Sentinel - Systems States & Controls Capability Lead Staff Systems Engineer

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

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental & Vision coverage

401(k)

Educational Assistance

Life Insurance

Employee Assistance Programs & Work/Li

Paid Time Off

Health & Wellness Resources

Employee Discounts

Job summary

Northrop Grumman is seeking a System States and Controls Capability Lead (Staff Systems Engineer – Level 5) to guide a small team across wing-wide maintenance, operations, and fault detection.

The role requires DoD Secret Clearance, SB/MBSE expertise, and experience with Cameo/Rhapsody/MagicDraw to model complex, real-time command and control architectures.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in STEM with 12+ years of experience, or Master’s with 10+ years, or PhD with 8+ years.
• U.S. Citizenship with an active DoD Secret Clearance at time of application; clearance within scope.
• Ability to obtain SAP approval within a reasonable period.
• 4+ years of requirements management/analysis/allocations.
• 3+ years MBSE practices using Cameo, Rhapsody or MagicDraw.
• 5+ years experience in C2/NC3, cybersecurity, or related systems.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of systems engineers to develop artifacts across wing-wide capabilities.
• Develop and mature off-nominal use cases and states for wing functionality.
• Contribute to system requirements development and analysis.
• Develop system architecture using Cameo Enterprise Architecture.
• Create unifying model techniques, procedures, and processes.

Skills

Model-Based Engineering

SysML

State machine design

System engineering leadership

Education

Bachelor’s degree in STEM

Master’s degree

PhD

Tools

Cameo

Rhapsody

MagicDraw

Job description

Position: System States and Controls Capability Lead (Staff Systems Engineer – Level 5)

Location: Roy, UT; Bellevue, NE; Huntsville, AL; or Manhattan Beach, CA.

Relocation assistance may be available. Clearance required for start: Yes. Clearance type: Secret. Travel: Yes, 10% of the time.

Responsibilities

• Lead a small team of systems engineers to develop systems engineering artifacts across wing-wide maintenance, operations, initialization, fault detection, and shutdown capabilities.
• Work with technical teams and stakeholders to develop and mature off‑nominal system use cases and states deriving full‑scope functionality for the wing and preliminary product selection and development.
• Help develop and incorporate the appropriate requirements for the system and ensure that they are properly represented in the model.
• Develop systems architecture using Cameo Enterprise Architecture (behavioral, structural, analytical).
• Contribute to system requirements development, management, and analysis.
• Develop unifying model techniques, procedures, and processes (for model development, tool integration, and team integration).

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in STEM with 12 years of experience, or master’s degree with 10 years of experience, or PhD with 8 years of experience.
• Must be a US Citizen with an active DoD Secret Clearance at time of application, current and within scope, with an investigation date within the last 6 years.
• Must have the ability to obtain Special Access Program (SAP) approval within a reasonable period.
• 4 years of experience with requirements management/analysis/allocations.
• 3 years of experience with Model‑Based Engineering / Model‑Based Systems Engineering (MBE/MBSE) practices, languages and/or tools such as Cameo, Rhapsody or MagicDraw.
• 5 years of experience 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, system modeling in SysML.
• Experience in documenting Interface Control Documents, Interface Requirement Specifications, and Interface Description Documents.
• Understanding of Object‑Oriented Systems Engineering Methodology and system thinking.
• Excellent collaboration skills and experience working across product, design, and systems engineering teams with various stakeholder communities.
• Proven technical leadership in designing, modeling, and verifying complex, hierarchical state machines for distributed, real‑time command and control architectures.
• Experience in designing deterministic state transitions for critical mission sequences (e.g., Power‑On, Daily Monitoring, Targeting/Planning, Countdown, Launch, Abort, and Shutdown).
• Extensive experience developing automated FDIR frameworks and Built‑In Test (BIT) strategies (Periodic, Initiated, and Continuous) for high‑consequence systems.
• Experience with ICBM weapon system engineering and integration.
• Experience with complex system development on large programs.

Benefits

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

Standard work schedule is 9/80.

Primary Level Salary Range: $152,900.00 - $229,300.00.

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.