Sentinel - Principal Systems Engineer - 19830

Northrop Grumman Corp.; Roy (UT); On-site; USD 98,000 - 148,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental & Vision coverage

401k

Educational Assistance

Life Insurance

Employee Assistance Programs & Work/Li

Job summary

Northrop Grumman Corp. in Roy, UT, seeks a Principal Systems Engineer (level 3) to join the Sentinel program. You will coordinate verification strategies, decompose requirements, and liaise across units to ensure compliance with DoD standards.

A strong engineering background and ability to work with government stakeholders are essential. The role requires a U.S. citizen with clearance eligibility, experience with DoD security regimes, and familiarity with DOORS/JIRA/Confluence in an Agile setup.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in STEM with 5+ years of related experience, or 3+ years with a master’s degree, or 1 year with a PhD.
• Experience in systems engineering requirement development and verification processes.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills to present technical details to peers and stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate Sentinel systems engineering strategy for requirements verification against military/industry standards.
• Serve as a cross-functional liaison on how verification is handled within the program.
• Decompose, allocate, and verify requirement specifications for Sentinel performance.
• Coordinate verification status reporting to department leadership.
• Coordinate with SMEs and teams to ensure proper decomposition of lower-level requirements.
• Manage system-level information and engage with US Government stakeholders to ensure requirements are met.

Skills

Systems engineering

Requirements verification

Communication

Collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in STEM

Tools

DOORS

JIRA

Confluence

Job description

Relocation ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: No

CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret

TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the Time

Description

At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact people's lives around the world today, and for generations to come. Our pioneering and inventive spirit has enabled us to be at the forefront of many technological advancements in our nation's history - from the first flight across the Atlantic Ocean, to stealth bombers, to landing on the moon. We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage and a pioneering spirit to join forces to invent the future, and have fun along the way. Our culture thrives on intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity and bringing your whole self to work — and we have an insatiable drive to do what others think is impossible. Our employees are not only part of history, they're making history.

Join Northrop Grumman on our continued mission to push the boundaries of possible across land, sea, air, space, and cyberspace. Enjoy a culture where your voice is valued and start contributing to our team of passionate professionals providing real-life solutions to our world’s biggest challenges. We take pride in creating purposeful work and allowing our employees to grow and achieve their goals every day by Defining Possible. With our competitive pay and comprehensive benefits, we have the right opportunities to fit your life and launch your career today.

Northrop Grumman Defense has an opening for a Principal Systems Engineer (level 3) to join its Guidance Computer team in Roy, UT in support of the Sentinel Program. Northrop Grumman supports the Air Force’s sustainment, development, production and deployment of hardware and system modifications for Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) Ground and Airborne Launch Control Systems, Launch Facilities, and associated infrastructure.

What You’ll Get To Do:

• As a SEIT Verification engineer/Compliance engineer, you will be responsible for coordinating the Sentinel systems engineering strategy for the allocation and verification of military and industry standards, levied against the Sentinel program.
• You will act as a cross-cutting liaison between program various Business Units as the subject matter expert on how requirement verification is handled in the program.
• The successful candidate must have a strong engineering background, understand how requirement regulations and standards are decomposed, allocated and verified into Sentinel performance specification.
• You will be responsible to coordinate the requirements verification and report status to the department leadership.
• The successful candidate should have an understanding of requirement decomposition, and general understanding of the regulatory compliance. Experience with DOORS is preferred. In addition, the successful candidate should have enthusiasm to learn and coordinate with all levels of engineering across the Sentinel Program.
• Support the program requirements verification lead to develop and maintain system level requirement verification.
• Collaborate with program subject matter experts and various teams to ensure lower-level requirements are appropriately decomposed
• Candidate will manage system level information, and collaborate with US Government stakeholders to ensure requirements are met.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in STEM with 5 years of related experience, 3 years of related experience with master’s degree, or 1 year of related experience with PhD.
• Must be a US Citizen and have the ability to obtain an active U.S. Government DoD Secret security clearance, with an ability to obtain and maintain Special Access Program (SAP) approval within a reasonable period of time (as determined by the company to meet its business need)
• Experience with systems engineering requirement development and verification processes.
• Minimum 3 years in showing strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to effectively communicate and present technical details to peers, and stakeholders.

Preferred Qualifications:

• An Active Security Clearance or higher (awarded within the past 6 years) with the ability to receive a Special Access Program (SAP) certification
• DOORS experience
• Knowledge of Engineering and Test Principles
• Previous test experience at any level of build (unit, element, segment, etc.)
• Experience working with internal and external teams to accomplish tasking
• Experience operating in an Agile environment using any of the Atlassian software tool sets (JIRA, CONFLUENCE...etc.)

Position Benefits:

As a full-time employee of Northrop Grumman, you are eligible for our robust benefits package including:

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

This position’s standard work schedule is 9/80. The 9/80 schedule allows employees who work a nine-hour day Monday through Thursday to take every other Friday off.

Relocation assistance may be available for selected candidate.

Primary Level Salary Range:

$98,400.00 - $147,600.00

The above salary range represents a general guideline; however, Northrop Grumman considers a number of factors when determining base salary offers such as the scope and responsibilities of the position and the candidate’s experience, education, skills and current market conditions.

Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay. Annual bonuses are designed to reward individual contributions as well as allow employees to share in company results. Employees in Vice President or Director positions may be eligible for Long Term Incentives. In addition, Northrop Grumman provides a variety of benefits including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, savings plan, Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business.

The application period for the job is estimated to be 20 days from the job posting date. However, this timeline may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates.

Northrop Grumman is an Equal Opportunity Employer, making decisions 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 our complete EEO and pay transparency statement, please visit http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO. U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.