Principal / Senior Principal Systems Engineer

Northrop Grumman; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 114,000 - 213,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Life and disability insurance

Savings plan

Paid holidays and PTO

Job summary

Northrop Grumman Missions Systems seeks a skilled Systems Engineer to lead requirements development, test case development, and verification/validation for major programs in Woodland Hills, CA. The role emphasizes DOORS-based baseline management, strong communication with stakeholders, and cross-functional Agile leadership. Onsite work with Secret clearance required and relocation assistance may be available. Northrop Grumman offers comprehensive benefits and career growth.

Qualifications

• Engineering degree in STEM with required years of experience.
• Experience with DOORS for requirements management.
• Strong written and verbal communication with stakeholders.
• Ability to lead cross-functional teams.
• Experience in software/hardware integration environments.

Responsibilities

• Identify and document customer requirements and translate to design.
• Present capabilities, analyses, and verification methods to customers.
• Manage multiple requirement sets covering interfaces, data, and environmental needs.
• Lead an Agile team to ensure designs meet system requirements.
• Coordinate test directions and data for production and debugging.

Skills

Requirements development

Test case development

Verification & Validation

IBM Rational DOORS

Technical baseline management

Agile leadership

Technical communication

Customer engagement

Education

Bachelor's degree in STEM

Master's degree in STEM

PhD in STEM

Tools

DOORS

Job description

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes

CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret

TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the Time

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.

We at Northrop Grumman Missions Systems are seeking a skilled Systems Engineer with a strong understanding of requirements development, test case development, and verification and validation of those requirements. The ideal candidate should be proficient with requirements technical baseline management via IBM Rational DOORS, and act as the technical lead and point of contact to the Chief Engineer and customer.

Key Responsibilities

• Work with a broad customer base to identify unique requirements, flow the requirements into design documentation, and work with a diverse team to build and test those requirements.
• Present to customers on the capabilities of current products, performance analyses, design information, and requirements verification methods.
• Generate, review, and manage multiple requirements sets that cover all aspects of both performance and nonperformance including mechanical interfaces, electrical interfaces, data requirements, environmental requirements, and reliability.
• Awareness and responsiveness to contract milestones and deliverables.
• Lead an Agile team to ensure the designs are sufficient to meet the system requirements.
• Work with various Agile teams to ensure all requirements are verified through inspection, analysis, demonstration, or test often by providing test and data reduction scripts.
• Provide test directions to ensure production tests and troubleshooting tests are executed correctly and resulting data conforms to requirements.

Basic Qualifications Principal Systems Engineer

• Bachelors degree in STEM discipline with 5+ years of engineering experience; Master's degree in STEM discipline with 3+ years of engineering experience; PhD in STEM discipline with 1+ years of engineering experience
• of engineering experience
• Experience with IBM Rational DOORS
• Demonstrated success with:
  • Technical baseline management
  • Writing and updating DOORS requirements
  • Decomposing and deriving requirements based on customer specifications
• Experience in System Engineering activities such as:
  • Software requirements development
  • Requirements development
  • Test Case development
  • Verification and Validation, i.e. experience running tests and documenting results
• Excellent written and oral communication skills including:
  • Demonstrated experience presenting to internal and external stakeholders
  • Demonstrated experience communicating technical information, e.g. requirements updates, test plans, integration test plans, etc.
  • Demonstrated Experience supporting test investigations and debugging efforts
  • Collaborating with cross-functional teams
• A current/active U.S. Government Secret clearance is required
• Ability to work onsite full-time at Woodland Hills, CA

Basic Qualifications Senior Principal Systems Engineer

• Bachelors degree in STEM discipline with 8+ years of engineering experience; Master's degree in STEM discipline with 6+ years of engineering experience; PhD in STEM discipline with 4+ years of engineering experience
• Experience with IBM Rational DOORS
• Demonstrated success with:
  • Technical baseline management
  • Writing and updating DOORS requirements
  • Decomposing and deriving requirements based on customer specifications
• Experience in System Engineering activities such as:
  • Software requirements development
  • Requirements development
  • Test Case development
  • Verification and Validation, i.e. experience running tests and documenting results
• Excellent written and oral communication skills including:
  • Demonstrated experience presenting to internal and external stakeholders
  • Demonstrated experience communicating technical information, e.g. requirements updates, test plans, integration test plans, etc.
  • Demonstrated Experience supporting test investigations and debugging efforts
  • Collaborating with cross-functional teams
• A current/active U.S. Government Secret clearance is required
• Ability to work onsite full-time at Woodland Hills, CA

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with the following interfaces:
  • MIL-STD-1553
  • ARINC-429
  • Ethernet
• Experience working in an Agile engineering team
• Experience with JIRA
• Systems Engineering experience on large, complex systems
• Lab and system integration experience
• Demonstrated experience with Model Based Systems Engineering and Cameo modeling (or equivalent)
• Experience with ClearQuest / ClearCase

Primary Level Salary Range: $114,000.00 - $171,000.00

Secondary Level Salary Range: $142,200.00 - $213,400.00

The above salary range represents a general guideline; however, Northrop Grumman considers a number of factors when determining base salary offers such as the scope and responsibilities of the position and the candidate's experience, education, skills and current market conditions.

Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay. Annual bonuses are designed to reward individual contributions as well as allow employees to share in company results. Employees in Vice President or Director positions may be eligible for Long Term Incentives. In addition, Northrop Grumman provides a variety of benefits including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, savings plan, Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business.

The application period for the job is estimated to be 20 days from the job posting date. However, this timeline may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates.

Northrop Grumman is an Equal Opportunity Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class. For our complete EEO and pay transparency statement, please visit http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO. U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.