Principal​/Sr. Principal Systems Engineer

Overview

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE:
Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE TYPE:
Secret

TRAVEL:
Yes, 10 of the Time

Description

At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact peoples 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 nations 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, theyre making history.

Northrop Grumman Space Systems is seeking a Principal Systems Engineer OR Sr. Principal Systems Engineer to join our team supporting our DARC program. This position is based in Colorado Springs, CO (preferred), but can also be located in Baltimore, MD, Bellevue, NE, OR Space Park, CA.

Relocation assistance is MAY available for this position. Salary information displayed is based on Colorado Springs, CO.

• Support development and integration of radar algorithms to meet system mission and mode performance objectives
• Requirements development, analysis, implementation planning for translating system requirements into algorithm design
• Performing functional and performance analyses
• Development of mathematical algorithms for mode/sensor implementation
• Develop software integration planning for system algorithms to model behavior of systems in real-time for radar platform
• Solicit input from various stakeholders, synthesize data, and communicate results to various levels of leadership within the organization.
• Perform mission engineering activities to ensure continuity between desired operational capabilities and delivered system performance, through the Systems Engineering “V”. Ensure performance capabilities of new systems and architectures are traded against cost and mission requirements and assess operational effectiveness of existing and emerging systems and capabilities in representative operational environments.
• Guiding the team through development/implementation activities

This requisition can either be filled as a Principal or Sr. Principal depending on the candidates experience as laid out in the basic qualifications detailed below as well as the interview assessment.

Basic Qualifications

• Principal
  :
  Bachelor’s degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) discipline from an accredited university AND 5 years of related professional/military experience in Engineering; OR a Master’s degree in a STEM discipline from an accredited university AND 3 years of related professional/military experience in Engineering; OR a Ph.D. AND 1 years of related professional/military experience in Engineering.
• Sr. Principal: Bachelor’s degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) discipline from an accredited university AND 8 years of related professional/military experience in Engineering; OR a Master’s degree in a STEM discipline from an accredited university AND 6 years of related professional/military experience in Engineering; OR a Ph.D. AND 4 years of related professional/military experience in Engineering.
• Active Secret clearance at the time of application
• Expertise with MATLAB and code prototyping
• Experience working through the Systems Engineering lifecycle process for system development
• Experience with Signals processing
• Experience with Radar Systems
• Experience with radar Blake Charts for operational performance analysis
• Experience with Atlassian tool suite (Jira, Confluence, etc)
• Experience with Share Point
• Experience with MS Office tool suite (Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Project)
• Strong problem-solving skills and a demonstrated ability to project plan and execute
• Demonstrated independent planning, organization, and working in cross-functional teams with a…