Engineer / Principal Engineer Systems Architect

Northrop Grumman•Melbourne, FL

5d•$79,300 - $147,600•Onsite

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 Aerospace Systems has an opening for a Systems Architect (Engineer or Principal Engineer) join our team of qualified, diverse individuals. This position will be located on-site in Melbourne, Florida. This position will support the maturation of thread capabilities for a manned aircraft mission. The System Architect will work as a Thread Lead to mature the capabilities through functional analysis and Model-based Systems Engineering (MBSE) processes to deliver just-in-time design and optimize the development schedule for incremental capability development and early integration. This individual will collaborate with several stakeholders (subsystem developers, system integrators, system testers, system requirements engineers) to support delivery of quality design products, lead Thread Capability detailed planning (and define acceptance criteria), and manage tracking of the development schedule. This individual will also support development of thread integration plans and procedures and maintain technical cognizance of subsystem interdependencies and maturity of ICD’s for identifying and resolving gaps. This individual will incorporate cross-IPT feedback to support the development and Integrated Functional Capability (IFC) approval of the following products: Models of interface input/output, including messages, fields and signals, between subsystems to provide specification of end-to-end system capabilities for developers, Integration procedures, Development schedules, Models of software-to-hardware deployment and interface protocols, Mapping between requirements and design.

Requirements

Bachelor of Science degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, or Math) discipline AND 2 years of related professional/military experience, OR a Master of Science degree in a STEM discipline AND 0 years of related professional/military experience, OR a STEM Ph.D. AND 0 years of related professional/military experience (for Engineer level).
Bachelor of Science degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, or Math) discipline AND 5 years of related professional/military experience, OR a Master of Science degree in a STEM discipline AND 3 years of related professional/military experience, OR a STEM Ph.D. AND 1 year of related professional/military experience (for Principal Engineer level).
Active DoD Secret clearance or higher clearance (with a background investigation completed within the last 6 years or currently enrolled into Continuous Evaluation).
Ability to obtain and maintain Special Access Program (SAP) clearance prior to the commencement of employment.
Knowledge of developing model-based systems engineering products (for Engineer level).
Experience with Atlassian Tool Suite (for Principal Engineer level).
Experience developing model-based systems engineering products (for Principal Engineer level).

Nice To Haves

MS, PhD Degree in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering.
Strong technical written and communication skills.
Demonstrated strong technical writing & interpersonal skills, and the ability to communicate and present technical material to various stakeholders.
Experience with embedded software development.
Experience in integrating complex system across multiple domains.
Experience demonstrating concepts to management and customers.
Understanding of SAFe Principles and Implementation.

Responsibilities

Work as a Thread Lead to mature capabilities through functional analysis and Model-based Systems Engineering (MBSE) processes.
Deliver just-in-time design and optimize the development schedule for incremental capability development and early integration.
Collaborate with several stakeholders (subsystem developers, system integrators, system testers, system requirements engineers) to support delivery of quality design products.
Lead Thread Capability detailed planning and define acceptance criteria.
Manage tracking of the development schedule.
Support development of thread integration plans and procedures.
Maintain technical cognizance of subsystem interdependencies and maturity of ICD’s for identifying and resolving gaps.
Incorporate cross-IPT feedback to support the development and Integrated Functional Capability (IFC) approval of models of interface input/output, integration procedures, development schedules, models of software-to-hardware deployment and interface protocols, and mapping between requirements and design.