Principal GN&C Systems Engineer — Secret Clearance Eligible

Northrop Grumman; Manhattan Beach (CA); Hybrid; USD 98,000 - 171,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental & Vision

401k

Educational Assistance

Life Insurance

PTO & Work/Life Resources

Employee Discounts

Job summary

Northrop Grumman’s Guidance, Navigation & Control team seeks a Principal or Sr. Principal Systems Engineer to support the Sentinel program in Roy, UT or Manhattan Beach, CA. You’ll develop and manage system artifacts, interfaces and architecture for critical flight hardware and software, coordinating with engineering and suppliers.

Requires DoD Secret/SAP access, STEM degree, and 5–8 years of related experience; relocation may be offered and a 9/80 work schedule is noted.

Qualifications

• Experience across the systems engineering lifecycle with requirements management.
• Ability to prepare and deliver technical presentations to customers or leadership.
• Experience with requirements management tools (e.g., DOORS).

Responsibilities

• Embed in GN&C teams to support requirements, interfaces, architecture, and design integration.
• Develop system engineering artifacts for design reviews and verification.
• Collaborate with customers and subs to align requirements with contracts.

Skills

Systems engineering lifecycle

Requirements management

Technical presentations

Configuration management

Cameo Enterprise Architecture

DOORS

Jira

Confluence

Education

Bachelor's degree in STEM

Tools

Cameo

MagicDraw

DOORS

Job description

Northrop Grumman’s Guidance, Navigation & Control team seeks a Principal or Sr. Principal Systems Engineer to support the Sentinel program in Roy, UT or Manhattan Beach, CA. You’ll develop and manage system artifacts, interfaces and architecture for critical flight hardware and software, coordinating with engineering and suppliers.

Requires DoD Secret/SAP access, STEM degree, and 5–8 years of related experience; relocation may be offered and a 9/80 work schedule is noted.