Principal Systems Engineer 3/4

Northrop Grumman Corp.; Oklahoma City (OK); On-site; USD 94,000 - 175,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Life insurance

Disability insurance

Savings plan

Paid holidays

Paid time off

Job summary

Northrop Grumman Corp. in Oklahoma City, OK is seeking a Principal Systems Engineer or Senior Principal Systems Engineer to join the Global Surveillance Division on the AWACS program.

The role focuses on leading the Systems Engineering – Integration effort, developing test plans, and coordinating with customer teams to ensure program success. You will guide technical planning, support design reviews, and create tools to track actions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in a STEM discipline with requisite related experience.
• Master's degree adds to qualification.
• PhD adds experience depth and seniority.

Responsibilities

• Lead Systems Engineering – Integration team within the Engineering homeroom.
• Develop tools for communication, tracking actions with the customer.
• Collaborate with program IPT for SE and design artifacts.
• Mature content with internal and external stakeholders.

Skills

Systems engineering

Leadership

Requirements management

Education

B.S. in a STEM field

M.S. in a STEM field

PhD (preferred)

Tools

DOORS

Microsoft Word

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

Relocation Assistance

Relocation assistance may be available.

Clearance

Clearance required for start: Yes. Clearance type: Secret.

Travel

Travel is required: 10% of the time.

Description

Northrop Grumman’s Global Surveillance Division (GSD) is seeking a Principal Systems Engineer / Senior Principal Systems Engineer to join our team in Oklahoma City, OK supporting the E‑3 Sentry Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) platform.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Systems Engineering – Integration team within the Engineering homeroom, including system integration, test plan and procedure development, test execution and reporting, and obsolescence analysis and solution development activities.
• Perform technical planning, support design reviews, and develop tools to communicate and track action items internally and with our customer.
• Collaborate with program IPT counterparts supporting systems engineering and design artifacts.
• Work with technical teams and stakeholders to develop and mature content both internally and externally.

Basic Qualifications

• Principal Systems Engineer: Bachelor’s Degree in a STEM discipline from an accredited university with 5 years of related experience, including 3 years with a Master’s and 1 year with a PhD.
• Senior Principal Systems Engineer: Bachelor’s Degree in a STEM discipline from an accredited university with 8 years of related experience, including 6 years with a Master’s and 4 years with a PhD.
• Must have an active U.S. Government DoD Secret security clearance at the time of application, current and within scope, with an investigation date within the last 6 years.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience leading Systems Engineering events (e.g., PDR, CDR).
• Experience using Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Experience resolving issues and providing technical support.
• Capable of working with minimal direction and in team environments.
• 2+ years’ experience creating, updating, and maintaining requirements specifications in Dynamic Object-Oriented Requirements System (DOORS).
• 3+ years’ experience with Systems Engineering principles.

Salary and Benefits

Primary Level Salary Range: $93,900.00 - $139,900.00. Secondary Level Salary Range: $116,300.00 - $174,500.00.

Employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and discretionary bonus in addition to base pay. Annual bonuses reward individual contributions. The company provides health insurance, life and disability insurance, a savings plan, paid holidays, and paid time off for vacation and/or personal business.

EEO Statement

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.