Systems Engineer Architect

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE:
Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START:
Yes

CLEARANCE TYPE:
Top 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 Aeronautics Systems has an opening for a Staff Systems Engineer Architect to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals within our Systems Engineering organization. This role is located in Melbourne, FL.

In this role, you will provide senior technical leadership in model based systems engineering, requirements development, and architecture definition for a complex aerospace system. This role focuses on using Cameo to capture and manage system requirements, functional and physical architectures, and interfaces across the program lifecycle.

You will lead requirements and architecture development, ensuring the digital system model remains the authoritative source for requirements, behaviors, and interfaces. You'll also collaborate closely with chief engineers, IPTs, and specialty engineering disciplines to maintain a coherent, traceable architecture that supports design decisions, mission effectiveness, and verification planning.

• Lead requirements development, decomposition, and traceability within Cameo, translating customer and stakeholder needs into system, segment, and subsystem requirements.
• Develop and maintain system architectures (operational, functional, and physical) using SysML and MBSE methods, including use case, activity, sequence, block definition, and internal block diagrams.
• Integrate requirements, behaviors, and interfaces into a cohesive model that supports mission analysis, system design, and verification/validation strategies.
• Establish and enforce modeling conventions and guidelines to ensure consistency and quality across contributors and IPTs.
• Coordinate architecture and requirements updates with multi disciplinary teams (mission systems, avionics, ground systems, communications, vehicle teams, etc.) and capture cross discipline impacts.
• Generate model based views and reports to support technical reviews (SRR, PDR, CDR, etc.), demonstrating requirements coverage, interface definition, and design maturity.
• Provide MBSE and Cameo guidance, mentoring, and training to engineers contributing to the model.

• Must have a Bachelors of Science degree in a STEM field and at least 12 years of relevant military / professional experience, OR a Master's Degree in a STEM field and at least 10 years of relevant military / professional experience, OR a PhD and at least 8 years of relevant military / professional experience
• Must have an active US Government Top Secret clearance (with a background investigation completed within the last 6 years or currently enrolled into Continuous Evaluation).
• Must have extensive systems engineering experience with emphasis on requirements development, decomposition, and architecture definition for complex systems.
• Must have direct experience using Cameo/Magic Draw (or equivalent MBSE tool) for SysML based modeling, including creation and maintenance of system level models.
• Must have lead technical teams or work packages that have communicated complex technical concepts to diverse audiences, including customers and senior leadership.

• Experience supporting mission planning and ground systems, including definition of operational concepts, workflows, and interfaces between air vehicle and ground mission systems.
• Experience defining and managing air vehicle requirements, including performance, mission, avionics, and integration requirements, and capturing those requirements in an MBSE/Cameo model.
• Experience with mission systems and communications architectures, including data links,…