Sentinel - Principal/Sr. Principal Systems Engineer R10212880
Listed on 2025-11-03
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Engineering
Systems Engineer, Electrical Engineering
Sentinel - Principal/ Sr. Principal Systems Engineer - 15573 - R
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Relocation Assistance: Relocation assistance may be available.
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. 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.
We are at the forefront of many technological advancements—from the first flight across the Atlantic to stealth bombers and moon landings. Our employees are not only part of history; they are making history.
Join Northrop Grumman on our continued mission to push the boundaries of what is possible across land, sea, air, space, and cyberspace. Enjoy a culture where your voice is valued and start contributing to a team of passionate professionals providing real‑life solutions to our world’s biggest challenges. We take pride in creating purposeful work and allowing our employees to grow and achieve their goals each day by defining possibility.
Northrop Grumman Defense Systems is seeking a Principal Systems Engineer/Sr. Principal Systems Engineer to support the Sentinel program. This opening is in Roy, UT or Huntsville, AL and will oversee the Air Force’s sustainment, development, production, and deployment of hardware and system modifications for Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) Ground and Airborne Launch Control Systems, Launch Facilities, and associated infrastructure.
What You Will DoThe Cost Engineering position represents a unique specialty engineering opportunity within the larger Systems Engineering organization. The Cost Engineer works closely with all technical aspects and requirements of the program, linking the technical solution to the cost solution. Responsibilities include performing a variety of engineering economic analyses across the product life‑cycle. The position requires an understanding of at least two of the following analyses:
Cost‑Effectiveness, Life Cycle Cost (LCC), Cost As an Independent Variable (CAIV), Design to Cost (DTC), and Cost Reduction Initiatives (CRI). It’s essential to understand systems thinking and the full development life cycle.
The candidate will develop and oversee trade‑offs of requirements, design, performance, cost, and schedule to address affordability constraints. Strong knowledge of Systems Engineering—stakeholder analysis, mission engineering, system architecture and design, system integration, system analysis and trade studies, risk and opportunity management—is required. The candidate should also demonstrate sound engineering economics and business acumen. The Cost Engineer may participate in new business capture efforts and ongoing program execution, providing credible cost analysis in a non‑advocacy role as an honest broker.
- Mission focused Cost‑Effectiveness Analysis
- Life Cycle Cost Analysis (LCC)
- Trade Studies (e.g., CAIV, BCAs)
- Design to Cost (DTC)
- Should Cost
- Cost Reduction Opportunities and Initiatives
- Cost Metrics Development
- Principal Systems Engineer – BS degree in STEM with 5 years of related systems engineering experience; 3 years with a Master’s; 1 year with a PhD.
- Must be a U.S. citizen with an active DoD Secret clearance investigated within the last 6 years.
- Must have the ability to obtain a U.S. Government DoD Top Secret clearance.
- Sr. Principal Systems Engineer – BS degree in STEM with 8 years of related systems engineering experience; 6 years with a Master’s; 4 years with a PhD.
- Must be a U.S. citizen with an active DoD Secret clearance investigated within the last 6 years.
- Must have the ability to obtain a U.S. Government DoD Top Secret clearance.
- Advanced degree or certification in Systems Engineering or a Master’s in Business (Finance, Accounting, Administration, or similar).
- Experience with cost‑effectiveness, LCC, CAIV, DTC,…
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