Senior Aeronautical Engineer | Top Secret Cleared & Agile

Northrop Grumman Corp. (AU); Palmdale (CA); On-site; USD 114,000 - 213,000; Full time

Job summary

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems in Palmdale, CA, is seeking a Principal/Senior Aeronautical Engineer. The role requires leading design, analysis, and verification of complex HW/SW systems within an integrated product team. On-site work with travel up to 25% is expected.

Candidates should have a STEM degree with senior-level experience or advanced degrees, strong DOORS and MBSE skills, and familiarity with Agile processes in a defense context. Clearance is required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a STEM field and applicable professional experience.
• Experience with DOORS and systems engineering life cycle processes.
• Strong grasp of MBSE, architecture, and requirements traceability.
• Exposure to Agile development and cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Apply engineering principles to investigate, design, test and evaluate complex systems.
• Perform trade studies and analyses, create reports and change proposals.
• Participate in Agile release planning, sprint planning, Scrum ceremonies.
• Collaborate with SW, HW, and systems engineers to develop integrated solutions.
• Prepare technical presentations for management and stakeholders.

Skills

MBSE

DOORS

Systems engineering

Agile development

Requirements analysis

Technical planning

Education

Bachelor of Science in STEM

Tools

JIRA

Confluence

ClearQuest

VMware

Kubernetes

Job description

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems in Palmdale, CA, is seeking a Principal/Senior Aeronautical Engineer. The role requires leading design, analysis, and verification of complex HW/SW systems within an integrated product team. On-site work with travel up to 25% is expected.

Candidates should have a STEM degree with senior-level experience or advanced degrees, strong DOORS and MBSE skills, and familiarity with Agile processes in a defense context. Clearance is required.