Staff Principal Systems Engineer - Naval Launcher Hardware

ngc; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 177,000 - 266,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Life insurance

Disability insurance

Savings plan

Company paid holidays

PTO

Job summary

Northrop Grumman seeks a Staff Principal Systems Engineer to join the Marine Systems group in support of launcher hardware for Navy platforms. Candidates must meet rigorous engineering qualifications and be eligible for a US Secret Clearance.

Responsibilities include requirements development, system integration, and MBSE activities using DOORS and related tools. The role requires strong communication and the ability to work autonomously or in a team within a high-security environment.

Qualifications

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• Bachelor’s Degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Math) discipline with 12 years relevant experience; or Master’s Degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Math) discipline with 10 years relevant work experience, or PhD with 8 years of experience.
• Ability to read and interpret technical drawings
• First-hand experience with requirements and interface management
• Familiarity with system drawings and documents such as Interface Control Documents, System/Subsystem Specifications, Verification Cross Reference Matrices (VCRM), etc.
• Experience with system engineering tools such as IBM Rational DOORS
• Familiarity with MBSE concepts and tools
• Must be a US citizen
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a US Government Secret Clearance

Responsibilities

• Perform requirements development, system integration, verification and validation, cost and risk, and supportability and effectiveness analyses for total systems
• Support the logical and systematic conversion of customer or product requirements into total systems solutions that acknowledge technical, schedule and cost constraints.
• Perform functional analysis, timeline analysis, detail trade studies, requirements allocation and interface definition studies to translate customer requirements into hardware and software specifications.
• Generation and updating of System and sub-system level specifications in DOORS, including creation of Verification Cross Reference Matrices (VCRM) and verification traceability (tracing requirements to test plans/procedures/results)
• Update and maintain system drawings and documents such as Interface Control Documents, Arrangement Drawings, etc.
• Participate/Lead and coordinate preparation, conduct and closeout for internal and external customer reviews (SRR, PDR, CDR, IRR, TRR, etc.)
• Support the creation and refinement of Model Based System Engineering products (System behavioral models, Use Case realizations, State Machines, etc.)

Skills

Reading technical drawings

Requirements management

Team collaboration

Systems thinking

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in STEM

Master’s Degree in STEM

Tools

IBM Rational DOORS

MBSE tools (MagicDraw/Cameo)

Job description

Northrop Grumman seeks a Staff Principal Systems Engineer to join the Marine Systems group in support of launcher hardware for Navy platforms. Candidates must meet rigorous engineering qualifications and be eligible for a US Secret Clearance.

Responsibilities include requirements development, system integration, and MBSE activities using DOORS and related tools. The role requires strong communication and the ability to work autonomously or in a team within a high-security environment.