Sr Principal Systems Engineer

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE:
No relocation assistance available CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START:
No

CLEARANCE TYPE:
Secret TRAVEL:
Yes, 10% of the Time Description 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 is seeking an experienced Systems Engineer to join the Specialty Engineering team in Plymouth, MN. The Specialty Engineering team supports munition, fuzing, and weapon system development programs.

Team members are Systems Engineers who support multiple engineering domains, including Systems Safety, Reliability, Availability, Maintainability, Product Cybersecurity, Integrated Logistics Support, Product Support, Human Factors, and Unit Production Cost Modeling.

Responsibilities of the Position:

Work with and mentor team members to plan and execute Specialty Engineering tasks across the Specialty Engineering domains to support a wide variety of programs. Domains include:
Systems Safety, Reliability, Availability, Maintainability, Product Cybersecurity, Integrated Logistics Support, Product Support, Human Factors, CE certification, and Unit Production Cost Modeling.

Perform detailed Specialty Engineering analyses in close collaboration with design engineering throughout weapon system development programs (e.g., Failure Mode, Effects, and Criticality Analysis (FMECA), Fault Tree Analysis (FTA), System Hazard Analysis (SHA)).Lead safety programs from planning through successful safety acceptance with Safety Review Boards.

Perform as a lead Specialty Engineer in design reviews, failure investigations, and customer working group meetings.

Support bidding and proposal activities in collaboration with the Specialty Engineering Manager.

Work with Systems Design Engineering to define, track, and verify requirements that support system development objectives tied to Specialty Engineering domains.

Partner with Test Engineering and Environmental Health & Safety (EH&S) to define processes and procedures that ensure safe conduct and execution of test events and manufacturing of systems.

Basic Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree in an engineering or other STEM discipline and 8 years of related experience; or Master’s degree in an engineering or other STEM discipline and 6 years of related experience; orPhD and 4 years of related experienceU.S. citizenship

Ability to obtain a DoD Secret clearance

Experience working closely with engineers from various disciplines (e.g., Systems, Mechanical, Electrical, Software, Production)
Subject matter expertise in one or more of the following domains:
Systems Safety, Reliability, Availability, Maintainability, Product Cybersecurity, Integrated Logistics Support, Product Support, Human Factors, CE Certification, or Unit Production Cost Modeling Proficiency with standard Microsoft Office products and ability to learn new toolsets

Strong verbal and written communication and interpersonal skills

Desired

Qualifications:

Experience leading technical efforts

Experience performing engineering analyses (e.g., Hazard Analysis, FMECA, FTA)
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