Senior Systems Engineer, Propulsion Architecture Leader

Northrop Grumman Corp.; Town of Florida (NY); On-site; USD 104,000 - 155,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

PTO and paid holidays

Life & disability insurance

Savings plan

Job summary

Northrop Grumman Corp. is seeking a Principal Engineer Systems – Level 3 to join our Propulsion Systems & Controls (PS&C) team, split between Palm Beach Gardens, FL and Elkton, MD.

You will lead MBSE-driven systems engineering for propulsion hardware such as valves and motors, guiding architecture from design to test. You’ll work with Navy, Air Force, and industry partners, shaping requirements, architecture, and verification plans across multiple disciplines.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or a STEM-related discipline with at least 5 years of relevant experience.
• Master’s degree in engineering with at least 3 years of experience.
• Experience performing systems engineering activities on technical programs (requirements, design, integration, or test).
• Experience establishing and maintaining requirements traceability across stakeholder needs, system requirements, and tests.
• Familiarity with MBSE environment (SysML) using Cameo/MagicDraw, Rhapsody, or similar, and linking models with DOORS.
• Experience supporting or leading technical reviews (SRR, PDR, CDR) or equivalent.
• Experience developing verification and validation plans mapping requirements to test methods.
• Ability to work across multi-disciplinary teams to resolve issues.
• Experience with at least one requirements management tool (DOORS, Jama, JIRA, or similar).
• Strong problem-solving and written/verbal communication; ability to document technical information and present to stakeholders.
• Ability to obtain a secret clearance; US citizenship is required.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership and coordination between engineering disciplines, program management, and external stakeholders to ensure an integrated solution.
• Determine systems engineering tasks required for project planning and execution, communicate milestones and need dates to program leads.
• Produce and maintain key systems engineering artifacts (Requirements specifications, ICDs, V&V matrices, logical/physical/functional architecture, and verification technical reports) in a model-based systems engineering environment (CAMEO).
• Define and plan testing activities in conjunction with propulsion engineering, including propulsion tests at the Elkton campus, Ronkonhoma campus, or external ranges.
• Define and maintain a requirements decomposition strategy across subsystems and disciplines.
• Lead requirements and architecture reviews (PDR, CDR-level artifacts) to ensure completeness, consistency, feasibility, and testability.
• Lead Risk and Opportunity meetings on behalf of technical and programmatic team.
• Demonstrate excellent written and verbal communication skills, strong social skills, and ability to build consensus among peers while building solid relationships with team members.

Skills

Systems engineering leadership

Cross-disciplinary collaboration

Analytical thinking

Clear communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering or STEM

Master's degree in engineering

Tools

Cameo/MagicDraw

Rhapsody

DOORS

Job description

Northrop Grumman Corp. is seeking a Principal Engineer Systems – Level 3 to join our Propulsion Systems & Controls (PS&C) team, split between Palm Beach Gardens, FL and Elkton, MD.

You will lead MBSE-driven systems engineering for propulsion hardware such as valves and motors, guiding architecture from design to test. You’ll work with Navy, Air Force, and industry partners, shaping requirements, architecture, and verification plans across multiple disciplines.