Sr. Principal Systems Engineer

Northrop Grumman

68d • $131,100 - $196,700

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. Northrop Grumman Space Systems – Launch and Missile Defense Systems is seeking a Sr. Principal Systems Engineer to support the Systems Engineering & Integration Team (SE&IT) program. We are excited for you to join our team of qualified and diverse individuals. Our domain provides rewarding work that contributes to the latest advancements being made in the missile defense industry. The position is in Huntsville, AL.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in a STEM discipline from an accredited university and 8 years of related experience, or a Master's Degree and 6 years of related experience, or 4 years of related experience with a PhD.
• Strong prior experience with use of MSOSA (Cameo) and DOORS.
• Demonstrate a strong technical background in architecture development, functional decomposition, requirements development and allocation, and interface definition with system-modelling tools.
• Demonstrate knowledge of MBSE and the use of SysML to describe behaviors of a complex DoD system.
• Demonstrate ability to think critically and capture concepts in papers, presentations, and discussions.
• Possess good communication skills.
• Capable of working both independently and within a small team environment.
• Willing to assume a technical leadership role at times.
• Willing to work on a customer site.
• Willing to travel up to 10% of the time.
• Must have a current active in-scope U.S. Government DoD issued Secret security clearance.

Nice To Haves

• Demonstrated experience modeling or simulating missile defense applications or similar domains.
• Knowledge of ballistic and advanced threat systems.
• Modeling and analysis experience in aspects of the missile defense system.
• Systems engineering experience with large, complex systems.

Responsibilities

• Perform model-based systems engineering (MBSE) functional and behavior analysis for the defeat of conventional and advanced Threats.
• Participate in a MBSE environment to develop system-of-systems requirements via system/component trade studies and analysis.
• Contribute to publishing change notices to MDA’s system specification and update of requirements databases, architectural models, interface definitions, and DoDAF 2+ compliant based design packages.
• Document analysis results in reports and briefings for critique and review by SC&R and National Team stakeholders.
• Create and present briefings within the team and to Missile Defense Agency (MDA) and supporting stakeholders.
• Lead small teams of engineers in the development of products.

Benefits

• Health insurance coverage
• Life and disability insurance
• Savings plan
• Company paid holidays
• Paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree