Principal Systems Engineer: Requirements & Agile Lead

Northrop Grumman Corporation; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 114,000 - 213,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Life and disability insurance

PTO and holidays

Job summary

Northrop Grumman Mission Systems in Woodland Hills, CA seeks a Systems Engineer with strong requirements development and verification skills. The role emphasizes DOORS-based baseline management and acting as a liaison to the Chief Engineer and customer.

Openings include Principal and Senior Principal levels; on-site work and U.S. citizenship required, with a clear focus on developing robust system engineering processes and providing test directions and data analysis.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in STEM with 5+ years' engineering experience for Principal role; 8+ years for Senior Principal.
• Experience with DOORS for baselining and requirements management.
• Strong systems engineering activities including software requirements, test case development, and validation.

Responsibilities

• Identify unique requirements from broad customer base and translate into design documentation.
• Present to customers on capabilities, analyses, and verification methods.
• Generate and manage multiple requirements sets covering performance, interfaces, and data requirements.
• Lead Agile teams to ensure designs meet system requirements.
• Coordinate test directions and data reduction to verify conformance.

Skills

Technical baseline management

Requirements development

System Engineering

Test Case development

Verification & Validation

Oral & written communication

Education

B.S. in STEM

M.S. in STEM

Ph.D. in STEM

Tools

IBM Rational DOORS

Job description

Northrop Grumman Mission Systems in Woodland Hills, CA seeks a Systems Engineer with strong requirements development and verification skills. The role emphasizes DOORS-based baseline management and acting as a liaison to the Chief Engineer and customer.

Openings include Principal and Senior Principal levels; on-site work and U.S. citizenship required, with a clear focus on developing robust system engineering processes and providing test directions and data analysis.