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Principal / Sr Principal Systems Engineer – SEIT (Active TS/SCI required) - R10196815

Northrop Grumman

Morrisville (NC)

On-site

USD 100,000 - 206,000

Full time

8 days ago

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Job summary

Join a leading defense and aerospace company as a Principal/Sr Principal Systems Engineer, where you'll apply your systems engineering skills in a dynamic environment. With a strong emphasis on innovation and collaboration, you will support critical engineering projects and lead efforts to optimize product lines while maintaining a focus on quality and security. Ideal candidates possess a STEM degree, extensive experience, and a keen ability to thrive in challenging situations.

Benefits

Relocation assistance may be available

9/80 work schedule available

Variety of benefits including health insurance

Qualifications

Active U.S. Government DoD Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) clearance required.
5+ years experience in relevant fields.
Experience with requirements decomposition, Interface Control Documents, and verification methods.

Responsibilities

Support a Ground program within Integrated National Systems.
Manage scope and dependencies in a geographically dispersed team.
Adapt to course corrections in a fast-paced software testing environment.

Skills

Software Requirement Verification & Validation

Manual and Automated Test Methodologies

Excellent Verbal and Written Communication Skills

Education

Completed STEM Degree

Tools

MBSE (Cameo)

Python

MATLAB

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RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available

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.

The Payload and Ground Systems, a division within Northrop Grumman’s Space Systems Sector, is known for pushing the boundaries of innovation, redefining engineering capabilities, and driving advances in various sciences through cutting-edge technology. 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 is seeking a Systems Engineer to join our team in the Payload and Ground Systems Division Engineering organization supporting the Integrated National Systems (INS) Business Unit (BU) to support a Ground program.

The successful candidate will demonstrate broad systems and software engineering lifecycle knowledge. The candidate must be adaptable to course corrections and ever-evolving plan changes, have a solution-based mindset, and be able to advise and present managing scope and dependencies to both the technical and leadership teams. These teams are geographically dispersed, and the candidate should have the ability to operate as a team lead in a fast-paced software testing environment. The candidate is expected to operate independently with little oversight in a dynamic environment and to be highly self-motivated. The individual is expected to handle diverse assignments with efficiency, finding unique solutions, and working in a very collaborative and fast-paced environment that continues to grow.

This position will be at one of our sites in Morrisville, North Carolina, Fairfax, Virginia, or Linthicum, Maryland. Compensation varies depending on location.

This position requires being on-site and does not support remote or hybrid work.

This requisition may be filled at either a Principal level (level 3) or a Senior Principal level (level 4), depending on the candidate’s experience as laid out in the basic qualifications detailed below as well as the interview assessment.

Basic Qualifications

Must have an active U.S. Government DoD Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) security clearance at the time of application [US Citizenship required]
Must have a completed STEM degree [a degree in the fields of science, technology, engineering, or mathematics]

Principal (Level 3)

5 Years of relevant experience with a completed Bachelor's (STEM)
3 Years of relevant experience with a completed Masters's (STEM)
1 Year of relevant experience with a completed PhD (STEM)

Sr Principal (Level 4)

8 Years of relevant experience with a completed Bachelor's (STEM)
6 Years of relevant experience with a completed Masters's (STEM)
4 Years of relevant experience with a completed PhD (STEM)

Must have above minimum experience on the below:

Experience with software Requirement Verification & Validation (V&V), to include manual and automated test methodologies
Experience with Interface Control Documents (ICDs) and how they're utilized in the testing process
Experience with requirements, the decomposition process, and how verification methods are applied
Experience with MBSE (Cameo)
Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Preferred Qualifications

Favorably adjudicated CI polygraph
Experience with Python, Behave, and MATLAB
Experience working within the Linux environment
Familiarity with Agile processes
Familiarity with the use of Confluence, Jira, and Bitbucket
Familiarity with the use and/or management of Jenkins (or other) CI/CD pipelines
Experience using cloud services, such as AWS

To better support our employee’s work/life balance, most NG worksites support a 9/80 work schedule. The 9/80 schedule allows employees to work a nine-hour day Monday through Thursday and take every other Friday off. This schedule or other work-hour flexibility options can be determined upon hire.

With us, you’ll discover a culture of curiosity and collaboration that will have you Defining Possible from the day you start. Our space systems connect and protect millions of people on Earth every day, now and for the future. Explore your future and launch your career today. #definingpossible

Salary Range: $100,300.00 - $165,500.00Salary Range 2: $124,900.00 - $206,000.00

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.

Seniority level

Seniority level
Mid-Senior level

Employment type

Employment type
Full-time

Job function

Job function
Information Technology
Industries
Defense and Space Manufacturing

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