Senior Systems Engineer — Sentinel Ground Systems Lead

0090 CORP-Corporate Office; United States; On-site; USD 152,900 - 229,300; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, and Vision coverage

401(k) retirement plan

Educational Assistance

Life Insurance

Employee Assistance Programs & Work/Li

Paid Time Off

Health & Wellness Resources

Employee Discounts

Job summary

Northrop Grumman Defense Systems seeks a Facility & Platform Integration Capability Lead (Staff Systems Engineer – Level 5) for the Sentinel program, with locations in Roy, UT; Bellevue, NE; Huntsville, AL; or Manhattan Beach, CA.

You will lead a small team to mature system requirements, develop architecture using MBSE, and ensure traceability across ground systems for secure, reliable delivery.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in STEM with 12+ years of experience, or Master’s with 10+ years, or PhD with 8+ years.
• U.S. citizen with an active DoD Secret Clearance (current, in scope, within last 6 years).
• Ability to obtain Special Access Program (SAP) approval within a reasonable period.
• Minimum 4 years of experience with requirements management, analysis, and allocation.
• Minimum 3 years with Model‑Based Engineering/MBSE practices and tools such as Cameo, Rhapsody, or MagicDraw.
• Minimum 5 years with one or more: C2; physical security; cybersecurity; NC3 systems/processes; communications; facility design; military aerospace development.

Responsibilities

• Lead a small team of systems engineers to develop SE artifacts across E3 and Ground Systems threads.
• Mature allocation of shielding, filtering, grounding, and TEMPEST requirements; develop facility architecture and electrical design integration.
• Develop systems architecture using Cameo Enterprise Architecture with behavioral, structural, and analytical models.
• Contribute to system requirements development, management, and analysis.
• Develop modeling techniques, procedures, and processes for model development, tool integration, and team integration.

Skills

Requirements management

MBSE practices

SysML modeling

Collaboration

Model-based engineering

Education

Bachelor’s degree in STEM

Master’s degree in STEM

PhD in STEM

Tools

Cameo

Rhapsody

MagicDraw

Job description

Northrop Grumman Defense Systems seeks a Facility & Platform Integration Capability Lead (Staff Systems Engineer – Level 5) for the Sentinel program, with locations in Roy, UT; Bellevue, NE; Huntsville, AL; or Manhattan Beach, CA.

You will lead a small team to mature system requirements, develop architecture using MBSE, and ensure traceability across ground systems for secure, reliable delivery.