Principal Systems Engineer - Requirements & Verification

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be availableCLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: YesCLEARANCE TYPE: Top SecretTRAVEL: Yes, 25% 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 aPrincipal Requirements and Verification Systems Engineer to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals within our Systems Engineering organization. This role is located in either San Diego, CA,El Segundo, CA, or Palmdale, CA.

Roles and responsibilities include:

• Perform system definition activities for features and DRs, including by defining use cases, requirements, and feature acceptance criteria.
• Supporting cross-IPT development of system and segment level requirements and use cases
• Implementing requirements verification methodology and traceability
• Supporting development of interface definitions and integration plans
• Conducting formal integration and support capabilities-based system level testing of fully integrated complex software and hardware subsystems
• Evaluating integration and test anomalies and assist disposition and correction of issues as found
• Performing requirements verification and selloff
• Providing support to flight test and fielded assets
• Coordinate with REs and System Test to ensure integrated functions are ready for the test team to formally verify.
• Leveraging your ability to work in a dynamic, fast paced environment, showing your action oriented, strong attention to detail, and effective communication skills.
• Using your experience supporting Systems Engineering Milestones SRR, PDR and CDR.
• Leveraging your knowledge of experience in full lifecycle of Systems Engineering, including requirements decomposition, test planning, requirements verification and requirements management.
• You will be required to work full-time, on-site at our facility. There is no remote / hybrid / telework available for this position. Travel up to 25% may be required.

We offer flexible work arrangements, 9/80 work schedule with every other Friday off, phenomenal learning opportunities, exposure to a wide variety of projects and customers, and a very friendly team environment. We are looking for self-directed professionals who thrive in collaborative environments.

Basic Qualifications:

• Must have a Bachelor of Science degree in a STEM field and 5 yearsof relevant military / professional experience, OR a Master of Science degree in a STEM field 3 yearsof relevant military / professional experience, OR a PhD and 1 year of relevant military / professional experience
• Must have an active U.S. Government Top 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, within a reasonable amount of time as determined by business needs.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Current SAP clearance to program
• Demonstrated communication and technical writing skills.
• Experience in ICD development and integration
• Experience in System Test
• Proven ability to brief technical presentations to stakeholders.
• Experience with multiple disciplines across Systems Engineering, incl. requirements, integration, technical configuration management (CM or Technical Baseline), cyber
• Experience in DOORS & Atlassian Tool Suite
• Experience with Agile Design Methodology

Primary Level Salary Range: $114,000.00 - $171,000.00The 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.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.