Lead Staff Systems Engineer - MBSE, Secret

Northrop Grumman; Huntsville (AL); On-site; USD 161,000 - 254,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Plan

Savings Plan

Paid Time Off

Education Assistance

Training and Development

Flexible Work Arrangements

Job summary

Northrop Grumman Space Systems—Missile Defense Integration seeks a Staff Systems Engineer (Lead) to guide a regional SE team and drive model-based system engineering efforts for C2BMC within missile defense programs. Based in Huntsville, AL, with occasional travel, you will craft architectures, manage requirements, and interface with government and industry partners.

The role emphasizes leadership, advanced MBSE methods (SysML/UML), and strong communication to senior leaders and operators.

Qualifications

• Lead regional SE team (~30 engineers) and oversee core engineering tasks.
• Set technical priorities, review capability concepts, and conduct rigorous reviews.
• Hands-on production/review of requirements, architecture views, and interface docs.
• Demonstrated leadership of multidisciplinary teams with traceable requirements.
• Collaborate with government, DoD, and industry partners for requirements and architecture.
• Travel occasionally to support program and customer needs.

Responsibilities

• Lead SE teams in creating and validating model-based system architectures.
• Manage logical/physical architectures using SysML diagrams and DoDAF/UAF viewpoints.
• Define interfaces and data flows for sensor management, cueing, tasking, discrimination.
• Maintain traceability across needs, requirements, and verification artifacts.
• Coordinate with government and industry to capture capability inputs and derive requirements.

Skills

Security clearance

MBSE experience

Architecture development

Requirements traceability

Leadership of multidisciplinary teams

Communication skills

Willingness to travel

Education

Bachelor's Degree in STEM fields

Master's Degree in STEM (preferred)

PhD in related discipline

Tools

DOORS Next

Jama Connect

MATLAB/Simulink

STK

SysML simulation tools

Git

DoDAF/UAF standards

Job description

Northrop Grumman Space Systems—Missile Defense Integration seeks a Staff Systems Engineer (Lead) to guide a regional SE team and drive model-based system engineering efforts for C2BMC within missile defense programs. Based in Huntsville, AL, with occasional travel, you will craft architectures, manage requirements, and interface with government and industry partners.

The role emphasizes leadership, advanced MBSE methods (SysML/UML), and strong communication to senior leaders and operators.