to support flight test data handling at Vandenberg Space Force Base
System architecture and requirements development
Flight test data processing to include best bit selection of raw telemetry data and data quality checks
System performance assessment, requirements analysis, verification and validation, design, development, and integration
Create technical reports and present metric reports
Interface with internal and external customers