Principal Systems Engineer, Supplier Management; Secret

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.

Systems Engineer / Principal Systems Engineer - Supplier Management Support and Requirements Management located in Roy, UT supports the Sentinel program. The successful candidate will support the Aerospace Vehicle Equipment Team across the full systems-engineering life cycle, from early development through verification.

• Collaborate with the program Integrated Product Teams (IPTs) stakeholders to analyze, develop, and decompose the suppliers’ statements of work (SSOW) into DOORS requirements

• Manage and maintain SSOWs in DOORS

• Work with both technical teams and non-technical teams including business, supply chain and supporting functions to ensure correctness and completeness of suppliers’ contractual requirements

• Support Aerospace Vehicle Equipment (AVE) Supplier Technical Managers (SMT's) in technical negotiating the SSOWs with suppliers

• Support AVE Requirements and Verification Team by completing assignments to ensure alignment between SSOW and program allocated baseline.

• Analyze, develop and decompose requirements to mature allocated baseline, support verification planning, including defining verification objectives.

• Key reviewer of supplier deliverables

• Bachelor's degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) discipline with 2 years of experience or Master’s degree in STEM discipline

• Bachelor’s Degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics discipline from an accredited university with 5 years of related experience, 3 years with Master’s, 1 year with PhD.

• 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.

• Experience in core systems engineering including at least one of the following (with minimum of 1 year for Principal Systems Engineer Level):

  • Requirements management /analysis/allocations using DOORS
  • Interfaces analysis and interface requirements development
  • Technical project management
  • Specification writing and traceability analysis
  • Development of requirements verification planning
  • Development of interface requirements verification planning

• Experience in more than one phases of the Systems Engineering V-Model (requirements, design, analysis, integration, testing, verification, and validation)
• Experience with requirements management in DOORS
• Experience with ICBM weapons systems
• Prior work experience with complex system development supporting major aerospace and/or defense programs
• Experience with Project and Program Management
• Control Account Management
• Experience with formal business correspondence and/or contractual requirements writing and interpretation
• Understanding and experience with DFARS is a plus
• Experience working with specialties engineering disciplines: nuclear surety, cybersecurity
• Experience with deliverables verification
• Experience with suppliers’ risk and performance management