Senior Principal Radar Systems Engineer & Program Lead

0090 CORP-Corporate Office; United States; On-site; USD 116,000 - 213,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Life and disability insurance

Savings plan

Company paid holidays

Paid time off

Job summary

Northrop Grumman seeks a Senior Principal Systems Engineer (DoD-cleared) to lead systems engineering across radar-focused programs. The role requires coordinating across IPTs, managing CAMs, and ensuring verification and validation of artifacts within a DoD/SAP environment.

The position includes responsibilities for requirements management, interface control, and integration of HW/SW components, with a focus on cost, schedule, and performance in complex aerospace programs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a STEM discipline with 8 years of related professional/military experience in Systems Engineering, OR a Master’s in STEM with 6 years of related experience, OR a Ph.D. with 4 years of related experience.
• Ability to obtain and maintain DoD Secret or higher clearance.
• Ability to obtain and maintain SAP clearance.
• Experience developing/integrating radar systems.
• Experience in requirements and verification management in DOORS.
• Experience with requirement decomposition and traceability from System to Unit/Supplier Specifications.
• Experience with managing suppliers with technical requirements and verification expectations.
• Experience with HW/SW integration testing.
• Experience with Agile execution and leading Scrum teams.
• Experience managing EVMS Control Accounts as a CAM.

Responsibilities

• Perform requirements development, allocation, verification/validation planning and manage interface definition efforts.
• Write complex specifications, interface control documents, and engineering reports.
• Support interface/communication with program, functional and subsystem leads.
• Maintain Systems Engineering artifacts following configuration management procedures.
• Coordinate with key stakeholders to ensure verification and validation of artifacts.
• Demonstrate strong interpersonal and leadership skills to support coordination across IPTs and with customers.
• Summarize data and present findings and recommendations to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Manage Control Accounts as CAM for assigned scope, delivering on time and within cost while meeting requirements.
• Ensure technical quality, performance, cost and schedule for product team content, aligned with processes and policies.
• Adhere to SOW and perform rigorous change management with program leadership.
• Identify staffing resources early to meet objectives.
• Coordinate with Functional Management to staff the IPT.
• Coordinate integration across NG programs and inter-program groups.
• Conduct risk & opportunity management including mitigation and realization.
• Address organizational and program impacts through issue resolution across organization.

Skills

Scrum leadership

Requirements management

EVMS / CAM management

Radar systems experience

HW/SW integration testing

Agile execution

Interpersonal communication

Cross-functional coordination

Education

Bachelor’s degree in STEM

Master’s degree in STEM

PhD in STEM

Tools

DOORS

Cameo

Python

Job description

Northrop Grumman seeks a Senior Principal Systems Engineer (DoD-cleared) to lead systems engineering across radar-focused programs. The role requires coordinating across IPTs, managing CAMs, and ensuring verification and validation of artifacts within a DoD/SAP environment.

The position includes responsibilities for requirements management, interface control, and integration of HW/SW components, with a focus on cost, schedule, and performance in complex aerospace programs.