Lead Principal Systems Engineer – Defense Systems (Secret Clearance)

Northrop Grumman; Los Angeles (CA); In loco; USD 114.000 - 213.000; Tempo pieno

Vantaggi offerti da questo lavoro

Health insurance

Life and disability insurance

Savings plan

Paid holidays

Paid time off

Descrizione del lavoro

Northrop Grumman Mission Systems seeks a Principal or Senior Principal Systems Engineer to join the Woodland Hills, CA team. You will lead the technical baseline development, maintain DOORS traceability, and drive system architecture decisions across hardware and software domains.

The role requires strong cross-functional collaboration, rigorous design reviews, and the ability to mentor junior engineers in a fast-paced defense environment.

Competenze

• Demonstrated systems-engineering experience, preferably in aerospace or defense.
• Proficiency with systems-engineering tools such as DOORS, CAMEO, MATLAB or comparable software.
• Excellent written and verbal communication; able to translate technical concepts for non-technical audiences.

Mansioni

• Be responsible for the technical baseline development by capturing, analyzing, and finalizing the functional and performance requirements baseline; maintain full traceability in DOORS and confirm verifiability ahead of the CDR.
• Develop functional and physical system architectures, conduct trade-off studies, and select optimal solutions toward production readiness.
• Organize and lead internal design-review meetings; facilitate external CDR sessions with customers, suppliers, and partners; document decisions and drive corrective actions to closure.

Conoscenze

Systems engineering

DOORS

CAMEO

MATLAB

Formazione

BS in STEM

MS in STEM

PhD in STEM

Strumenti

DOORS

CAMEO

MATLAB

Descrizione del lavoro

Northrop Grumman Mission Systems seeks a Principal or Senior Principal Systems Engineer to join the Woodland Hills, CA team. You will lead the technical baseline development, maintain DOORS traceability, and drive system architecture decisions across hardware and software domains.

The role requires strong cross-functional collaboration, rigorous design reviews, and the ability to mentor junior engineers in a fast-paced defense environment.