Staff Systems Engineer - Level 5
About The Position
Northrop Grumman Space Systems, Multi-Domain Operations, and Missile Defense Integration Business Unit is hiring a Staff Systems Engineer to serve as the Systems Engineering Integration Lead on an Internal Research and Development (IRAD) team. The role leads development and execution of the program’s system and software integration strategy, coordinating integration across components, a Software Integration Lab (SIL), multiple development teams, and the program cloud environment. The position is on-site in Boulder, Colorado, and requires up to 25% travel. A current active U.S. Government Secret or higher clearance is required at start. The engineer will work with internal and external customers on instrumentation, data requirements, and test planning; create and validate test plans, procedures, and reports; and lead engineering support for software integration during formal test events. The position also involves model-based architecture development, applying systems engineering processes to software, maintaining MBSE architecture products, and collaborating with systems, software, and mission teams. The successful candidate will communicate technical insights, assumptions, risks, and recommendations to teams and leadership.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in a STEM discipline and 12 years of related experience, or a master’s degree in STEM and 10 years of related experience, or a Ph.D. in STEM and 8 years of experience.
- Experience applying MBSE on complex aerospace, defense, or advanced technology efforts.
- Experience with SysML and UAF.
- Experience in system architecture, requirements development, interface analysis, and technical decomposition.
- Experience leading an Integrated Product Team of 5 or more.
- Prior system integration experience in laboratories and cloud environments relating to software and platforms.
- Previous verification and validation experience.
- Experience identifying and developing risks and driving risk mitigations to closure.
- Experience with Agile methodologies.
- Experience using DevOps tools such as Jira, Bitbucket, and Confluence.
- Ability and willingness to travel up to 25% to support business needs.
- Current active U.S. Government-issued Secret or higher security clearance, with a background investigation completed within the last 6 years or current enrollment in Continuous Evaluation.
Nice To Haves
- Advanced degree in Systems Engineering or a related technical field.
- Previous work on DoD military development and production programs.
- Ability to work independently with minimal direction and act as team lead for larger test efforts.
- Experience in research, advanced development, campaign, or early-stage concept work.
- Demonstrated ability to solve difficult technical problems with creativity, discipline, and urgency.
- Experience contributing across cross-functional teams without direct authority.
- Familiarity with digital engineering environments and model-based architecture methods.
Responsibilities
- Lead development and execution of the program’s system and software integration strategy across components, a Software Integration Lab, development teams, and the program cloud environment.
- Work with internal and external customers to define and document instrumentation and data requirements, and plan test acquisition, processing, and analysis to meet test objectives.
- Create, validate, and verify test plans, procedures, and reports in accordance with program standards.
- Lead the engineering team supporting software integration for formal test events.
- Provide regular status updates and identify blockers to upper leadership to support timely resolution.
- Translate mission needs and technical objectives into model-based architecture artifacts.
- Apply requirements management, interface control, and verification and validation processes to software, maintaining traceability and integration across system architecture.
- Develop and maintain MBSE architecture products for advanced concept and campaign efforts.
- Use SysML and UAF to capture system structure, behavior, interfaces, and traceability.
- Decompose complex problems into actionable engineering products and modeling tasks.
- Partner with systems, software, and mission teams to align models with evolving technical direction.
- Contribute to modeling methods, architecture standards, and digital engineering practices.
- Communicate technical insights, assumptions, risks, and recommendations to engineering teams and leadership.
Benefits
- Health insurance coverage
- Life and disability insurance
- Savings plan
- Company-paid holidays
- Paid time off for vacation and/or personal business
- Employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus, depending on the position.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
