Sentinel - Senior Principal Systems Engineer R10232349
Listed on 2026-05-24
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Engineering
Systems Engineer
RELOCATION ASSISTANCE:
Relocation assistance may be available
CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START:
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 Strategic Deterrent Systems Division is seeking a Senior Principal Systems Engineer
. This position will be in Roy, UT and supporting the Sentinel Program.
As the SEIT Compliance Technical Lead, you will be responsible for defining and coordinating the Sentinel systems engineering strategy for the allocation and verification of military and industry standards, levied against the Sentinel program. You will act as a cross-cutting liaison between SEIT Directors, Specialty Engineering, and various Business Units as the subject matter expert on how compliance requirements are handled in the program.
The successful candidate must have a strong engineering background, understand how requirements from military and industry standards are decomposed, allocated and verified into Sentinel performance specification. You will be responsible to coordinate the allocation of compliance requirements and report status to the SEIT Directors.
The successful candidate should have a deep understanding of system engineering requirement decomposition, the Sentinel program strategy, and general understanding of the Specialty Engineering requirement set. Experience with DOORS is a must. In addition, the successful candidate should have enthusiasm to learn and coordinate with all levels of engineering across the Sentinel Program.
Primary Duties And Responsibilities- Support the program requirements lead to develop and maintain the system level requirement specification
- Collaborate with program subject matter experts and various teams to ensure lower-level requirements are appropriately decomposed
- Candidate will manage system level information, using Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) tools/software
- Collaborate with US Government stakeholders to ensure their requirements are met.
- Bachelor's degree in engineering or a related technical discipline and 8 years experience OR a Master's Degree and 6 years experience OR a PhD and 4 years experience.
- Must have an active U.S. Government DoD Secret security clearance at time of application, current and within scope, with an ability to obtain and maintain Special Access Program (SAP) approval within a reasonable period of time, as determined by the company to meet its business need
- 3+ years’ experience developing requirements in DOORS
- US Citizenship with an Active Top-Secret Clearance or higher (awarded within the past 6 years) with the ability to receive a Special Access Program (SAP) certification
- Cameo/MBSE experience
- Knowledge of System Integration and Test Principles
- Previous test experience at any level of build (unit, element, segment, etc.)
- Experience working with internal and external teams to accomplish tasking
- Ability to effectively communicate and present technical details to peers, and stakeholders
- Experience with Department of Defense Architecture Framework (DoDAF) standards and methods
- Experience operating in an Agile environment using any of the Atlassian software tool sets (JIRA, CONFLUENCE...etc.)
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
- Employe…
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