Principal/Sr Principal Systems Engineer

Northrop Grumman; Linthicum (MD); On-site; USD 108,800 - 203,600; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Health insurance

Paid time off

Job summary

Northrop Grumman Space Systems in Linthicum, MD is seeking a Principal/Sr. Principal Systems Engineer to support advanced tactical missions. You will perform system engineering, integration, verification and validation across the lifecycle and interface with customers as required.

The role requires a BS with years of experience or higher, active Top Secret/SCI clearance, and strong communication skills. Relocation assistance may be available and benefits include health insurance and PTO.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree with 5 years of relevant experience; Master's with 3 years; PhD exempted with 0 years.
• Ground systems engineering and systems integration experience.
• Experience in requirements engineering and MBSE.
• Excellent written and oral communications skills.
• Active Top Secret/SCI clearance and polygraph willingness.

Responsibilities

• Perform system engineering, integration, verification and validation across the system lifecycle.
• Translate customer requirements into total system solutions within schedule constraints.
• Develop and maintain standard operating procedures and lessons learned.
• Interface with program and customer personnel as required.

Skills

Ground systems engineering

Systems integration

Software engineering

Requirements engineering

Model Based Systems Engineering

Technical communications

Top Secret/SCI clearance

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

PhD

Tools

Jira

Confluence

DOORS

Cameo

Job description

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes

CLEARANCE TYPE: SCI

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.

Our team is chartered with providing the skills, and innovative technologies to develop, design, produce, and sustain optimized product lines across the sector while providing a decisive advantage to the warfighter. Come be a part of our mission!

Northrop Grumman Space Systems (NGSP) is seeking an experienced Principal/Sr. Principal Systems Engineer supporting our Advanced Tactical Missions Business Unit (BU) to support a program out of our Linthicum, MD location.

What You'll Get To Do

Performs system engineering, integration, verification and validation, for total systems. Work is performed at all levels of total system product to include: concept, design, test, installation, operation, and maintenance. Ensures the logical and systematic conversion of customer or product requirements into total systems solutions that acknowledge technical and schedule constraints. Maintain existing operations procedures up-to-date to also include lessons learned from real-time performance. Develop new procedures as required. Interface with program and customer personnel as required.

Basic Qualifications For a Principal Systems Engineer

• For a Principal Systems Engineer: Bachelor's degree and 5 years of relevant experience; 3 years of relevant experience with a Master's; 0 years of relevant experience with a PhD. An additional 4 years of relevant experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.
• For a Sr. Principal Systems Integrator: Bachelor's degree and 8 years of relevant experience; 6 years of relevant experience with a Master's; 4 years of relevant experience with a PhD. An additional 4 years of relevant experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.
• Proven experience with ground systems engineering, systems integrator or software engineer
• Experience with requirements engineering and Model Based Systems Engineering
• Excellent written and oral communications skills
• Active Top Secret/SCI clearance at time of application and willingness to sit for a polygraph.

Preferred Qualifications

• Active Top Secret/SCI clearance with adjudicated polygraph
• Experience using Jira/confluence to collaborate regarding tasking and work instructions inside a team
• Experience using DOORs and/or Cameo for requirements management
• Experience creating interface description documents.

Primary Level Salary Range: $108,800.00 - $163,200.00

Secondary Level Salary Range: $135,800.00 - $203,600.00

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.