Northrop Grumman

Sr Principal Engineer Systems

Northrop Grumman$122K — $184K *
Aerospace & Defense
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in STEM plus 8 years of related engineering experience, or a Master's with 6 years, or a PhD with 4 years.
  • Interim Secret Clearance required with ability to obtain DoD Final Secret.
  • Must be eligible to obtain Program Access (PAR).
  • Preferred: Active DoD Top Secret Clearance.
  • Preferred: Experience with RQ-4 air vehicle and USAF customers.

Responsibilities

  • Serve as a customer-facing role coordinating with Grand Forks AFB users and leadership.
  • Support mission troubleshooting and kickoff.
  • Gather user feedback on mission issues and relay to the team in Rancho Bernardo.
  • Analyze field integration issues to generate technical solutions.
  • Provide technical recommendations for fleet operations and anomaly investigations.

Benefits

  • Relocation assistance may be available.
  • Hybrid work environment potential after establishing role.
  • Full-time on-site work required initially, with telework options subject to manager's discretion.
  • Health insurance, life and disability insurance, savings plan, and PTO offered.
Full Job Description
RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes

CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret

TRAVEL: Yes, 25% of the TimeDescription

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems is looking to add a Sr. Principal Systems Engineer to join our team at the Grand Sky UAS Business and Aviation Park in Emerado, ND as a Field Facing Integrator. This position will be in our Systems Engineering Organization.

Duties and Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
  • Field facing integrator role will be a customer facing role that will coordinate with the users and leadership at the Grand Forks Air Force Base with supporting mission troubleshooting, mission kickoff support, gather voice of the warfighter for major issues the field is experiencing and feeding back information to the team in Rancho Bernardo for troubleshooting, supporting investigations, and mission trend analysis.
  • Perform analysis on Field Facing Integration issues:
    • Generate technical solutions
    • Fleet operation troubleshooting
    • Analysis of anomaly investigations
    • Provide technical recommendations to the SPO


Hybrid: The selected candidate will be required to work full-time, on-site at our facility. Once established in role, the position could potentially offer a hybrid work environment. Scheduled telework days are approved at manager's discretion.

This position requires the ability to travel up to 25% of the time.

Basic Qualifications:
  • Bachelor's Degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) discipline and 8 years of related engineering experience; OR a Master's degree in a STEM discipline and 6 years of related engineering experience; OR a PhD in a STEM discipline with 4 years of related engineering experience.
  • Must have an interim Secret Clearance for consideration and ability to obtain and maintain DoD Final Secret prior to start.
  • Must have ability to obtain and maintain Program Access (PAR) within a reasonable period of time, as determined by the company to meet its business needs.


Preferred Qualifications:
  • An active DoD Top Secret Clearance.
  • Experience with RQ-4 air vehicle, ground segment, sensor payloads, and support equipment.
  • Experience supporting Fielded Aircraft Systems.
  • Experience with USAF customers.
  • Experience with multiple disciplines across Systems Engineering, incl. requirements, integration, technical configuration management (CM or Technical Baseline), and Cyber.
  • Experience with root cause investigations, fielded issue investigation, and operational missions.
  • Experience in performing operational utility assessments to assess operations, data flow, mission performance and technical risk to inform requirements and design concept development.
  • Experience in collecting and analyzing operational mission data to evaluate mission effectiveness and recommend improvements to system design, architecture and system operations concept.


Primary Level Salary Range: $122,800.00 - $184,200.00

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.

The application period for the job is estimated to be 20 days from the job posting date. However, this timeline may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates.

About Northrop Grumman

Northrop Grumman is a security company that provides systems, products, and solutions in aerospace, electronics, information systems, shipbuilding, and technical services to government and commercial customers. They design, develop, and build everything from aircraft and spacecraft to cyber security systems. The company is involved in a wide range of defense and technology projects, including the development of aircraft, space systems, cybersecurity solutions, and advanced electronics.

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88,000 employees
Market Cap
$82.7 billion
Industry
Net Income
$3.1 billion
Founded
1939
5 Year Trend
+7.6%
Revenue
$36.7 billion
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