Systems Engineer/ Principal Systems Engineer - Nuclear Surety

Northrop Grumman; Melbourne (FL); On-site; USD 79,300 - 118,900; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary bonus

Overtime

Health insurance

Savings plan

Paid time off

Job summary

Northrop Grumman Corp. in Melbourne, Florida, is seeking a Systems Engineer / Principal Systems Engineer - Nuclear Surety to join the Nuclear Surety team.

Located in Melbourne, FL, the role supports design evaluation and certification activities to ensure nuclear surety compliance across hardware, software and testing processes. The role requires active DoD Secret clearance or higher, and experience with military aircraft or weapon systems.

Qualifications

• BS in STEM with 2+ years experience, or MS in STEM.
• Active DoD Secret clearance or higher is required.
• Experience with military aircraft or weapon systems design/certification.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate designs for nuclear surety requirement compliance.
• Support IPTs in implementation and verification of nuclear surety across hardware, software and tests.
• Coordinate with stakeholders such as AFNWC, AFSEC, NNSA, and AFGSC.

Skills

Systems engineering

Nuclear surety knowledge

Requirements verification

Technical communication

Education

BS in STEM

MS in STEM

PhD in STEM

Tools

MBSE

Fault Tree Analysis

System modeling

Job description

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 Aeronautics Systems has an opening for a Systems Engineer / Principal Systems Engineer - Nuclear Surety to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals. The position will be located in Melbourne, Florida.

This role may be filled at the Base OR Principal levels based on the qualifications listed, below.

The successful candidate will be supporting the Systems Engineering Nuclear Surety Team. The candidate will perform and support evaluations of designs for nuclear surety requirement compliance. The candidate should be comfortable with requirement derivation, verification processes, system architecture examinations, and communication across numerous technical disciplines. The candidate will support IPTs on the implementation and demonstration of nuclear surety requirement compliance to include hardware, software, and test support.

The successful candidate will support Nuclear Safety Design Certification activities to produce required artifacts in accordance with AFI 63-125, lead and support nuclear surety planning, certification assessments, and risk & vulnerability activities to include Fault Tree and Signal Path analyses. They will also coordinate with key stakeholders such as AFNWC, AFSEC, NNSA, and AFGSC.

Basic Qualifications

• Systems Engineer: Bachelor of Science degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) discipline and 2 years of experience OR a Master of Science degree in a STEM discipline.
• Principal Systems Engineer: Bachelor of Science degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) discipline and 5 years of experience OR a Master of Science degree in a STEM discipline and 3 years of experience OR a PhD in a STEM discipline with 1 year of experience.
• Experience with military aircraft or weapon system design and/or operation to include requirements verification and certification.
• Must have an active DoD Secret clearance or higher (with a background investigation completed within the last 6 years or currently enrolled into Continuous Evaluation).
• Must have the ability to obtain and maintain Special Access Program (SAP) clearance.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working with Nuclear Surety Requirements (e.g. AFI 63-125, AFMAN 91-118/91-119, AFI 91-107, AFI 91-101).
• Experience with Fault Tree Analyses, Signal Path Analyses, Technical Risk Assessments, or other safety-related analyses.
• Experience with Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE).
• Experience interpreting, deriving, allocating, or managing technical requirements.
• Experience with software development.
• Experience with nuclear weapons design, manufacture, development, or operations.
• Familiarity with MIL-STD-1553 and MIL-STD-1760.
• Demonstrated experience with nuclear certification stakeholders such as AFNWC, AFSEC, NNSA, and AFGSC.
• DoD Top Secret / SCI Clearance.

Primary Level Salary Range: $79,300.00 - $118,900.00

Secondary Level Salary Range: $98,400.00 - $147,600.00

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. 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.

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.