Principal Engineer Systems Architect

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE:
Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START:
No

CLEARANCE TYPE:
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 Defense Systems designs, builds and delivers space, defense and aviation-related systems to customers around the world. Our products include launch vehicles, propulsion systems, missile products, subsystems and defense electronics, precision weapons, armament systems and ammunition, satellites and space components and services, and advanced aerospace structures.

Northrop Grumman Defense Systems is seeking a Principal Systems Engineer Architect to work at our Missile Products Division in Plymouth, MN. The ideal candidate will have leadership abilities, an intense desire to learn, and experience working in an engineering environment.

The successful candidate, as part of an IPT environment, will participate or lead the development and implementation of complex system designs using Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) methodologies. The candidate will apply SysML to create comprehensive system models, facilitating analysis, simulation, and verification throughout the system lifecycle, ensuring robust and efficient system development. Model-based tasks include functional analysis, timeline analysis, detail trade studies, requirements management and allocation studies including distribution to hardware and software, interface definition, proposal writing and bidding, and management of recurring product cost and program risk.

• Coordination of Systems Engineering activities with project management, project leads and engineers, and functional management.
• Develop and maintain system models using SysML to capture system architecture, requirements, behavior, and interfaces. Ensure system development models and requirements are consistent with MBSE pillar and domain framework.
• Conduct system analysis through simulations and model-based evaluations to confirm the design approach and characteri...
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate system models with other engineering disciplines, ensuring consistency and traceability.
• Translate complex system requirements into executable models, facilitating verification and validation activities.
• Communicate technical insights from system models to stakeholders, including presenting analysis results and recommendations.
• Create and manage requirements, generate specifications while working closely with internal and external customers.
• Preparation and presentation of materials for various System Engineering Technical Reviews, Technical Interchange Meetings and other formal program reviews.
• Prepare trade studies, system sensitivity studies, design optimization studies, system performance assessments, system design assessments & other analyses to support requirements, development and design assessments.
• Support IPT leadership and interfaces to customer for System Engineering and product development activities.
• Support the cost account manager to manage cost, schedule, technical performance and monthly earned value management system reporting.

• BS degree in Engineering, Physics, Mathematics, or Computer Science
• 5 years of related experience with Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) principles and methodologies
• Proficient in SysML and MBSE tools such as Cameo System Modeler
• Knowledge and experience with system architecture design and analysis
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Must be U.S. Citizen and possess or ability to obtain a DoD Security Clearance

• Safety, Reliability and other Specialty Engineering experience
• Experience with Agile development methodologies and…