Systems Engineer/ Principal Systems Engineer

Northrop Grumman•Los Angeles, CA

26d•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. We at Northrop Grumman Missions Systems are seeking a skilled Systems Engineer with familiarity of requirements development, test case development, and verification and validation of those requirements. The ideal candidate should be familiar with requirements technical baseline management via IBM Rational DOORS. Key Responsibilities: Identifying unique requirements from a broad customer base, flowing the requirements into design documentation, and working with a diverse team to build and test those requirements. Work on the capabilities of current products, performance analyses, design information, and requirements verification methods. Ensure logical and systematic conversion of customer or product requirements into total systems solutions that acknowledge technical, schedule, and cost constraints. Perform functional analysis, timeline analysis, detail trade studies, requirements allocation. Generate, review, and manage multiple requirements sets that cover all aspects of both performance and nonperformance including mechanical interfaces, electrical interfaces, data requirements, environmental requirements, and reliability. Awareness and responsiveness to contract milestones and deliverables. Work with an Agile team to ensure the designs are sufficient to meet the system requirements. Work with various Agile teams to ensure all requirements are verified through inspection, analysis, demonstration, or test often by providing test and data reduction scripts. Facilitate test directions to ensure production tests and troubleshooting tests are executed correctly and resulting data conforms to requirements. Develop simulation models for sensors and systems. This requisition may be filled at either an Engineer Systems level or Principal Engineer Systems Level.

Requirements

Bachelor's of Science degree in a STEM discipline (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) with 2+ years of engineering experience OR Master's Science degree in a STEM discipline (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math)
Experience in System Engineering activities such as: Software requirements development Requirements development, Test Case development, Verification and Validation i.e. experience running tests and documenting results
Ability to obtain a DoD Secret clearance within a timeframe set forth by management
Ability to work onsite full-time at Woodland Hills, CA
Bachelor's of Science degree in a STEM discipline (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) with 5+ years of engineering experience OR Master's Science degree in a STEM discipline (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) with 3+ years experience.
Experience in System Engineering activities such as: Software requirements development Requirements development, Test Case development, Verification and Validation i.e. experience running tests and documenting results
Ability to obtain a DoD Secret clearance within a timeframe set forth by management
Ability to work onsite full-time at Woodland Hills, CA

Nice To Haves

Excellent written and oral communication skills
Collaborate with cross-functional teams
Experience supporting test investigations and debugging efforts
Experience with IBM Rational DOORS and technical baseline management
Experience with working in an engineering Agile team
Experience with JIRA
Systems Engineering experience on large, complex systems
Lab and system integration experience
Excellent time management, organizational skills
Understanding and experience with Model Based Systems Engineering and Cameo modeling (or equivalent)
Experience with ClearQuest / ClearCase

Responsibilities

Identifying unique requirements from a broad customer base, flowing the requirements into design documentation, and working with a diverse team to build and test those requirements.
Work on the capabilities of current products, performance analyses, design information, and requirements verification methods.
Ensure logical and systematic conversion of customer or product requirements into total systems solutions that acknowledge technical, schedule, and cost constraints.
Perform functional analysis, timeline analysis, detail trade studies, requirements allocation.
Generate, review, and manage multiple requirements sets that cover all aspects of both performance and nonperformance including mechanical interfaces, electrical interfaces, data requirements, environmental requirements, and reliability.
Awareness and responsiveness to contract milestones and deliverables.
Work with an Agile team to ensure the designs are sufficient to meet the system requirements.
Work with various Agile teams to ensure all requirements are verified through inspection, analysis, demonstration, or test often by providing test and data reduction scripts.
Facilitate test directions to ensure production tests and troubleshooting tests are executed correctly and resulting data conforms to requirements.
Develop simulation models for sensors and systems.