Systems Engineer - R&V (Principal or Senior Principal)

Northrop Grumman • San Diego, CA

4d • $114,000 - $213,400 • Onsite

About The Position

Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems is hiring a Systems Engineer at the Principal or Senior Principal level for its Systems Engineering organization in Rancho Bernardo, California. The role is part of the Core Systems Engineering team, with a primary focus on requirements and verification for the Triton Enterprise, especially Increment 2 development activities.

The engineer will contribute to requirements development, analysis, decomposition, and verification campaigns. The work includes use-case, system-trace, and architecture analysis to ensure the Triton requirements baseline is rigorously defined and executable for the platform’s required capabilities. The position also supports engineering design teams with technical solutions across the Systems Engineering V-Model and performs system integration throughout the lifecycle, including integration of new capabilities on the MQ-4C Triton platform.

The role requires an active U.S. Government Secret or higher clearance. Travel is required approximately 10% of the time. Relocation assistance may be available. The position may be filled at either the Principal or Senior Principal level, depending on qualifications.

Requirements

• For the Principal level: a bachelor’s degree in a STEM field and at least 5 years of relevant military or professional experience; or a master’s degree in a STEM field and at least 3 years of relevant military or professional experience; or a Ph.D. and at least 1 year of relevant military, professional, or academic experience.
• For the Senior Principal level: a bachelor’s degree in a STEM field and at least 8 years of relevant military or professional experience; or a master’s degree in a STEM field and at least 6 years of relevant military or professional experience; or a Ph.D. and at least 4 years of relevant military or professional experience.
• At either level, an active U.S. Government Secret or higher clearance, with a background investigation completed within the last 6 years or current enrollment in Continuous Evaluation.
• Experience generating, evaluating, and decomposing requirements.

Nice To Haves

• Demonstrated experience with customer-level requirements definition.
• Familiarity with the Systems Engineering V-Model and design processes.
• Familiarity with TeamCenter PLC and JIRA/Confluence.
• Demonstrated experience with IFC development and management.
• Familiarity with requirements decomposition and verification campaigns.
• Demonstrated experience performing lab integration.
• An active U.S. Government Secret or higher clearance, with a background investigation completed within the last 6 years or current enrollment in Continuous Evaluation.

Responsibilities

• Support cross-IPT development of system-level requirements and use cases.
• Implement requirements verification methodology and traceability.
• Support development of interface definitions and integration plans.
• Conduct formal integration and support capability-based system-level testing of fully integrated complex software and hardware subsystems.
• Evaluate integration and test anomalies, and assist with disposition and correction of issues.
• Perform requirements verification and selloff.
• Provide support to flight test and fielded assets.
• Manage configuration of developmental and production systems.
• Develop capability roadmaps within specified capability areas.
• Perform requirements development, analysis, decomposition, and verification activities across the Triton Enterprise, with a primary focus on Increment 2.
• Conduct use-case, system-trace, and architecture analysis to help ensure the Triton requirements baseline is defined and executable.
• Support engineering design teams in developing technical solutions across the Systems Engineering V-Model.
• Execute system integration tasks across the system lifecycle and integrate new capabilities on the MQ-4C Triton platform.

Benefits

• Health insurance coverage.
• Life insurance.
• Disability insurance.
• Savings plan.
• Company-paid holidays.
• Paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business.
• Employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus, depending on the position.
• Relocation assistance may be available.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior