Staff Systems Engineer - Nuclear Hardness & Survivability -18271

Northrop Grumman; United States; On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance may be available

Job summary

Northrop Grumman Defense Systems seeks a Staff Systems - Nuclear Harness & Survivability (NH&S) Engineer (T05) for Roy, Utah. Lead software-focused systems engineering through the Technology Maturation and Risk Reduction phase, ensuring alignment with cost, schedule, and technical objectives.

Responsibilities include requirements decomposition for software subsystems, NH&S environment assessment, and cross-disciplinary coordination to resolve complex issues. Active Secret clearance required.

Qualifications

• US Citizen with an active Secret clearance.
• Ability to obtain TS/SAP approval within a reasonable period.
• Experience translating nuclear effects environments into system and software requirements.

Responsibilities

• Lead software-focused systems engineering during TMRR phase.
• Define and allocate software requirements for software-intensive subsystems.
• Assess NH&S environments and flow requirements into designs.

Skills

NH&S design reviews

Radiation effects knowledge

MATLAB/Python scripting

PSPICE circuit modeling

System engineering leadership

Education

Bachelors in STEM

Masters degree

PhD

Tools

MATLAB

Python

PSPICE

Job description

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE

Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START

Yes

CLEARANCE TYPE

Secret

TRAVEL

Yes, 10% of the Time Description

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.

Northrop Grumman Defense Systems is seeking an Staff Systems - Nuclear Harness & Survivability (NH&S) Engineer (T05 level), . This position is located in Roy, Utah.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Lead software-focused systems engineering activities during the Technology Maturation and Risk Reduction (TMRR) phase, ensuring alignment with program technical, cost, and schedule objectives
• Perform technical planning, requirements decomposition, allocation, and interface definition for software and software-intensive subsystems, ensuring logical and systematic conversion of customer requirements into implementable software specifications
• Define and assess nuclear hardness and survivability (NH&S) environments and requirements, and flow those requirements into software, firmware, and hardware/software interface designs
• Conduct radiation transport modeling and simulation and support analysis of radiation effects on semiconductor devices and software-controlled electronics (e.g., TID, NDD, dose-rate, SEE) to inform architecture and design trades
• Perform radiation effects circuit analysis, ground shock and thermal effects analysis, and evaluate electromagnetic pulse (EMP/EMI/EMC) impacts on electronics and software-controlled systems
• Plan, coordinate, and support NH&S and EEE parts qualification testing (e.g., per MIL-STD-750, MIL-STD-883, MIL-STD-464 or similar), including test definition, procedures, data review, and results analysis for semiconductors , subsystems, and equipment
• Lead and participate in NH&S design reviews and software-focused systems design reviews for survivable systems, driving closure of actions and ensuring robust verification and validation approaches
• Coordinate vertically and horizontally across multidisciplinary engineering teams (systems, software, hardware, EEE, radiation effects, test) and customer/stakeholder organizations to resolve complex technical issues
• Perform detailed trade studies, modeling, and analysis (including use of scripting tools such as MATLAB or Python and circuit modeling tools such as PSPICE) to evaluate and optimize survivability, performance, and implementation options
• Serve as a technical leader and subject matter expert on NH&S systems engineering for cruise missile applications, advising management and customers on advanced technical concepts, research, and applications

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 U.S. 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
• Experience conducting NH&S design reviews for survivable or strategic weapon systems, including translation of nuclear effects environments into system and software requirements
• Experience with MIL-STD-750, MIL-STD-464, MIL-STD-883 testing or similar qualification/verification testing of EEE parts, circuit card assemblies, or subsystems
• Working knowledge of nuclear weapons effects and associated testing (e.g., TID, NDD