Senior Milsatcom Test & Systems Engineer

Kbr, Inc; El Segundo (CA); On-site; USD 92,000 - 138,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Overtime eligibility

Discretionary bonus

Health insurance

Job summary

Northrop Grumman Mission Systems in Woodland Hills, CA, is seeking a Senior Milsatcom Test Systems Engineer to lead integration and test activities for advanced mission systems. You will translate customer requirements into testable designs and work with cross-functional, agile teams to verify performance against specifications.

The role requires a STEM degree with 2+ years of engineering experience (or a Master’s) and the ability to obtain a U.S. Government Secret clearance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in STEM with 2+ years of engineering experience or Master's degree in STEM
• Experience in system engineering activities including software requirements development
• Experience with requirements development, test case development, and verification/validation
• Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government Secret clearance
• Onsite work in Woodland Hills, CA

Responsibilities

• Identify and translate customer requirements into design documentation
• Work with an Agile team to ensure designs meet system requirements
• Perform functional and timeline analyses, trade studies, and requirements allocation
• Generate and manage multiple requirement sets covering performance and interfaces
• Develop simulation models for sensors and systems

Skills

System Engineering

Requirements development

Test Case development

Agile

JIRA

Cameo modeling

ClearQuest / ClearCase

Education

Bachelor's degree in STEM

Master's degree in STEM

Tools

IBM Rational DOORS

JIRA

Cameo modeling

ClearQuest / ClearCase

Job description

Senior Milsatcom Test Systems Engineer

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.

Northrop Grumman Mission Systems is a trusted provider of mission-enabling solutions for global security. Our Engineering and Sciences (E&S) organization pushes the boundaries of innovation, redefines engineering capabilities, and drives advances in various sciences. Our team is chartered with providing the skills, 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!

We at Northrop Grumman Missions Systems are seeking a skilled Systems Engineer for Integration & Test in Woodland Hills, CA. Our success is grounded in our ability to embrace change, move quickly and continuously drive innovation. The successful candidate will be collaborative, open, transparent, and team-oriented with a focus on team empowerment & shared responsibility, flexibility, continuous learning, and a culture of automation.

**Key Responsibilities:**

• Identify unique requirements from a broad customer base, flow the requirements into design documentation, and work with a diverse team to build and test those requirements.
• Work on the capabilities of current products, performance analyses, design information, and requirements verification methods.
• Ensure logical and systematic conversion of customer or product requirements into total systems solutions that acknowledge technical, schedule, and cost constraints.
• Perform functional analysis, timeline analysis, detail trade studies, requirements allocation.
• Generate, review, and manage multiple requirements sets that cover all aspects of both performance and nonperformance including mechanical interfaces, electrical interfaces, data requirements, environmental requirements, and reliability.
• Awareness and responsiveness to contract milestones and deliverables.
• Work with an Agile team to ensure the designs are sufficient to meet the system requirements.
• Work with various Agile teams to ensure all requirements are verified through inspection, analysis, demonstration, or test often by providing test and data reduction scripts.
• Facilitate test directions to ensure production tests and troubleshooting tests are executed correctly and resulting data conforms to requirements.
• Develop simulation models for sensors and systems.

**Basic Qualifications for Systems Engineer:**

• Bachelor's of Science degree in a STEM discipline (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) with 2+ years of engineering experience OR Master's Science degree in a STEM discipline (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math)
• Experience in System Engineering activities such as:
• Software requirements development
• Requirements development
• Test Case development
• Verification and Validation i.e. experience running tests and documenting results
• The ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government Secret clearance is required.
• Ability to work onsite full-time at Woodland Hills, CA

**Preferred Qualifications for Systems Engineer:**

• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams
• Experience supporting test investigations and debugging efforts
• Experience with IBM Rational DOORS and technical baseline management
• Experience with working in an engineering Agile team
• Experience with JIRA
• Systems Engineering experience on large, complex systems
• Lab and system integration experience
• Excellent time management, organizational skills
• Understanding and experience with Model Based Systems Engineering and Cameo modeling (or equivalent)
• Experience with ClearQuest / ClearCase

Primary Level Salary Range: $91,800.00 - $137,600.00

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.

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 U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.

Job Category: Engineering