Sr Principal Engineer Systems - Specialty Engineering Lead

0090 CORP-Corporate Office; United States; On-site; USD 130,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Paid time off

Overtime eligibility

Job summary

0090 CORP-Corporate Office is seeking a Senior Principal Systems Engineer to join their team in San Diego or Palmdale, CA. This role involves providing leadership and tasking to a team of Specialty Systems Engineers while focusing on System Safety, Airworthiness, and EMI/EMC. An active U.S. Government Top Secret Clearance is required along with proven experience in Systems Engineering.

Benefits include health insurance, paid time off, and eligibility for overtime and bonuses. The position is on-site with no remote or hybrid options available.

Qualifications

• 8 years of experience in Systems Engineering or a Master's with 6 years.
• Must have a Top Secret clearance.
• Experience leading an engineering team is required.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of Specialty Systems Engineers.
• Develop Specialty Engineering requirements.
• Review test procedures and analyze results.

Skills

Systems Engineering Lifecycle

Team Leadership

System Safety

EMI/EMC

Agile Methodologies

Education

Bachelor's degree in STEM

Master's degree in STEM

PhD in STEM

Job description

Relocation Assistance

Relocation assistance may be available.

Clearance and Travel

Clearance required for start: Yes. Clearance type: Top Secret. Travel: Yes, 10% of the time.

Location

On-site in San Diego or Palmdale, CA. No remote/hybrid/telework available. Travel up to 10% may be required.

Overview

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems is looking to add a Senior Principal Systems Engineer – Specialty Engineering Lead to join our team on-site.

Responsibilities

• Provide execution leadership, tasking and direction to a team of Specialty Systems Engineers (3–5 personnel).
• Lead the development of Specialty Engineering artifacts in the areas of System Safety, Airworthiness, and Electromagnetic Interference/Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMI/EMC).
• Coordinate reviews and approvals of Specialty plans, processes, and procedures.
• Develop Specialty Engineering requirements and verification plans.
• Review test procedures and analyze test results for compliance with Specialty Engineering requirements and verification plans.
• Instruct, mentor and champion agile concepts and processes.
• Work in a dynamic, fast‑paced environment; action oriented, strong attention to detail, communicates effectively.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science in a STEM discipline with 8 years of related experience, or Master of Science in a STEM discipline with 6 years of related experience, or PhD in a STEM discipline with 4 years of related experience.
• Experience supporting Systems Engineering milestones SRR, PDR and CDR.
• Experience in full lifecycle of Systems Engineering, including requirements decomposition, test planning, requirements verification and requirements management.
• Must have an active U.S. Government Top Secret Clearance or higher (with a background investigation completed within the last 6 years or currently enrolled in Continuous Evaluation) and the ability to obtain and maintain Special Access Program clearance.
• Experience in at least one of the following areas: System Safety, EMI/EMC, System Architecture, Model Based Systems Engineering, Requirements & Verification, or other applicable SE competency.
• Experience leading an engineering team or project.
• Experience as Control Account Manager (CAM).
• Experience with requirement decomposition and traceability from System to Unit/Supplier Specifications.
• Experience with managing suppliers with technical requirements and verification expectations.

Preferred Qualifications

• Active DoD Top Secret SCI clearance (with a background investigation within the past 5 years or enrolled in Continuous Evaluation).
• Current applicable Special Access Program (SAP) clearance.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Engineering Management experience.
• Agile project management (manage & prioritize workflow).
• Familiarity with AGILE/SCRUM Master.
• Familiarity with System Safety Engineering in accordance with MIL-STD-882E standards.
• Familiarity with EMI/EMC SOF testing.
• Experience with multiple disciplines across Systems Engineering, incl. requirements, integration, technical configuration management (CM & Technical Baseline).
• Experience with Agile Design Methodology.
• Experience with Software Development.
• Experience with Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment software development.

Benefits

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. Employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, discretionary bonus, and, for certain positions, long‑term incentives.

EEO Statement

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.

Citizenship

U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.