Principal​/Sr. Principal System Engineer

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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 just a part of history, they're making history.

• Analyze tooling/support equipment and recommend appropriate solutions for repair, rework, or alternative solutions using modern manufacturing methods.
• Assess, interpret, and recommend changes to engineering drawings.
• Generate complex engineering models and drawings.
• Create and review detailed 3‑D CAD (Solid Works, CATIA, NX) models, drawings, and Bills of Materials (BOMs).
• Develop design concepts, criteria, and engineering tasks for product development, production, integration and test.
• Assist or lead design for manufacturability (DFM) and design for assembly (DFA) reviews; recommend geometry or material changes to reduce production cost.
• Generate and maintain technical documentation: specifications, test plans, failure‑analysis reports, and engineering change orders (ECOs).
• Coordinate with suppliers and contract manufacturers to qualify components, conduct fit‑checks, and resolve technical issues.
• Support prototype build‑up, fixture design, and tooling selection; oversee test‑fixture fabrication and instrument integration.
• Research, plan, design and develop mechanical products and systems.
• Analyze complex systems and precision electro‑mechanical assemblies through simulation and/or analysis to recommend appropriate substitutions or redesign solutions to ensure platform integrity, system safety, and performance specifications while minimally impacting qualification processes.
• Apply research to the planning, design, development, and testing of mechanical and/or electromechanical systems, instruments, controls, engines, and/or machines.
• Identify, analyze, and solve obsolescence issues.
• Establish milestones and monitor adherence to master plans and schedules.
• Identify program risks and assist in the establishing of mitigation steps.
• Act independently to uncover and resolve issues associated with the development and implementation of programs.
• Validate and qualify production tooling, fixtures, and automation equipment; coordinate design changes with mechanical engineering.
• Support process improvement and establishment of new or updated processes.
• Perform functional analysis, timeline analysis, detail trade studies, requirements allocation, and interface definition studies to translate customer requirements into hardware specifications.
• Generate reports for customers, engineering leadership, and other cross-functional organizations.
• Establish and enforce engineering standards, best‑practice libraries, and knowledge‑management processes across the organization.

Principal Systems Engineer:
Bachelor’s Degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) discipline and 5 years of related engineering experience; OR a Master’s degree in a STEM discipline and 3 years of related engineering experience; OR a PhD in a STEM discipline and 1 year of related engineering experience.

Sr. Principal Systems Engineer:
Bachelor’s Degree in a relevant STEM discipline and 8 years of related engineering experience; OR a Master’s degree in a relevant STEM discipline and 6 years of related engineering experience; OR a PhD in a relevant STEM discipline and 4 years of related engineering experience.

Must have the ability to obtain and maintain DoD Secret / Special Access Program (SAP) clearance, within a reasonable amount of time as determined…