Principal / Senior Principal Systems Engineer

0090 CORP-Corporate Office; United States; On-site; USD 114,000 - 171,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Paid time off

Life insurance

Job summary

0090 CORP-Corporate Office is seeking talented Principal and Senior Principal System Engineers to join their Woodland Hills, CA team. Candidates must possess strong engineering backgrounds and current U.S. Government Secret clearance. Responsibilities include collaborating with teams on system designs and verifying requirements through Agile methodologies.

The primary salary range is $114,000 – $171,000, with additional benefits including health insurance and paid time off. Preferred qualifications include experience with IBM Rational DOORS and JIRA.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of engineering experience for Principal Engineer, or 8+ years for Senior Principal Engineer.
• Current/active U.S. Government Secret clearance required.
• Ability to work onsite full-time in Woodland Hills, CA.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with diverse teams to design and test solutions.
• Present product capabilities and performance analyses to customers.
• Lead an Agile team to ensure designs meet requirements.

Skills

Engineering experience

IBM Rational DOORS

Agile methodologies

Excellent communication skills

Collaboration with cross-functional teams

Education

B.S. in a STEM discipline

M.S. in a STEM discipline

Ph.D. in a STEM discipline

Tools

JIRA

ClearQuest

ClearCase

Job description

Relocation assistance may be available.

Clearance required at start: Yes.

Clearance type: Secret.

Travel: Yes, 10% of the time.

Location: Woodland Hills, CA.

Key Responsibilities

• Work with a broad customer base to identify unique requirements, translate them into design documentation, and collaborate with a diverse team to build and test solutions.
• Present to customers on product capabilities, performance analyses, design information, and requirements verification methods.
• Generate, review, and manage multiple requirement sets covering performance, non-performance, mechanical interfaces, electrical interfaces, data requirements, environmental requirements, and reliability.
• Respond to contract milestones and deliverables.
• Lead an Agile team to ensure designs meet system requirements.
• Work with various Agile teams to verify requirements through inspection, analysis, demonstration, or testing, providing test and data‑reduction scripts as needed.
• Provide test direction to ensure production and troubleshooting tests are executed correctly and that resulting data conforms to requirements.
• Develop simulation models for sensors and systems.

Basic Qualifications – Principal System Engineer

• B.S. in a STEM discipline with 5+ years of engineering experience, or M.S. with 3+ years, or Ph.D. with 1+ year.
• Experience with IBM Rational DOORS and technical baseline management.
• Experience in system engineering activities such as software requirements development, requirements development, test‑case development, and verification & validation.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Experience supporting test investigations and debugging efforts.
• Collaboration with cross‑functional teams.
• Current/active U.S. Government Secret clearance.
• Ability to work onsite full‑time in Woodland Hills, CA.

Basic Qualifications – Senior Principal System Engineer

• B.S. in a STEM discipline with 8+ years of engineering experience, or M.S. with 6+ years, or Ph.D. with 4+ years.
• Experience with IBM Rational DOORS and technical baseline management.
• Experience in system engineering activities such as software requirements development, requirements development, test‑case development, and verification & validation.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Experience supporting test investigations and debugging efforts.
• Collaboration with cross‑functional teams.
• Current/active U.S. Government Secret clearance.
• Ability to work onsite full‑time in Woodland Hills, CA.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working in an engineering Agile team.
• Experience with JIRA.
• Experience in large, complex systems.
• Laboratory and system integration experience.
• Excellent time management and organizational skills.
• Understanding of Model Based Systems Engineering and Cameo modeling (or equivalent).
• Experience with ClearQuest / ClearCase.

Salary and Benefits

Primary Level Salary Range: $114,000 – $171,000. Secondary Level Salary Range: $142,200 – $213,400.

Employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differentials, discretionary bonuses, and, for higher levels, long‑term incentives. Benefits include health insurance, life and disability insurance, savings plan, company paid holidays, and paid time off.

Equal Opportunity Statement

Northrop Grumman is an Equal Opportunity Employer and makes hiring 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 statement, please visit http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO.