Systems Engineer (Senior Principal or Staff Level)

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: No relocation assistance available

CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes

CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret

TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the TimeDescription

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 a Systems Engineer (Senior Principal or Staff Level) to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals within our Systems Engineering organization. This role is located in San Diego, CA.

In this role, you will be conducting research, writing requirements, developing models, defining interfaces and performing analysis while working within an Integrated Product Team (IPT) structure to drive the development of new program requirements, refine existing program requirements, and influence the pursuit of future technologies and capabilities.

You 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.

This role can filled at either the Senior Principal or Staff level.

Basic Qualifications:

At a Senior Principal Level:

• Must have a Bachelors degree in a STEM field and at least 8 years of relevant military / professional experience in Systems Engineering, OR a Master's Degree in a STEM field and at least 6 years of relevant military / professional experience in Systems Engineering, OR a PhD and at least 4 years of relevant military / professional experience in Systems Engineering

At a Staff Level:

• Must have a Bachelors degree in a STEM field and at least 12 years of relevant military / professional experience in Systems Engineering, OR a Master's Degree in a STEM field and at least 10 years of relevant military / professional experience in Systems Engineering, OR a PhD and at least 8 years of relevant military / professional experience in Systems Engineering

At Both Levels:

• Must have an active US Government Secret or higher clearance (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.

• Must have experience in requirements and verification management in DOORS.

• Must have experience with requirement decomposition and traceability from System to Unit/Supplier Specifications.

• Must have experience with Python or other scripting language.

• Must have experience leading a technical team

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with software development.

• Experience with HW/SW integration testing.

• Experience in Cameo and traceability between architecture elements and requirements.

• Current B-2 Special Access Program (SAP) clearance.

• 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 with managing suppliers with technical requirements and verification expectations.

• Experience with Agile execution and leading Scrum teams.

• Experience managing EVMS Control Accounts as a Control Account Manager (CAM).

• Experience leading cross-functional technical teams.

Primary Level Salary Range: $142,200.00 - $213,400.00Secondary Level Salary Range: $177,000.00 - $265,600.00

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.

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.