Northrop Grumman

Sr Principal Systems Engineer

Northrop Grumman$116K — $213K *
Aerospace & Defense
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in STEM with 8 years of experience, or a Master's with 6 years, or a PhD with 4 years in a relevant field.
  • Ability to obtain and retain a Secret clearance.
  • Experience in requirements and verification management using DOORS.
  • Background in requirement decomposition and traceability from system to unit specifications.
  • Familiarity with managing suppliers regarding technical requirements and verification expectations.
  • Experience in software development and HW/SW integration testing.
  • Knowledge of Agile methodologies and experience leading Scrum teams.

Responsibilities

  • Perform requirements development, verification, and validation planning.
  • Write complex specifications and interface control documents.
  • Support communication with various program leads and stakeholders.
  • Maintain Systems Engineering artifacts with proper configuration management procedures.
  • Coordinate for verification and validation of Systems Engineering artifacts through collaboration with stakeholders.
  • Manage Control Accounts, ensuring deliverables are on time and within budget.
  • Conduct systematic risk and opportunity management practices.

Benefits

  • 9/80 work schedule with every other Friday off.
  • Opportunities for professional growth and continued learning.
  • Collaborative team environment.
Full Job Description
RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the Time Please note that this opportunity is contingent on program funding. Start dates are determined after funding confirmation. Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems is seeking a Sr. Principal Systems Engineer to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals within our Systems Engineering organization. This role is located in either Oklahoma City, OK, OR Rancho Bernardo, CA. This Senior Principal Systems Engineer position is for an individual contributor who will own the responsibility for managing and leading a team of multi-disciplinary engineers to deliver requirements and deliverables on schedule and within cost. This role has the authority to make engineering project management decisions and recommendations that have an impact on new business, program performance, design, development, and mission operations. The selected candidate will collaborate across the engineering disciplines and technology areas to integrate and communicate technical capabilities and analyses with internal stakeholders and external customers across multiple simultaneous Modernization and Sustainment efforts. Job Responsibilities: - Perform requirements development, allocation, verification/validation planning and manage interface definition efforts. - Write complex specifications, interface control documents, and engineering reports. - Support interface/communication with program, functional and subsystem leads. - Maintain Systems Engineering artifacts following proper configuration management procedures. - Coordinate with key stakeholders to ensure proper verification and validation of Systems Engineering artifacts. - Possess strong interpersonal and leadership skills with excellent communications skills to support coordination across IPTs and with external customers. - Solicit input from various stakeholders and team members to synthesize data and communicate findings and recommendations clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences. - Manage Control Accounts as the Control Account Manager (CAM) for scope assigned, delivering all team deliverables on time and within cost, while meeting contractual programmatic and technical requirements and stakeholder expectations, and measure and report Earned Value (EV) performance. - Ensure technical quality, performance, cost and schedule for product team content on the program, in alignment with Engineering and Division processes, program policies, and industry best standards. - Adhere to the IPT Statement of Work (SOW) and perform rigorous change management in coordination with program leadership. - Identification of resources, including staffing, required to complete product team deliverables, and communicate the need in a timely manner to enable onboarding of the resources early enough to meet program objectives. Coordinate with Functional Management to staff the IPT. - Coordinate technical, cost, and schedule integration across NG programs and other inter-program groups. - Conduct thorough risk & opportunity management practices including identification, mitigation and realization. - Identify and proactively address organizational and program impacts through a systematic, proactive, approach to issue and problem resolution that identifies, communicates, monitors, and promptly resolves conflicts across all levels of the organization. - Manage communications with stakeholders through organized processes to ensure that department and program information is defined, collected, shared, understood, stored and retrieved in a manner that effectively meets stakeholder needs. - Identify, orchestrate, coordinate and control the management activities and processes that integrate program interdependencies throughout their life cycle to achieve successful program completion. We offer a 9/80 work schedule with every other Friday off, phenomenal learning opportunities, and a very friendly team environment. We are looking for self-motivated, proactive, and goal-oriented people to help us grow our services and become even better at what we do. Basic Qualifications: - Bachelor of Science degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering, or Math (STEM) discipline with 8 years of related experience OR Master of Science degree in a STEM discipline with 6 years of related experience or a PhD in a STEM discipline and 4 years of related experience - Your ability to transfer and maintain the final adjudicated government Secret clearance (DoD must be in-scope or enrolled in Continuous Evaluation) and any program access(es) required for the position within a reasonable period of time, as determined by the Company. - Experience in requirements and verification management in DOORS. - Experience with requirement decomposition and traceability from System to Unit/Supplier Specifications. - Experience with managing suppliers with technical requirements and verification expectations. - Experience with software development. - Experience with HW/SW integration testing. - Experience with Agile execution and leading Scrum teams. - Experience with Python or other scripting language. - Experience managing EVMS Control Accounts as a Control Account Manager (CAM). Preferred Qualifications: - Experience in Weapons Certification. - Experience in Cameo and traceability between architecture elements and requirements. - Experience with Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment software development for Aircraft Sustainment efforts. - Experience with the full lifecycle of aircraft development, build, and operations. - Risk & Opportunity Management experience and change control experience. - Experience leading cross-functional technical teams. #BLUE Primary Level Salary Range: $116,300.00 - $213,400.00 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.

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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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