Northrop Grumman

Systems Engineer - Level 2 or 3

Northrop Grumman$91K — $171K *
Aerospace & Defense
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's or Master's Degree in a STEM discipline required; PhD may qualify for higher level
  • 2-5 years of related work experience for Level 2 to 3, depending on degree
  • Active U.S. Government Secret security clearance required upon application
  • Experience in writing technical documentation and customer-facing presentations
  • Familiarity with systems engineering lifecycle, particularly for software products

Responsibilities

  • Create and maintain design documentation and requirements for the system
  • Develop systems engineering diagrams and documentation for program briefings
  • Collaborate with graphics teams to effectively illustrate system functions
  • Engage in modeling and simulation activities for system depictions
  • Support software engineering team's tasks related to design and deployment

Benefits

  • Relocation assistance may be available
  • Comprehensive health insurance coverage
  • Life and disability insurance
  • Savings plan offered
  • Paid time off including holidays and vacation
Full Job Description
RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes

CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret

TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the TimeDescription

Northrop Grumman Space Systems, Multi-Domain Operations, and Missile Defense Integration Business Unit (BU) Advanced Programs Group has an exciting career opportunity for a Systems Engineer - Level 2 or 3 to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals. We are working on an autonomous distributed tracking system - Join our high performing software team as the primary systems engineer and come make history with us! This job is in Boulder, CO - Boulder is nestled in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains, and only 25 miles from downtown Denver. Due to the nature of our work, full-time in-person work is required.

Position Overview:

As a Systems Engineer or Principal Systems Engineer on this program, the role will focus on providing systems engineering support directly to both the Chief Architect and Program Manager of the program. Tasking will touch on all parts of the overall systems engineering lifecycle including planning, design, integration, and verification. This role requires a highly collaborative individual who has strong verbal and written communication skills. Technical writing experience and great attention to detail in developing customer-facing presentations and documentation will be a big component of this role.

Essential Functions:

  • The selected engineer will be responsible for creating design documentation, maintain ICDs, ATBs, CONOP diagrams, requirements and mapping/creation of test requirements and documentation of results.
  • This role would also require generating systems engineering diagrams and other elements in confluence/PPT that will be used to brief current status in programmatic events. This may include milestone roadmaps, risk and opportunity tracking, and other various tasking to support the software engineering team to aid in clarifying design, deployment, and launch of the software products.
  • Other examples of tasking may include collaborating with graphics teams to depict how the system works, and developing media to help with showing our current and future capabilities. Or leveraging modeling and simulation software to build depictions of how the system works.


The selected candidate should thrive in a fast-paced work environment with high expectations, significantly diverse assignments, and collaborative/teams comprised of all experience levels.

This requisition may be filled at a higher grade based on qualifications listed below.

This requisition may be filled at either a Systems Engineer - Level 2 or a Principal Systems Engineer - Level 3.

Basic Qualifications (Systems Engineer - Level 2 or 3):

  • Systems Engineer Level 2: Bachelor's Degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) discipline from an accredited university and 2 years of related work experience, or a Master's Degree in STEM and 0-2 years of related work experience.
  • Principal Systems Engineer Level 3: Bachelor's Degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) discipline from an accredited university and 5 years of related work experience, or a Master's Degree in STEM and 3 years of related work experience, or a PhD. and 1 year of related work experience.
  • Applicants must have a current active in-scope U.S. Government issued Secret security clearance at the time of application which is required to start.


Preferred Qualifications:

  • Experience with SDA's PWSA
  • Experience with OPIR systems
  • Experience with embedded systems
  • Experience working on systems engineer for software products specifically
  • Experience with Cameo or other MBSE modeling tools
  • Experience with Agile; Experience with Atlassian tools (Jira and Confluence) or similar agile workflow environments.
  • Prior experience developing presentations for IDRs, PMRs, or other large customer facing events
  • Prior experience with modeling and simulation software
  • Familiarity with OPIR data and software development and analysis of specialized combat systems that are providing advanced algorithms to improve tracking, prediction, and discrimination capabilities for emerging threats worldwide
  • Experience collaborating with engineering disciplines and stakeholders across IPTs


Primary Level Salary Range: $91,800.00 - $137,600.00

Secondary Level Salary Range: $114,000.00 - $171,000.00

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
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Net Income
$3.1 billion
Founded
1939
5 Year Trend
+7.6%
Revenue
$36.7 billion
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