Sentinel - Systems States & Controls Capability Lead Staff Systems Engineer

Northrop Grumman•Manhattan Beach, CA

2d•$152,900 - $229,300•Hybrid

About The Position

Northrop Grumman Defense Systems is seeking a System States and Controls Capability Lead (Staff Systems Engineer – Level 5) to join the Command Systems team leading activities including requirements definition / allocation, functional decomposition, interface definition, verification & validation, and requirements traceability across the ground segment of the Sentinel Weapon System. The Sentinel program has an exciting opportunity for a System States & Controls Capability Lead Staff Systems Engineer (Level 5) to join the Command Systems team leading activities including requirements definition / allocation, functional decomposition, interface definition, verification & validation, and requirements traceability across the ground segment of the Sentinel Weapon System. Specific duties to include, but are not limited to the following: Lead a small team of systems engineers to develop systems engineering artifacts across wing-wide maintenance, operations, initialize, fault detection, and shutdown capabilities. Work with both technical teams and stakeholders to develop and mature off-nominal system use cases and states deriving full-scope functionality for the wing and preliminary product selection and development. Help develop and incorporate the appropriate requirements for the system and ensure that they are properly represented in the model. Develop systems architecture using Cameo Enterprise Architecture (behavioral, structural, analytical). Contribute to system requirements development, management, and analysis. Develop unifying model techniques, procedures, and processes (for model development, tool integration, and team integration).

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) with 12 years of experience; or master’s degree with 10 years of experience; or PhD with 8 years of experience
Must be a US Citizen with an active DoD Secret Clearance, at time of application, current and within scope, with an investigation date within the last 6 years
Must have the ability to obtain Special Access Program (SAP) approval within a reasonable period, as determined by the company to meet its business needs
4 years of experience with requirements management/analysis/allocations
3 years of experience with Model-Based Engineering / Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBE/MBSE) practices, languages and/or tools such as Cameo, Rhapsody or MagicDraw
5 years of experience with one or more of the following: Command & Control (C2), physical security, cybersecurity, Nuclear Command, Control, and Communications (NC3) systems/processes, communications systems, facility design, military aerospace development (e.g. Sentinel, Minute Man III, B-2, B-21 delivery systems)

Nice To Haves

Active DoD Top Secret Clearance
Demonstrated understanding of the Systems Engineering Vee Model
3+ years of experience in model-based systems engineering; thread-based system decomposition, requirements engineering, system modeling in SysML
Experience in documenting Interface Control Documents, Interface Requirement Specifications, and Interface Description Documents
Understanding of Object-Oriented Systems Engineering Methodology and systems thinking
Excellent collaboration skills and experience working across product, design, and systems engineering teams with various stakeholder communities
Proven technical leadership in designing, modeling, and verifying complex, hierarchical State Machines for distributed, real-time command and control architectures. This includes defining clear, deterministic state transitions for critical mission sequences (e.g., Power-On, Daily Monitoring, Targeting/Planning, Countdown, Launch, Abort, and Shutdown)
Extensive experience developing automated FDIR frameworks and Built-In Test (BIT) strategies (Periodic, Initiated, and Continuous) for high-consequence systems. This includes leveraging fault-tree analysis to design algorithms that isolate anomalous behavior down to the specific LRU or software.
Demonstrated understanding of the systematic challenges of distributed system synchronization - specifically how a network of geographically separated ground nodes initially coordinates clocks, shares state telemetry, loads cryptographic keys, and handles simultaneous, secure shutdowns
Experience with ICBM weapon system engineering and integration
Experience with complex system development on large programs

Responsibilities

Lead a small team of systems engineers to develop systems engineering artifacts across wing-wide maintenance, operations, initialize, fault detection, and shutdown capabilities
Work with both technical teams and stakeholders to develop and mature off-nominal system use cases and states deriving full-scope functionality for the wing and preliminary product selection and development
Help develop and incorporate the appropriate requirements for the system and ensure that they are properly represented in the model
Develop systems architecture using Cameo Enterprise Architecture (behavioral, structural, analytical)
Contribute to system requirements development, management, and analysis
Develop unifying model techniques, procedures, and processes (for model development, tool integration, and team integration)