Systems Engineer - Level 4 - Space AHT
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. The Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD), Ground-based Weapons Systems (GWS) group within Northrop Grumman Space Systems has an exciting career opportunity for a systems engineer to join the GSS Organization Unit. This position is located in in Huntsville, AL Position Overview: As a Systems Engineer – Level 4 you will be responsible for the technical planning, system integration, verification and validation, cost and risk, and supportability and effectiveness analyses for total systems. This fast-paced and cutting-edge research and development environment will rely on your familiarity with modern software practices. You are expected to communicate technical information effectively and clearly, and present technical approaches and findings. Our team of motivated technical talent works closely with the end user (and each other) to ensure the direct mission applicability of developed products.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) discipline from an accredited university and 8 years of related work experience, or a Master's Degree in STEM and 6 years of related work experience.
- Experience applying Model Based Systems Engineering to develop and model requirements
- Experience managing requirements or systems engineering artifacts using tools such as DOORS, Cameo, or JIRA.
- Exceptional communication and critical thinking skills, with the ability to clearly articulate technical content to audiences of varying backgrounds.
- Ability and willingness to travel up to 10% of the time to support business needs.
- Current active in-scope U.S. Government DoD issued Secret security clearance at the time of application which is required to start.
Nice To Haves
- Experience incorporating stakeholder feedback from multiple organizations (e.g. teams, IPTs, sectors) into actionable solutions.
- Experience taking systems engineering requirements or artifacts through the systems engineering lifecycle
- Experience with requirement verification methods
Responsibilities
- Responsible for the technical planning, system integration, verification and validation, cost and risk, and supportability and effectiveness analyses for total systems.
- Communicate technical information effectively and clearly, and present technical approaches and findings.
- Work closely with the end user (and each other) to ensure the direct mission applicability of developed products.
Benefits
- Relocation assistance may be available
- health insurance coverage
- life and disability insurance
- savings plan
- Company paid holidays
- paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business
- discretionary bonus
- Annual bonuses are designed to reward individual contributions as well as allow employees to share in company results.
- Employees in Vice President or Director positions may be eligible for Long Term Incentives.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
