Sentinel - Sr. Principle/Principal Systems Engineer R10227365
Listed on 2026-05-16
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Engineering
Systems Engineer, Aerospace / Aviation / Avionics, Engineering Design & Technologists
Relocation Assistance
Relocation assistance may be available
Clearance Required for StartYes
Clearance TypeSecret
TravelYes, 10% of the Time
DescriptionAt 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 Strategic Deterrent Systems Division is seeking a Principal Systems Engineer / Senior Principal Systems Engineer. This position will be in Roy, UT and supports the Sentinel Program.
What You’ll Get To DoThe successful candidate will support the team across the full systems‑engineering life cycle, from use‑case development through verification. You will collaborate closely with Integrated Product Team (IPT) counterparts to produce rigorous systems‑engineering and design artifacts, working with technical teams and stakeholders to develop and mature a Weapon System design for a large‑scale program. Your responsibilities will include defining, allocating, and tracing requirements;
ensuring those requirements are accurately represented in the system model; performing functional decomposition and interface definition; and supporting verification activities.
In addition, you will develop the system architecture using Cameo Enterprise Architecture, modeling behavioral, structural, and analytical aspects of the solution. You will contribute to ongoing requirements development, management, and analysis while establishing unifying modeling techniques, procedures, and processes that enable seamless model development, tool integration, and team collaboration.
Specific Duties- Collaborate with program IPT counterparts to develop rigorous and proper systems engineering and design artifacts.
- Use case development, requirements definition, requirements allocation, requirements traceability, functional decomposition, interface definition, verification.
- Work with technical teams and stakeholders to develop and mature WS design of a large program.
- Help develop and incorporate the appropriate requirements for the system and ensure that they are properly represented in the model.
- Develop systems architecture using Cameo Enterprise Architecture (behavioral, structural, analytical).
- Contribute to system requirements development, management, and analysis.
- Develop unifying model techniques, procedures, and processes for model development, tool integration, and team integration.
This requisition may be filled at either the Principal Systems Engineer level (T-03) or Sr Principal Systems Engineer level (T-04).
- Principal Systems Engineer:
Bachelor’s Degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) discipline from an accredited university with 5 years of related experience, 3 years with Masters, 1 year with PhD. - Sr Principal Systems Engineer:
Bachelor’s Degree in a STEM discipline from an accredited university with 8 years of related experience, 6 years with Masters, 4 years with PhD. - Must have an active U.S. Government DoD Secret security clearance at time of application, current and within scope, with an investigation date within the last 6 years.
- Must have Special Access Program (SAP) clearance with access to CJ1.
- 2+ years’ experience in ICBM (MMIII or Sentinel) OR complex aerospace/defense systems.
- 2+ years’ experience in developing and executing Systems Engineering process governance documentation in a DoD Engineering and Manufacturing Development phase.
- 2+ years’ experience in creating, updating, and maintaining requirements specifications in DOORS.
- 2+…
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