Systems Engineer - Integration & Test

0090 CORP-Corporate Office; United States; On-site; USD 92,000 - 138,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Life and disability insurance

Savings plan

Paid holidays

PTO

Job summary

Northrop Grumman Mission Systems seeks a skilled Systems Engineer for Integration & Test in Woodland Hills, CA. On-site role requiring a Secret clearance; travel up to 10% may be required. Primary responsibilities include translating requirements, performing analyses, and ensuring testability of complex systems.

The position emphasizes collaboration with Agile teams, requirements verification, and developing simulation models for sensors and systems while aligning with program milestones.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in STEM with 2+ years engineering experience or Master’s in STEM.
• Experience in system engineering activities such as software requirements development and verification.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government Secret clearance and work onsite in Woodland Hills, CA.

Responsibilities

• Translate customer requirements into design documentation and work with diverse teams to build and test those requirements.
• Analyze product capabilities, performance data, and design information; verify via methods.
• Convert requirements into total system solutions considering technical, schedule, and cost constraints.
• Perform functional, timeline, and trade studies; allocate requirements across subsystems.
• Develop simulations for sensors and systems; manage interfaces and data.

Skills

Excellent communication

Cross-functional collaboration

Agile experience

Test & verification

Education

BSc in STEM

MS in STEM

Tools

IBM Rational DOORS

JIRA

ClearQuest

ClearCase

Cameo modeling

Job description

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available
CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: No
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 Mission Systems is a trusted provider of mission-enabling solutions for global security. Our Engineering and Sciences (E&S) organization pushes the boundaries of innovation, redefines engineering capabilities, and drives advances in various sciences.

We at Northrop Grumman Missions Systems are seeking a skilled Systems Engineer for Integration & Test in Woodland Hills, CA.

Key Responsibilities

• Identifying unique requirements from a broad customer base, flowing the requirements into design documentation, and working with a diverse team to build and test those requirements.
• Work on the capabilities of current products, performance analyses, design information, and requirements verification methods.
• Ensure 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, and requirements allocation.
• Generate, review, and manage multiple requirements sets that cover all aspects of both performance and nonperformance including mechanical interfaces, electrical interfaces, data requirements, environmental requirements, and reliability.
• Awareness and responsiveness to contract milestones and deliverables.
• Work with an Agile team to ensure the designs are sufficient to meet the system requirements.
• Work with various Agile teams to ensure all requirements are verified through inspection, analysis, demonstration, or test often by providing test and data reduction scripts.
• Facilitate test directions to ensure production tests and troubleshooting tests are executed correctly and resulting data conforms to requirements.
• Develop simulation models for sensors and systems.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's of Science degree in a STEM discipline (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) with 2+ years of engineering experience OR a Master’s Science degree in a STEM discipline (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math).
• Experience in System Engineering activities such as software requirements development, requirements development, test case development, and verification and validation (i.e., experience running tests and documenting results).
• The ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government Secret clearance is required.
• Ability to work onsite full-time at Woodland Hills, CA.

Preferred Qualifications

• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Collaboration with cross-functional teams.
• Experience supporting test investigations and debugging efforts.
• Experience with IBM Rational DOORS and technical baseline management.
• Experience working in an engineering Agile team.
• Experience with JIRA.
• Systems Engineering experience on large, complex systems.
• Lab and system integration experience.
• Excellent time management and organizational skills.
• Understanding and experience with Model Based Systems Engineering and Cameo modeling (or equivalent).
• Experience with ClearQuest / ClearCase.

Salary & Benefits

Primary Level Salary Range: $91,800.00 - $137,600.00. The above salary range represents a general guideline; however, Northrop Grumman considers a number of factors when determining base salary offers such as the scope and responsibilities of the position and the candidate's experience, education, skills and current market conditions. Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay. Annual bonuses are designed to reward individual contributions as well as allow employees to share in company results. Employees in Vice President or Director positions may be eligible for Long Term Incentives. In addition, Northrop Grumman provides a variety of benefits including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, savings plan, company-paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business.

Legal and Eligibility Requirements

U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions. Northrop Grumman is an Equal Opportunity Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class. For our complete EEO and pay transparency statement, please visit http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO.