Staff Systems Engineer – Propulsion Systems Leader

Northrop Grumman; Elkton (MD); On-site; USD 161,000 - 241,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Job summary

Northrop Grumman is seeking a Staff Systems Engineer – Level 5 in Elkton, MD (hybrid with other facility options) to develop propulsion system architectures and MBSE-based artifacts for weapons, space, and propulsion programs. The role involves cross‑disciplinary leadership, requirements decomposition, and milestones across lifecycle stages.

You will own system baselines, coordinate with propulsion and engineering teams, and mentor junior SEs while ensuring rigorous verification planning and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or a STEM‑related discipline with at least 12 years of relevant experience, or master’s degree with at least 10 years, or PhD with at least 8 years.
• Experience leading technical reviews (SRR, PDR, CDR) or equivalent design/requirements reviews.
• Experience with MBSE (SysML preferred) and model-based integration.
• Experience establishing full requirements traceability across stakeholder needs, system requirements, interfaces, and verification.
• Demonstrated ability to work across multi-disciplinary engineering teams to resolve issues.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership and coordination between engineering disciplines, program management, and external stakeholders.
• Own the system technical baseline and ensure alignment across requirements, architecture, interfaces, verification, and program execution.
• Plan and own systems engineering tasks for project planning and execution, communicate milestones to program leads.
• Produce and maintain systems engineering artifacts (requirements, ICDs, V&V matrices, architecture, verification reports) in a model-based environment.
• Define and plan testing activities including propulsion tests at Elkton, Ronkonkoma, or external ranges.
• Lead requirements and architecture reviews (PDR/CDR) to ensure completeness and testability.
• Lead risk and opportunity meetings for the team and mentor colleagues in Systems Engineering initiatives.

Skills

Technical leadership

MBSE

Requirements management

System integration

Verifications & validation

Cross-disciplinary collaboration

Written communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering or STEM

Master’s or PhD in engineering (advanced)

Tools

Cameo/MagicDraw

Rhapsody

DOORS

Job description

Northrop Grumman is seeking a Staff Systems Engineer – Level 5 in Elkton, MD (hybrid with other facility options) to develop propulsion system architectures and MBSE-based artifacts for weapons, space, and propulsion programs. The role involves cross‑disciplinary leadership, requirements decomposition, and milestones across lifecycle stages.

You will own system baselines, coordinate with propulsion and engineering teams, and mentor junior SEs while ensuring rigorous verification planning and