Senior Principal Systems Engineer, Space Systems (TS/SCI)

Northrop Grumman; Morrisville (NC); On-site; USD 109,000 - 204,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Health insurance

Life insurance

Disability insurance

Savings plan

Paid holidays

PTO

Job summary

Northrop Grumman Space Systems in Morrisville, NC, is seeking an experienced Principal/Senior Principal Systems Engineer to support our Advanced Tactical Missions program.

The role covers system engineering, integration, verification and validation across hardware-software interfaces, and requires an active Top Secret/SCI clearance with willingness for a polygraph; relocation assistance may be available. Primary/Secondary salary bands apply, with potential bonuses and comprehensive benefits.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and 5 years of relevant experience; 3 years of relevant experience with a Master's; 0 years of relevant experience with a PhD.
• Sr. Principal: Bachelor's degree and 8 years of relevant experience; 6 years of relevant experience with a Master's; 4 years of relevant experience with a PhD.
• Active Top Secret/SCI clearance at time of application and willingness to sit for a polygraph.
• Proven experience with ground systems engineering, systems integrator or software engineer

Responsibilities

• Performs system engineering, integration, verification and validation for total systems across lifecycle.
• Lead the engineering of a family-wide software product line, driving the definition, development, and integration of reusable components across multiple product variants.
• Bridge the gap between hardware and software, ensuring system-level requirements, ICDs, use-case models, and workflow definitions are captured, validated, and delivered in an Agile environment.
• Elicit, analyze, and document system-level functional and non-functional requirements for the product line.
• Maintain a traceability matrix linking requirements to design, implementation, and verification artifacts.

Skills

Ground systems engineering

Systems integration

Requirements engineering

Model Based Systems Engineering

Verification and Validation

Customer & subcontractor liaison

Communications skills

Interface description documents

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

PhD

Tools

Jira/Confluence

DOORS

Cameo

Job description

Northrop Grumman Space Systems in Morrisville, NC, is seeking an experienced Principal/Senior Principal Systems Engineer to support our Advanced Tactical Missions program.

The role covers system engineering, integration, verification and validation across hardware-software interfaces, and requires an active Top Secret/SCI clearance with willingness for a polygraph; relocation assistance may be available. Primary/Secondary salary bands apply, with potential bonuses and comprehensive benefits.