Sentinel - Principal​/Sr. Principal Systems Engineer R10231111

Relocation assistance may be available.

Clearance required:

Yes. 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 Principal Systems Engineer / Senior Principal Systems Engineer
. This candidate will join the Sentinel Systems Engineering, Integration, & Test (SEIT) Segment and be a contributing member of the Software & System Integration (SSI) Weapon System Integration (WSI) team. This position will be located in Roy, UT or Huntsville, AL
. The team is multi‑tiered and multi‑disciplined, assessing design compatibilities across Weapon System (WS) Segment teams. It serves as the objective integrators to ensure balanced requirement definition influences design space/decisions that ultimately ensures full‑lifecycle capability effectiveness. The candidate must understand the intent of WS design at the highest levels, drive engineering processes & analyses into specific product team designs, prove successful design integration, and analyze for potential gaps.

The successful candidate will demonstrate strong leadership and foundational systems engineering skills to drive process and technical gap resolution of interface and requirement design solutions to achieve program and contract objectives. Demonstrated ability to foster diverse and inclusive teams with high levels of engagement, including mentoring and coaching, is a must. Excellent verbal and written communication skills are required, and the ideal candidate will have demonstrated success collaborating and leading engineering teams.

• Demonstrate leadership principles – integrity, respect, organizational, communication, etc.
• Be proficient in the development of key system engineering artifacts such as requirement specifications and interface definition documents.
• Ensure appropriate coordination between SEIT and other integration teams.
• Participate in technical planning, verification, validation development, cost and risk considerations, and requirements analyses for integrated systems.

• Principal Systems Engineer (Level
  3): 5 years of related experience with a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or a related STEM discipline; 3 years with a Master’s; 1 year with a PhD.
• Senior Principal Systems Engineer (Level
  4): 8 years of related experience with a Bachelor’s degree; 6 years with a Master’s; 4 years with a PhD.
• Must be a U.S. citizen with an active DoD Secret clearance with an investigation date within the last six years.
• Must be able to be successfully screened for Enhanced Security Clearances within a reasonable amount of time as determined by the company.
• Minimum two years of working experience on ICBMs.
• Minimum two years of systems engineering experience.
• Minimum two years of DOORS or related experience.
• Direct development experience of interface products (IRS, IDD, ICD) and requirement specifications.
• Experience with creating and executing schedules & technical recovery plans.
• Experience working across program organizations to find solutions.

• Past or active employment with MMIII or Sentinel Weapon Systems.
• Experience contributing towards various phases of a program lifecycle.
• Experience contributing towards various phases of the Systems Engineering "V" lifecycle.
• Experience with developing architectural diagrams.
• Earned Value Management experience.
• Risk Management…