Principal or Sr. Principal Data Displays and Controls; DDC Architect Engineer

Relocation Assistance

Relocation assistance may be available.

Requires a Secret clearance at the start of the position.

Travel is required; approximately 10% of time.

Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems has an opening for a Principal or Sr. Principal Data Displays and Controls (DDC) Architect Engineer
. The position is located in Melbourne, FL, and works on a 9/80 schedule. There is no hybrid or remote work available.

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, but they're also making history.

Please note that this opportunity is contingent on program funding.

• Support development and integration of piloted aircraft display and processing components.
• Lead and/or support development and integration throughout the product lifecycle of design, development, integration and test, flight test requirements verification, and sustainment.
• Requirements development, analysis, maturation and implementation, translating customer requirements into hardware and software specifications.
• Perform MBSE and capture requirements, interfaces, behaviors, structures and parametric.
• Perform flight and mission engineering activities to ensure continuity between desired operational capabilities and delivered system performance, through the Systems Engineering “V”.
• Ensure performance capabilities of employed architectures and solutions are traded against cost and system requirements and assess operational effectiveness of existing and emerging systems and capabilities in representative operational environments.
• Perform functional and performance analyses.
• Run detailed trade studies.
• Provide design assessments and perform verification checks.
• Technical management of program strategic partners and suppliers, including development of supplier statement of work and requirements, review and analysis of supplier design data, hardware/software acquisition, test and delivery requirements—including acceptance, qualification, and system integration—and support test execution.
• Develop technical system integration and verification plans and track their progress.
• Solicit input from various stakeholders, synthesize data, and communicate results to various levels of leadership within the organization.
• Perform risk analysis and develop mitigation plans and track to closure.
• Guide all activities in the System Engineering “V”, with MBSE Digital Engineering and Agile design methodology.
• Lead and/or support technical discussions with the customer and have daily interaction with management, external personnel, customers, and various sub‑teams.

This position may be filled as a Principal or Sr. Principal level, depending on qualifications.

• Principal: Must have a Bachelor’s degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) 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 year of related professional/military experience in Engineering.
• Sr. Principal: Must have a Bachelor’s degree in STEM from an accredited university AND 8 years of related professional/military experience in Engineering; OR a Master’s degree in STEM from an accredited university AND 6 years of related professional/military experience in Engineering; OR a Ph.D. AND 4…