Sentinel - Staff Engineer Systems

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE:
Relocation assistance may be available

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 is seeking a Staff Systems Engineer for the Sentinel Guidance, Navigation & Control team. This position is located in Roy, UT and supports the Sentinel program.

The selected engineer will be a Systems Engineering SME and responsible for driving technical rigor into work products for the Requirements, Interfaces, and Architecture teams for the Guidance, Navigation & Control (GN&C) Element. The engineer will be responsible for performing tasks and providing technical guidance to junior and mid-level engineers as they execute tasking involving interface definition, requirement decomposition, and compliance tracking.

The areas of technical guidance include but are not limited to:

• Serve as Lead/Primary reviewer for Guidance, Navigation & Control (GN&C) Systems Engineering for higher level technical review boards

• Drive closure of TBXs in GN&C Systems Engineering products and closure of requirement development

• Run trade studies (as needed) for integrated GN&C products

• Ensure horizontal integration across SE product teams

• Ensure consistency across architecture and requirements decomposition

• Provide support to environmental requirement development and test strategy

• Provide support to Major Program Events (MPEs) including but not limited to ARR, IDR, FDR, CDR

• Demonstrate technical skills, organization, effective communication, and problem solving

• Develop and maintain good working relationships with internal and external stakeholders

As a full-time employee of Northrop Grumman, you are eligible for our robust benefits package including:

• Medical, Dental & Vision coverage

• 401k

• Educational Assistance

• Life Insurance

• Employee Assistance Programs & Work/Life Solutions

• Paid Time Off

• Health & Wellness Resources

• Employee Discounts

This position’s standard work schedule is a 9/80. The 9/80 schedule allows employees who work a nine-hour day Monday through Thursday to take every other Friday off.

• Bachelor’s degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) with 12 years of experience; or Master’s degree with 10 years of experience; or PhD with 8 years of experience

• Must be a US Citizen with an active DoD Secret Clearance with an investigation date within the last 6 years

• Must have the ability to obtain and maintain Special Access Program (SAP) clearance within a reasonable amount of time as determined by the company to meet its business needs

• 5 years of Systems Engineering experience required

• 1+ years of experience in the full life cycle of Systems Engineering (requirements definition/decomposition, requirements/system verification, etc.)

• Background in Requirements development, MBSE and/or verification planning

• Experience in requirements development on Sentinel program

• Background in Guidance, Navigation, and Control, Electrical Engineering design, or Software development

• Experience running trade studies and negotiating requirements and/or design features with the USAF customer

• Experience with complex system development on large programs

• Excellent verbal and written communication and presentation skills

• Technical leadership experience in Systems Engineering

• Experience with Engineering Board Processes

• Experience with Atlassian tools (Jira and Confluence) or…