Senior Principal Systems Engineer — C2BMC Verification Lead

0090 CORP-Corporate Office; United States; On-site; USD 129,000 - 194,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Plan

Savings Plan

Paid Time Off

Education Assistance

Training and Development

Flexible Work Arrangements

Job summary

Northrop Grumman Space Systems in Colorado Springs, CO seeks a Sr Principal Systems Engineer – Verification Product Owner to lead test strategy and verification across C2BMC capabilities, coordinating with Agile teams and government customers.

The role requires active Secret clearance, DoD experience, and strong skills in test planning, verification, and metrics, with a focus on hardware/software integration and risk management.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in STEM with 8+ years experience or Master’s with 6+ years or PhD with 4+ years.
• Current active Government-Issued 8140 certification at IAT Level II or higher at start.
• Active in-scope Secret clearance required at start.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate milestone design meetings and resolve technical test issues.
• Manage Verification and Test Risks and report program metrics.
• Define the overarching test strategy for capabilities across the program.
• Present verification status and metrics at milestone reviews.

Skills

Security clearance

IAT Level II cert

Systems engineering

Verification & validation

Test planning

Agile testing

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in STEM

Master’s Degree preferred

PhD in related field

Tools

DOORS

JIRA

Confluence

Gherkin

Cucumber

Job description

Northrop Grumman Space Systems in Colorado Springs, CO seeks a Sr Principal Systems Engineer – Verification Product Owner to lead test strategy and verification across C2BMC capabilities, coordinating with Agile teams and government customers.

The role requires active Secret clearance, DoD experience, and strong skills in test planning, verification, and metrics, with a focus on hardware/software integration and risk management.