Systems Engineer (Level 2 or 3)

0887 DS - Armament Systems; United States; On-site; USD 87,600 - 131,400; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Paid time off

Life and disability insurance

Job summary

0887 DS - Armament Systems is seeking a Systems Engineer to join its Specialty Engineering team in Plymouth, MN. This role involves collaborating on munition, fuzing, and weapon system development programs across various engineering domains.

The ideal candidate will have a Bachelor's degree in Engineering and at least 2 years of relevant experience, strong communication skills, and the ability to obtain a DoD Secret clearance. Compensation includes a salary range of $87,600 – $131,400 and a comprehensive benefits package.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree plus 2 years of experience or master's degree with no experience.
• Ability to obtain a DoD Secret clearance.
• Willingness to learn across multiple engineering domains.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with team members to plan and execute specialty engineering tasks.
• Perform detailed analyses including FMECA and FTA.
• Lead safety programs and act as specialty engineer during reviews.

Skills

Collaboration with multidisciplinary teams

Strong verbal and written communication

FMECA and FTA analyses

Education

Bachelor of Science in Engineering

Master's degree in Engineering

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Relocation Assistance: No relocation assistance available. Clearance required for start: No. Clearance type: Secret. Travel: Yes, 10% of the time.

Job Summary

Northrop Grumman’s Armament Systems Business Unit is searching for a Systems Engineer to join its Specialty Engineering team in Plymouth, MN. The role supports munition, fuzing, and weapon system development programs across multiple engineering domains.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with team members to plan and execute specialty engineering tasks across domains such as Systems Safety, Reliability, Availability, Maintainability, Product Cybersecurity, Integrated Logistics Support, Product Support, Human Factors, and Unit Production Cost Modeling.
• Perform detailed analyses—including Failure Mode Effects and Criticality Analysis (FMECA), Fault Tree Analysis (FTA), and System Hazard Analysis (SHA)—in close collaboration with design engineering.
• Lead safety programs from planning through safety acceptance with Safety Review Boards.
• Act as a lead specialty engineer during design reviews, failure investigations, and customer working group meetings.
• Support bidding and proposal development in collaboration with the Specialty Engineering Manager.
• Define, track, and verify requirements that align with system development objectives and specialty engineering domains.
• Coordinate with Test Engineering and Environmental Health & Safety (EH&S) to develop procedures that ensure safe test conduct and system manufacturing.

Qualifications

Level 2 – Systems Engineer

• Bachelor of Science in an engineering discipline plus at least 2 years of experience, or a master’s degree with no additional experience.
• Ability to obtain a DoD Secret clearance.
• Strong interest and ability to work closely with engineers across disciplines (Systems, Mechanical, Electrical, Software, Production).
• Willingness to learn across multiple engineering domains.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office and other toolsets.
• Strong verbal and written communication and interpersonal skills.

Level 3 – Principal Systems Engineer

• Bachelor of Science in an engineering discipline plus at least 5 years of experience, or a master’s degree with at least 3 years of experience.
• Ability to obtain a DoD Secret clearance.
• Strong interest and ability to collaborate with multidisciplinary teams.
• Willingness to learn across multiple engineering domains.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office and other toolsets.
• Strong verbal and written communication and interpersonal skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience leading technical efforts and mentoring others.
• Experience planning, executing, and delivering customer deliverables on time.
• Experience performing engineering analyses such as hazard analysis, FMECA, FTA, etc.
• Aerospace and defense product experience.
• Experience with MIL-STD-882E System Safety or equivalent standard.
• Relevant specialty engineering domain experience (e.g., Safety, Maintainability, Reliability, Cybersecurity).
• Certification in a relevant engineering domain or discipline (e.g., CSP, CISSP, CSEP, CRE).
• Experience presenting technical information to large audiences.

Compensation & Benefits

• Primary Level Salary Range: $87,600 – $131,400.
• Secondary Level Salary Range: $108,800 – $163,200.
• Potential eligibility for overtime, shift differential, discretionary bonus, and long‑term incentives for senior roles.
• Health insurance, life and disability insurance, savings plan, and company‑paid holidays.
• Paid time off for vacation and personal business.

Equal Opportunity Employment

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. U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.