Principal Systems Architect Engineer

Northrop Grumman; United States; On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Northrop Grumman Defense Systems is seeking a Principal / Sr. Principal Systems Architect Engineer for the Sentinel program in Roy, UT. The role requires a deep understanding of systems engineering and MBSE to coordinate verification against military and industry standards.

The candidate will work across SEIT Directors, Specialty Engineering and Business Units, ensuring requirements are decomposed, allocated and verified to Sentinel performance specifications.

Qualifications

• Active DoD Secret clearance required at time of application with ability to obtain SAP approval.
• Experience developing requirements in DOORS.
• Strong background in system engineering and MBSE concepts.

Responsibilities

• Define and coordinate Sentinel systems engineering strategy for requirements allocation and verification.
• Act as liaison between SEIT Directors, Specialty Engineering and Business Units.
• Coordinate requirements verification and report status to SEIT leadership.
• Coordinate with government stakeholders to ensure requirements are met.

Skills

System engineering

Requirements decomposition

MBSE

Cross-functional liaison

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering or related technical field

Master's degree

PhD

Tools

DOORS

Job 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.

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes

CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret

TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the Time Description

Location: Roy, UT

Northrop Grumman Defense Systems is seeking a Principal / Sr. Principal Systems Architect Engineer to join its team.

This position is in Roy, UT and will support the Sentinel program. Northrop Grumman supports the Air Force's sustainment, development, production and deployment of hardware and system modifications for Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) Ground and Airborne Launch Control Systems, Launch Facilities and associated infrastructure.

What you will get to do:

As a SEIT Verification engineer, you will be responsible for defining and coordinating the Sentinel systems engineering strategy for the allocation and verification of military and industry standards, levied against the Sentinel program. You will act as a cross-cutting liaison between SEIT Directors, Specialty Engineering, and various Business Units as the subject matter expert on how requirements verification is handled in the program. The successful candidate must have a strong engineering background, understand how requirements from military and industry standards are decomposed, allocated and verified into Sentinel performance specification. You will be responsible to coordinate requirements verification and report status to the SEIT leadership.

The successful candidate should have a deep understanding of system engineering requirement decomposition, the Sentinel program strategy, and general understanding of the Specialty Engineering requirement set. Experience with DOORS is a must. In addition, the successful candidate should have enthusiasm to learn and coordinate with all levels of engineering across the Sentinel Program.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities:

• Support the program requirements lead to develop and maintain the system level requirement specification
• Collaborate with program subject matter experts and various teams to ensure lower-level requirements are appropriately decomposed
• Candidate will manage system level information, using Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) tools/software
• Collaborate with US Government stakeholders to ensure their requirements are met.

Basic Qualifications:

This requisition may be filled at either the Principal Systems Engineer level (T-03) or Sr. Principal Systems Engineer level (T-04).

Principal Systems Engineer Basic Qualifications:

• 5 Years with Bachelors in Science; 3 Years with Masters; 1 Year with PhD
• Must have an active U.S. Government DoD Secret security clearance at time of application, current and within scope, with an ability to obtain and maintain Special Access Program (SAP) approval within a reasonable period of time, as determined by the company to meet its business need )
• 1+ years' experience developing requirements in DOORS

Sr. Principal Systems Engineer Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or a related technical discipline and 8 years experience OR a Master's Degree and 6 years experience OR a PhD and 4 years experience.
• Must have an active U.S. Government DoD Secret security clearance at time of application, current and within scope, with an ability to obtain and maintain Special Access Program (SAP) approval within a reasonable period of time, as determined by the company to meet its business need )
• 3+ years' experience developing requirements in DOORS

Preferred Qualifications:

• US Citizenship with an Active Top-Secret Clearance or higher (awarded within the past 6 years) with the ability to receive a Special Access Program (SAP) certification