Sentinel - Staff Systems Safety Engineer - 17373

Northrop Grumman•Roy, UT

2d•$152,900 - $229,300•Onsite

About The Position

Northrop Grumman Defense Systems is hiring a Staff Systems Safety Engineer in Roy, Utah, to support the Sentinel (GBSD) program in the Strategic Deterrent Systems division. The role supports systems engineering activities including use case development, requirements definition and allocation, functional decomposition, interface definition, verification and validation, and requirements traceability. The engineer will develop or review design artifacts used in System Safety analyses to mature weapons-system design and support flight test and flight worthiness of complex systems. The position requires collaboration with program Integrated Product Team counterparts, technical teams, and stakeholders to develop systems engineering and design artifacts and mature program architecture. The engineer will help develop and represent system requirements in the model, contribute to requirements development, management, and analysis, and develop model techniques, procedures, and processes for model development, tool integration, and team integration. The role requires an active U.S. Government Secret clearance at application and the ability to obtain and maintain SAP approval. Travel is 10% of the time. The standard schedule is 9/80, with nine-hour days Monday through Thursday and every other Friday off. Relocation assistance may be available.

Requirements

U.S. citizen with an active U.S. Government Secret clearance at the time of application; clearance must be current and within scope, with an investigation date within the last 6 years.
Ability to obtain and maintain Special Access Program (SAP) approval within a reasonable period, as determined by the company.
12 years of experience with a bachelor's degree, 10 years with a master's degree, or 8 years with a doctorate in science, engineering, applied mathematics, computer science, aeronautics, safety, or a closely related technical discipline.
At least 6 years of experience using MIL-STD-882E to conduct Preliminary, Functional, Subsystem, System, Operating, and Support Hazard Analyses.
At least 2 years of experience with Safety Assessment Reports.

Nice To Haves

Experience leading a team in software safety processes during the Engineering and Manufacturing Development phase.
At least 4 years of experience using DO-178 or DO-254 for design development.
Experience developing in an Agile environment.
Model Based Systems Engineering experience.
Experience developing missile flight systems software.
Associate Safety Professional (ASP) or Certified Safety Professional (CSP) certificate.
Weapon system experience, such as Minuteman III or similar military or industry experience.
Active Top Secret clearance with an investigation within the last 6 years.

Responsibilities

Collaborate with program IPT counterparts to develop supporting systems engineering and design artifacts.
Work with technical teams and stakeholders to develop and mature architecture content for large-program design.
Help develop and incorporate appropriate system requirements and ensure they are properly represented in the model.
Contribute to system requirements development, management, and analysis.
Develop unifying model techniques, procedures, and processes for model development, tool integration, and team integration.
Generate or review design artifacts supporting System Safety analyses used to mature weapons-system design and support flight test and flight worthiness of complex systems.