Sentinel - Facility & Platform Integration Capability Lead Systems Engineer 5

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

Location and Travel

Relocation assistance may be available. The position requires approximately 10% travel.

Job Overview

Northrop Grumman Defense Systems seeks a Facility & Platform Integration Capability Lead (Staff Systems Engineer – Level 5) for the Sentinel program, located in Roy, UT; Bellevue, NE; Huntsville, AL; or Manhattan Beach, CA. The role sits on the Command Systems team and focuses on requirements definition, functional decomposition, interface definition, verification & validation, and requirements traceability across the ground segment of the Sentinel Weapon System.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead a small team of systems engineers to develop systems engineering artifacts across the Electromagnetic Environmental Effects (E3) and Ground Systems threads.
• Collaborate with technical teams and stakeholders to mature allocation of shielding, filtering, grounding, and TEMPEST requirements; develop facility architecture considerations including grounding schematics and capital electrical design integration across Command and Launch Systems.
• Develop systems architecture using Cameo Enterprise Architecture, including behavioral, structural, and analytical models.
• Contribute to system requirements development, management, and analysis.
• Develop unifying modeling techniques, procedures, and processes for model development, tool integration, and team integration.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in STEM with 12years of experience; or master’s degree with 10years; or PhD with 8years.
• U.S. Citizen with an active DoD Secret Clearance at the time of application; clearance must be current, in scope, and investigated within the last 6years.
• Ability to obtain Special Access Program (SAP) approval within a reasonable period.
• Minimum 4years of experience with requirements management, analysis, and allocation.
• Minimum 3years of experience with Model‑Based Engineering / Model‑Based Systems Engineering (MBE/MBSE) practices and tools such as Cameo, Rhapsody, or MagicDraw.
• Minimum 5years with one or more of the following: Command & Control (C2); physical security; cybersecurity; Nuclear Command, Control, and Communications (NC3) systems/processes; communications systems; facility design; military aerospace development (e.g., Sentinel, Minute Man III, B‑2, B‑21 delivery systems).

Preferred Qualifications

• Active DoD Top Secret Clearance.
• Demonstrated understanding of the Systems Engineering Vee Model.
• 3+ years of experience in model‑based systems engineering; thread‑based system decomposition; requirements engineering; SysML modeling.
• Experience documenting Interface Control Documents, Interface Requirement Specifications, and Interface Description Documents.
• Understanding of Object‑Oriented Systems Engineering Methodology and systems thinking.
• Excellent collaboration skills with cross‑functional stakeholder communities.
• Proven technical leadership in designing, modeling, and verifying complex, hierarchical state machines for distributed, real‑time command‑and‑control architectures.
• Experience developing automated Fault Detection and Isolation (FDIR) frameworks and Built‑In Test (BIT) strategies for high‑consequence systems.
• Understanding of distributed system synchronization challenges, including clock coordination, telemetry sharing, cryptographic key loading, and secure shutdowns.
• Experience with ICBM weapon system engineering and integration.
• Experience with complex system development on large programs.

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, and Vision coverage.
• 401(k) retirement plan.
• Educational Assistance.
• Life Insurance.
• Employee Assistance Programs & Work/Life Solutions.
• Paid Time Off.
• Health & Wellness Resources.
• Employee Discounts.

Compensation and Schedule

The standard work schedule is 9/80 (nine hours per day Monday‑Thursday, every other Friday off). The pay range is $152,900.00 – $229,300.00, with potential eligibility for overtime, shift differential, discretionary bonuses, and long‑term incentives for senior positions.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Northrop Grumman is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class. For complete details on our EEO and pay transparency statement, visit our EEO page.

Citizenship Requirement

U.S. citizenship is required for all positions requiring a government clearance and other restricted roles.