Senior Systems Engineer – Agile Leader for Aerospace

Northrop Grumman; Oklahoma City (OK); On-site; USD 94,000 - 175,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance may be available

9/80 work schedule

Excellent learning opportunities

Job summary

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems in Oklahoma City seeks a Principal/Sr. Principal Systems Engineer to join a multidisciplinary team in a fast-paced IPT environment. The role focuses on requirements, interfaces, and integration across modernization and sustainment efforts.

The position offers a 9/80 schedule, strong learning opportunities, and a collaborative team culture. Candidates should have DoD Secret/SAP clearances and relevant aerospace systems engineering experience.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a STEM discipline AND 5 years of related professional/military experience in Systems Engineering OR a Master’s degree in a STEM discipline AND 3 Years of related professional/military experience in Systems Engineering OR a PhD in a STEM discipline AND 1 Year of related professional/military experience in Systems Engineering
• Ability to obtain and maintain DoD Secret clearance
• Experience with Scrum Team execution and/or Agile execution

Responsibilities

• Facilitate Scrum Master duties: stand-ups, sprint planning, retrospectives, and continuous improvement of Agile practices.
• Perform requirements development, allocation, verification/validation planning and manage interface definition efforts.
• Write complex specifications, interface control documents, and engineering reports.
• Coordinate with program, functional and subsystem leads across IPTs.
• Maintain Systems Engineering artifacts with configuration management.
• Coordinate verification and validation with stakeholders across IPTs and external customers.
• Synthesize data and communicate findings to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Support cross-IPT development of system-level requirements and use cases.
• Work with Release Train Engineers to develop and execute scrum team plans and metrics.
• Manage project execution rhythm, coordination, and reporting.
• Utilize JIRA or similar tools for issue tracking and resolution.

Skills

Agile execution

Scrum Master

Leadership

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in STEM

Master’s degree in STEM

PhD in STEM

Tools

Atlassian Tools

Python

DOORS DXL

DOORS administration

Cameo

MBSE

CI/CD tooling

Scripting languages

HW/SW integration tools

Job description

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems in Oklahoma City seeks a Principal/Sr. Principal Systems Engineer to join a multidisciplinary team in a fast-paced IPT environment. The role focuses on requirements, interfaces, and integration across modernization and sustainment efforts.

The position offers a 9/80 schedule, strong learning opportunities, and a collaborative team culture. Candidates should have DoD Secret/SAP clearances and relevant aerospace systems engineering experience.