Systems Engineer (SkillBridge) Annapolis MD

Northrop Grumman•Annapolis, MD

4d•Onsite

About The Position

Northrop Grumman is offering a SkillBridge Program for service members preparing for civilian careers. This program allows participants to gain valuable civilian work experience during their last 6 months of service, for up to 180 days. Participants will work on-site, gaining experience in an entry to mid-level career path with on-the-job training equivalent to 40 hours per week. The program aims to provide separating service members with job skills training in a professional setting, offering hands-on experience that could lead to full-time employment. Participants will be trained in professional development, networking with leadership, NG leadership principles, company history, customer/stakeholder engagement, product and service overview, and core job responsibilities. The Systems Engineering, Integration, and Test & Logistics (SEIT&L) Department at Northrop Grumman Oceanic is seeking a systems engineering generalist to support complex, dynamic, maritime programs of national strategic importance. This role involves contributing to the development of state-of-the-art oceanic systems, including uncrewed undersea vehicles (UUVs), remotely operated vehicles (ROVs), undersea payloads, acoustic and non-acoustic sensors, sensor processing, navigation, platform integration, subsea and maritime-surface communication technologies, advanced algorithms, and digital engineering.

Requirements

Has served at least 180 days on active duty
Is within 12 months of separation or retirement
Will receive an honorable discharge
Has taken any service TAPS/TGPS
Has attended or participated in an ethics brief within the last 12 months
Received Unit Commander (first O-4/Field Grade commander in chain of command) written authorization and approval to participate in SkillBridge Program prior to start of internship.
Qualified applicants must have 5 years of experience with a STEM Bachelors Degree or 3 years of experience with a STEM Masters Degree or 1 year with a STEM PHD (for Principal Engineer T03).
Qualified applicants must have 8 years of experience with a STEM Bachelors Degree or 6 years of experience with a STEM Masters Degree or 4 year with a STEM PHD (for Sr. Principal Engineer T04).
Have a keen interest in working in the maritime surface / undersea domain.
Demonstrated experience in one or more Systems Engineering processes, including (but not limited to) system operation and/or field support/sustainment, requirements development & management, system modeling, system architecture development, interface traceability, integration & test, and verification & validation.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Willingness to learn additional discipline areas.
Current Secret security clearance, and willingness to obtain a TS/SCI with CI polygraph.

Nice To Haves

Experience with Navy customers and/or underwater/naval systems such as torpedoes, towed vehicles, UUVs, ROVs, SONAR/sensor systems, underwater mechanical structures and cabling, submarines, or subsea payloads is desired.
Experience in anti-submarine warfare, seabed warfare, mine countermeasures, and Navy tactics would also be desirable.
US Navy Submariner Qualification
Current Top Secret clearance, or above

Responsibilities

Support complex, dynamic, maritime programs of national strategic importance.
Contribute to the development of state-of-the-art oceanic systems.
Work within multi-disciplined teams, performing in one or more of the following functions: mission engineering, requirements development & management (using DOORS), system architecture development, system modeling including Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE), establishing and integrating components of a digital design thread, interface development & management, concept of operations (CONOPS) development & management, trade studies / analysis of alternatives, integration & test, and verification & validation.
Develop systems engineering work products associated with the functions above.
Prepare and brief technical packages to program, company, and customer leadership teams.
Support project and program processes, reviews, and technical planning activities.
Develop content and present during milestone reviews including Systems Requirement Review (SRR), Preliminary Design Review (PDR), Critical Design Review (CDR), Test Readiness Review (TRR), Consent to Ship Review (CSR).
Support capture and proposal activities.