Systems Engineer

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE:
No relocation assistance available

CLEARANCE TYPE:
Secret

TRAVEL:
Yes, 10% of the Time

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.

Northrop Grumman Space Systems – Launch and Missile Defense Systems is seeking a Staff Systems Engineer to support the Systems Engineering & Integration Team (SE&IT) program. We are excited for you to join our team of qualified and diverse individuals. Our domain provides rewarding work that contributes to the latest advancements being made in the missile defense industry. The position is in Huntsville, AL.

The selected Staff Systems Engineer responsibilities will include the support of the SE&IT program as an individual contributor/task lead on the (SC&R) System Concepts & Requirements and Interface team. This role is responsible for developing systems engineering products that directly support the development and definition of the Missile Defense System Specification on behalf of the Missile Defense Agency (MDA).

• Perform model-based systems engineering (MBSE) functional and behavior analysis for the defeat of conventional and advanced Threats (e.g., ballistic, aero-maneuvering, hypersonic, hyper-glide, countermeasures, etc.) systems within the Missile Defense Agency’s (MDA) mission area.
• Participate in a MBSE environment to develop system-of-systems requirements via system/component trade studies and analysis.
• Contributes to publishing change notices to MDA’s system specification and update of requirements databases, architectural models, interface definitions, and DoDAF 2+ compliant based design packages to document, allocate and trace system and Element level requirements.
• Document analysis results in reports and briefings for critique and review by SC&R and National Team stakeholders.
• Create and present briefings within the team and to Missile Defense Agency (MDA) and supporting stakeholders.
• Duties will include leading small teams of engineers in the development of products.
• The position is in Huntsville, AL and is located on a customer site at the Boeing Jetplex facility.

The selected candidate should thrive in a fast-paced work environment with high expectations, significantly diverse assignments, collaborative/team settings across all levels.

• Bachelor’s Degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) discipline from an accredited university and 12 years of related experience, or a Master's Degree and 10 years of related experience, or 8 years of related experience with a PhD.
• Strong prior experience with use of MSOSA (Cameo) and DOORS.
• Must demonstrate a strong technical background in architecture development, functional decomposition, requirements development and allocation, and interface definition with system-modelling tools.
• Must be able to demonstrate knowledge of MBSE and the use of SysML to describe behaviors of a complex DoD system.
• Must demonstrate the ability to think critically and capture concepts in papers, presentations, and discussions. Must possess good communication skills.
• Capable of working both independently and within a small team environment.
• The successful candidate must also be willing to assume a technical leadership role at times.
• Ability and willingness to work on a customer site.
• Ability and willingness to travel up to 10% of the time.
• Applicants must have a current active in-scope U.S. Government DoD…