Sentinel - Surety and Security Capability Lead Systems Engineer
Listed on 2026-09-24
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Engineering
Systems Engineer, Cybersecurity
RELOCATION ASSISTANCE:
Relocation assistance may be available
CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START:
Yes
CLEARANCE TYPE:
Secret
TRAVEL:
Yes, 10% of the Time
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Northrop Grumman Defense Systems is seeking a Surety & Security Capability Lead (Sr. Principal Systems Engineer – Level
4) to join the team located in Roy UT, Bellevue NE, Huntsville, AL, Colorado Springs, or Manhattan Beach, CA in support of the Sentinel program. Northrop Grumman supports the Air Force’s sustainment, development, production and deployment of hardware and system modifications for Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM,) Ground and Airborne Launch Control Systems, Launch Facilities, and associated infrastructure.
The Surety & Security Capability Lead (Sr. Principal Systems Engineer – Level
4) will 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 the Nuclear Surety, Physical Security, and System Safety capability threads for the Sentinel ground system
Work with both technical teams and stakeholders to develop and mature allocation of multiple Technical Requirement Documents (NS, Safety) and standards (AFSPCMAN 91-710, AIAA S-113) through the full suite of Command Systems hardware and software products
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.
Bachelor's degree in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) with 8 years of experience; or master’s degree with 6 years of experience; or PhD with 4 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…
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