Staff Digital Engineer
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’s Aeronautics Systems – Research & Advanced Design (R&AD) transforms breakthrough ideas into mission-ready capabilities through intelligent anticipation. We’re the front-end design engine, defining what comes next. From developing cutting-edge next-generation future aircraft to trailblazing collaborative autonomous platforms, we push the boundaries of technology and forge industry-leading partnerships that set new standards for what’s possible. Our team owns the full lifecycle of advanced concept creation, from visionary early-stage designs and rapid prototyping to high-impact demonstrations and solving the toughest technical challenges in survivability, autonomy, and battle management. We seek curious, adaptable people who thrive on turning intuition into breakthrough solutions. If you’re driven to invent the future, build what’s next, and shape the landscape of national security, this is where you belong. Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems has an opening for Staff Digital Engineer (Systems Engineer) to join the team of qualified individuals on our Research and Advanced Design organization. This position is located in Redondo Beach, CA, Rancho Bernardo, CA, and/or Melbourne, FL. A hybrid work arrangement may be available; however, on-site presence will be required as business needs dictate. The successful candidate will have the ability to analyze architecture and develop various DODAF or SysML Viewpoints in support of this effort. Designs and develops system architectures and defines key capabilities and performance requirements in creating and maintaining the Digital Engineering Ecosystem (DEE). The candidate will be developing visualizations and merging data sets across functional disciplines to bring more visibility to the end users within the program by developing analytical interfaces for data presentation.
Requirements
- Must have a Bachelor of Science degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering, or Math (STEM) discipline AND 12 years of related professional/military experience OR a Master of Science degree in a STEM discipline AND 10 years of related professional/military experience, OR a STEM Ph.D. AND 8 years of related professional/military experience
- Must have an active US Government Secret (or higher) clearance (with a background investigation within the past 6 years or enrolled into Continuous Evaluation)
- Must have the ability to obtain and maintain Special Access Program (SAP) clearance, within a reasonable amount of time as determined by business needs.
- Must have familiarity with Systems Engineering
- Must have experience collaborating across engineering disciplines to architect, design, or implement complex systems.
- Must have experience in Model based Systems Engineering (MBSE).
- Requires up to 20% travel to multiple site locations as needed by the business to support its need.
Nice To Haves
- Current, active Top Secret clearance
- Experience in Aerospace Systems
- Degree in Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Systems Engineering, or Software Engineering.
- Experience with Cameo Enterprise Architecture and the Systems Modeling Language (SysML).
- Experience developing various DODAF views, especially Operational and Functional viewpoints, using MBSE tools like Cameo.
- Experience with Agile product development
- Experience using the Atlassian Suite.
- Experience in Digital Ecosystem design and maturity.
Responsibilities
- Assist in development of system architectures.
- Architecture, CONOPS, and use case development using model-based systems engineering methodologies.
- Automation workflow development of multi-disciplined functional processes in support of various engineering and business processes.
- Perform system requirements analysis.
- Maintain our Digital Ecosystem
- Lead our Tool-to-tool integration
- Support the program by onboarding partners into our DE environment
Benefits
- Relocation assistance may be available
- flexible work arrangements
- 9/80 work schedule with every other Friday off
- phenomenal learning opportunities
- exposure to a wide variety of projects and customers
- very friendly team environment
- health insurance coverage
- life and disability insurance
- savings plan
- Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business
- overtime
- shift differential
- discretionary bonus
- Long Term Incentives (for VP or Director positions)
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
