Staff Systems Design Engineer (MBSE) – Secret Clearance

Northrop Grumman Corp.

Rolling Meadows (IL)

On-site

USD 169,000 - 254,000

Full time

10 days ago
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Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance
Health insurance
PTO

Job summary

Northrop Grumman Mission Systems in Rolling Meadows, IL seeks a Staff Systems Design Engineer to coordinate cross-disciplinary system design, decompose requirements, and guide MBSE-driven development using DOORS and related tools. This on-site role requires a strong background in DoD platforms, MBSE, and system interfaces.

Ideal candidates have 8–12+ years in STEM and hold US citizenship with the ability to obtain Secret clearance.

Qualifications

  • BS in Mechanical, Electrical Engineering, Physics or STEM with 12+ yrs experience.
  • MS in STEM with 10+ yrs experience.
  • PhD in STEM with 8+ yrs experience.
  • Proven analytical thinking and problem solving.
  • Experience with Agile and cost/schedule constraints.
  • Experience decomposing requirements for DoD-based platforms or systems.
  • Experience delivering technical presentations.
  • US Citizenship required.
  • Ability to obtain/maintain Secret clearance.

Responsibilities

  • Coordinate across disciplines to ensure system requirements and design are defined and captured.
  • Decompose requirements, support trade studies, and guide design decisions.
  • Use MBSE and DOORS to generate/update specifications and verification matrices (VCRM).
  • Deliver technical presentations and communicate with stakeholders.

Skills

Analytical thinking
Problem solving
Agile teamwork
DoD platforms
MBSE/DOORS
SysML modeling
MATLAB/Python
US Citizenship
Security clearance readiness

Education

Bachelor's degree in STEM
Master's degree in STEM
PhD in STEM

Tools

DOORS
Cameo
HFSS
CST Microwave Studio
Keysight ADS
MATLAB
Python

Job description

Northrop Grumman Mission Systems in Rolling Meadows, IL seeks a Staff Systems Design Engineer to coordinate cross-disciplinary system design, decompose requirements, and guide MBSE-driven development using DOORS and related tools. This on-site role requires a strong background in DoD platforms, MBSE, and system interfaces.

Ideal candidates have 8–12+ years in STEM and hold US citizenship with the ability to obtain Secret clearance.

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