Staff Systems Engineer (19990)

Northrop Grumman; United States; On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Northrop Grumman Defense Systems in Huntsville, AL seeks a Staff Systems Engineer to support the SDS Division's TMRR phase. The role emphasizes systems engineering, MBSE, and requirements management for cruise missile subsystems.

Applicants must be a US citizen with active Secret clearance; DoD Top Secret/SAP eligibility is preferred. The team collaborates across engineering disciplines to deliver robust, traceable solutions.

Qualifications

• US citizen with active Top Secret clearance or ability to obtain
• Experience in architecture development and requirements management
• Experience leading multidisciplinary teams on complex technical problems

Responsibilities

• Provide systems engineering support across the TMRR phase, guiding requirements and verification
• Decompose customer requirements into detailed hardware and software specs with traceability
• Develop functional architectures and CONOPS using MBSE tools
• Lead hardware-in-the-loop, developmental flight, and integration activities
• Produce design reviews, ICDs, requirements baselines, and risk analyses

Skills

Systems Engineering

MBSE

Trade Studies

Risk Management

Education

Bachelors in STEM

Masters degree

PhD

Tools

CAMEO

DOORS

Job description

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes

CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret

TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the Time Description

Northrop Grumman Defense Systems – Staff Systems Engineer

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 Systems is seeking a Staff Systems Engineer to join our team. This position will be located at Huntsville, AL to support Special Programs & Futures in the Strategic Deterrent Systems (SDS) Division.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Provide systems engineering support across the TMRR phase, guiding requirements development, functional analysis, interface definition, and verification and validation for cruise missile subsystems.
• Decompose and allocate complex system and customer requirements into detailed hardware and software specifications, maintaining rigorous end to end traceability and ensuring compliance with technical, schedule, and cost constraints.
• Develop and oversee functional architectures, concepts of operations (CONOPS), and use cases using MBSE tools such as CAMEO and DOORS, and drive adoption of advanced systems engineering practices across the program.
• Support planning and execution of hardware in the loop, developmental flight, and operational test integration, overseeing verification and validation strategies for software and hardware components and resolving unusually complex technical issues.
• Create, own, and manage technical maturation roadmaps and integration plans for the TMRR phase, identifying, analyzing, and mitigating technical and program risks and advising management on risk posture and trade decisions.
• Support or lead cross functional working groups and model capability reviews, ensuring adherence to systems engineering standards, processes, and quality expectations, and driving consensus on key technical decisions.
• Produce and guide the development of key systems engineering deliverables such as design reviews, trade studies, interface control documents (ICDs), requirements baselines, and supportability and effectiveness analyses.
• Perform and direct advanced trade studies and timeline analyses across concept, design, test, and integration to optimize system solutions and influence program strategy and critical organizational objectives.
• Support systems engineering contributions to proposal development, RFP/RFS responses, and Bases of Estimate for TMRR efforts, developing advanced technological ideas and guiding their maturation into executable plans.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) discipline from an accredited university and 12 years of relevant experience; or a Masters degree and 10 years of relevant experience; or a PhD and 8 years of relevant experience.
• Must be a US Citizen with an active US Government 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 and maintain Top Secret Clearance and Special Access Program (SAP) approval within a reasonable period of time, as determined by the company to meet its business needs.
• Requires experience on a Systems Engineering team executing or managing System Engineering tasks such as architecture development, requirements development, interface definition, specialty engineering, or integration.
• Requires experience working on unusually complex technical problems, applying advanced systems engineering principles and leading multidisciplinary teams to highly innovative and robust solutions.

Preferred Qualifications

• Active DoD Top Secret Clearance.
• CompTIA Security+ certification.
• Experience with DoD weapon system conceptual and preliminary design, particularly