RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE TYPE: Top Secret

TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the Time

Description

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.

Strategic Space Systems Division (SSSD) is an industry-leading provider for launch systems capabilities serving national security, military, and civil customers. We are built on a heritage of providing innovative, affordable, and reliable aerospace and defense products that our customers rely on to achieve mission success. Join the Space revolution and make the impossible, possible.

Space Systems has an opening for a Principal Systems Engineer / Sr. Principal Systems Engineer to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals, and the position will be located in Redondo Beach, CA.

This role is for a System Architecture Lead who will chart the course for Model Based System Engineering (MBSE) capabilities within a capture or program execution effort. This individual will support system engineering in establishing and managing the technical baseline within an MBSE tools suite.  

Primary responsibilities involve establishing the MBSE approach for the program, which includes defining architectural methodologies/frameworks, establishing governance to maintain and configuration control the model content, and integrating with external models as necessary. Candidate will lead a team in the definition and documentation of the system architecture, requirements, interfaces, and mission/operational concept baselines all within the MBSE tools suite to the level necessary to establish the technical design baseline. Additional scope includes leading/supporting system engineering activities in the model such as requirements verification and validation, modeling & simulation, as well as support to integration and test activities.

*Please be aware that these positions will also be contingent upon capturing program award, obtaining customer funding, and holding final clearances prior to start date.*

This position can be filled at either the Principal Systems Engineer or Sr. Principal Systems Engineer level

Basic Qualifications: Principal System Engineer

Bachelor's Science degree in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) discipline with 5+ years of engineering experience OR Master's Science degree in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) discipline with 3+ years of engineering experience OR PhD degree in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) discipline with 1+ years of engineering experience

Active DoD Top Secret clearance at time of application

Understanding and experience with Model Based Systems Engineering

Experience with Cameo Enterprise Architect and SysML modeling (or equivalent)

Experience with IBM Rational DOORS

Experience in System Engineering activities such as operational concept development, functional/physical architecture definition, requirements development, interface definition, verification and validation, and technical baseline management

Experience leading engineering teams

Basic Qualifications: Sr. Principal System Engineer

Bachelor's Science degree in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) discipline with 8+ years of engineering experience OR Master's Science degree in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) discipline with 6+ years of engineering experience OR PhD degree in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) discipline with 4+ years of engineering experience

Active DoD Top Secret clearance at time of application

Understanding and experience with Model Based Systems Engineering

Experience with Cameo Enterprise Architect and SysML modeling (or equivalent)

Experience with IBM Rational DOORS

Experience in System Engineering activities such as operational concept development, functional/physical architecture definition, requirements development, interface definition, verification and validation, and technical baseline management

Experience leading engineering teams

Preferred Qualifications:

Systems Engineering experience on large, complex systems

Experience and understanding of the complete program lifecycle

Excellent written and oral communication skills

Excellent time management, organizational skills, and earned value management

Ability to work multi-disciplined engineering problems and foster collaboration across inter-divisional boundaries
Participation in proposal efforts

Salary Range: $110,300.00 - $206,000.00Salary Range 2: $0.00 - $0.00

The above salary range represents a general guideline; however, Northrop Grumman considers a number of factors when determining base salary offers such as the scope and responsibilities of the position and the candidate's experience, education, skills and current market conditions.

Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay. Annual bonuses are designed to reward individual contributions as well as allow employees to share in company results. Employees in Vice President or Director positions may be eligible for Long Term Incentives. In addition, Northrop Grumman provides a variety of benefits including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, savings plan, Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business.

The application period for the job is estimated to be 20 days from the job posting date. However, this timeline may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates.

Northrop Grumman is an Equal Opportunity Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class. For our complete EEO and pay transparency statement, please visit http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO. U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.