Principal / Sr. Principal Systems Engineer

Northrop Grumman•Huntsville, AL

2d•$108,800 - $203,600•Onsite

About The Position

Northrop Grumman Defense Systems is seeking a Principal / Sr. Principal Systems Engineer (level 3/4) to join the Strategic Mobile Command and Control (SMC2) organization in Huntsville AL. You will help design, develop, integrate, test, and sustain mission‑critical architectures and network and recording products used by our warfighters and customers around the world. In this role, you will support the Base Operations Networks (BONEs) programs that support network infrastructure and services at tactical operational locations.

Requirements

Principal Systems Engineer: 5 years of experience with a Bachelors degree in STEM; 3 years with Masters; 1 with PhD
Sr. Principal Systems Engineer: 8 Years with STEM Bachelors degree; 6 Years with Masters; 4 Years with PhD
Active DoD secret clearance
Knowledge of Agile development processes
Experience operating in an Agile environment using any of the Atlassian software tool sets (JIRA, CONFLUENCE...etc.)
Ability to work on-site in Huntsville
Minimum 15% travel with potential for travel Outside the Continental United States (OCONUS)

Nice To Haves

Experience with C-UAS architectures and Northrop Grumman products
Experience with Lucen Timeline (formerly Office Timeline) or MS Project
Experience developing milestone schedules
Experience with customer-facing roles and leading a multi-discipline team
Experience developing trade studies, system requirements reviews (SRRs), preliminary design reviews (PDRs), and critical design reviews (CDRs)
Experience writing test reports

Responsibilities

Supporting System Engineering (SE) Architecture Lead for the individual architecture
Creating customer briefings for new equipment, obsolete equipment and technical issues
Supporting SE Lead with managing and tracking small test and small integration events, and developing daily status reports for the Customer
Supporting SE Lead in developing platform architecture level test objectives and reviewing product test objectives
Customer-facing during meetings with PM ACE/CUAS Network and USG Capabilities Leads
Supporting development and management of project milestones
Interfacing with other BONEs Teams on new/obsolete equipment
Collaborating with other BONEs Teams to develop plans for deploying hardware, software, firmware, etc.
Supporting SE Lead with developing and executing priorities and plans based on USG direction
Providing customer updates on respective projects
Developing test reports for release of high-priority products
Developing deployment recommendations for high- priority products
Establishing and maintaining architecture roadmap