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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 Staff Systems Engineer Architect to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals within our Systems Engineering organization. This role is located in Melbourne, FL.\nin this role, you will provide senior technical leadership in model based systems engineering, requirements development, and architecture definition for a complex aerospace system. This role focuses on using Cameo to capture and manage system requirements, functional and physical architectures, and interfaces across the program lifecycle.\nYou will lead requirements and architecture development, ensuring the digital system model remains the authoritative source for requirements, behaviors, and interfaces. You'll also collaborate closely with chief engineers, IPTs, and specialty engineering disciplines to maintain a coherent, traceable architecture that supports design decisions, mission effectiveness, and verification planning.\nResponsibilities\nLead requirements development, decomposition, and traceability within Cameo, translating customer and stakeholder needs into system, segment, and subsystem requirements.\nDevelop and maintain system architectures (operational, functional, and physical) using SysML and MBSE methods, including use case, activity, sequence, block definition, and internal block diagrams.\nIntegrate requirements, behaviors, and interfaces into a cohesive model that supports mission analysis, system design, and verification/validation strategies.\nEstablish and enforce modeling conventions and guidelines to ensure consistency and quality across contributors and IPTs.\nCoordinate architecture and requirements updates with multi disciplinary teams (mission systems, avionics, ground systems, communications, vehicle teams, etc.) and capture cross discipline impacts.\nGenerate model based views and reports to support technical reviews (SRR, PDR, CDR, etc.), demonstrating requirements coverage, interface definition, and design maturity.\nProvide MBSE and Cameo guidance, mentoring, and training to engineers contributing to the model.\nBasic Qualifications\nMust have a Bachelors of Science degree in a STEM field and at least 12 years of relevant military / professional experience, OR a Master's Degree in a STEM field and at least 10 years of relevant military / professional experience, OR a PhD and at least 8 years of relevant military / professional experience\nMust have an active US Government Top Secret clearance (with a background investigation completed within the last 6 years or currently enrolled into Continuous Evaluation). \nMust have extensive systems engineering experience with emphasis on requirements development, decomposition, and architecture definition for complex systems.\nMust have direct experience using Cameo/MagicDraw (or equivalent MBSE tool) for SysML based modeling, including creation and maintenance of system level models.\nMust have lead technical teams or work packages that have communicated complex technical concepts to diverse audiences, including customers and senior leadership.\nPreferred Qualification s\nExperience supporting mission planning and ground systems, including definition of operational concepts, workflows, and interfaces between air vehicle and ground mission systems.\nExperience defining and managing air vehicle requirements, including performance, mission, avionics, and integration requirements, and capturing those requirements in an MBSE/Cameo model.\nExperience with mission systems and communications architectures, including data links, networks, and interfaces between onboard systems, ground segments, and external assets.\nProven application of MBSE/SysML to represent mission threads, mission planning workflows, or end to end operational scenarios that span vehicle, mission systems, and ground systems.\nPrior role as a systems engineering or MBSE lead on a large, complex defense or aerospace program, preferably involving air vehicle, mission planning, or communications systems.\nPrimary Level Salary Range: $152,900.00 - $229,300.00The 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. 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