Sentinel - Systems Engineer - STPA - Sec
Listed on 2026-07-13
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Engineering
Systems Engineer, Cybersecurity
Location: Huntsville
Description
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.
Join Northrop Grumman on our continued mission to push the boundaries of possible across land, sea, air, space, and cyberspace. Enjoy a culture where your voice is valued and start contributing to our team of passionate professionals providing real-life solutions to our world’s biggest challenges. We take pride in creating purposeful work and allowing our employees to grow and achieve their goals every day by Defining Possible.
With our competitive pay and comprehensive benefits, we have the right opportunities to fit your life and launch your career today.
Northrop Grumman Defense Systems is hiring a Systems Engineer (level
2) /
Principal Systems Engineer (level
3) to join its team in Huntsville, Alabama in support of the Sentinel Program.
This role may offer a competitive relocation assistance package.
What you’ll get to do:The Sentinel Mission Defense Team (MDT) is seeking a highly motivated and qualified system engineer to serve as a System-Theoretic Process Analysis for Security (STPA-Sec) Engineer
, Level 2 or Level 3. You will be combining traditional Systems Engineering skills, with a holistic system analyses approach in order to uncover any potential security, safety, or availability features using the existing STPA handbook guidelines, industry security frameworks (NIST, ISO, NISPOM), and Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) workspace.
- You will be generating structured requirements, decomposition strategies, and mitigations within STPA principles
- Execute combined traditional Systems Engineering principles, with a holistic system analyses approach in order to uncover any potential safety, security, or availability features using the existing STPA handbook guidelines, and Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) workspace
- Ability to understand and decompose systems to identify causal scenarios; aptitude to construct control structures and identify unsafe control actions
- Assessment and analysis of threats, vulnerabilities, and risk for identified mission-critical functions and critical components
- Lead and execute completion Statement of Work requirements, Program Milestone Exit Criteria, and program maturity commitments
- Lead in a variety of working groups and customer meetings; ensure communication of risk environment with stakeholders
- Support MDT with other duties as assigned
This requisition may be filled at either the Engineer level (T-02) or Principal Engineer level (T-03).
Required for Both Levels:- Must be a US Citizen with an Active U.S. Government Secret Security Clearance or higher awarded or reviewed in the last 6 years (or in continuous evaluation)
- Must have the 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
- Bachelor’s degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) discipline from an accredited university and 2 years of experience, 0 years of experience with a Master’s degree
- Minimum 1 year of applying and understanding Systems Security Engineering principles applicable to US Government Defense Programs
- Minimum 1 year experience demonstrating the ability to communicate effectively and clearly present technical approaches and findings
- Minimum 1 year experience in applying safety thinking…
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