Principal/Sr. Prinicpal Systems Engineer

Roles & Responsibilities:
Systems Engineers are responsible to work with our Chief Engineers and Program Leadership to support key program objectives. Systems Engineers actively participate in the development of new systems and system upgrades by managing architecture, requirements, verification evidence capture, and integrated change control processes in a disciplined, broad reaching model-based process to ensure our propulsion systems projects perform to their specification, satisfy customer needs, and maintain configuration integrity throughout the lifecycle of each product. Systems Engineering at Northrop Grumman Propulsion Systems are primarily model based and provide support to multiple defense and commercial contracts including the Sentinel and NASA Artemis missions.
Roles may include aspects of project engineering, proposal support, and liaison engineering which naturally build essential skills necessary for future leadership opportunities. Thus, systems engineering provides a gateway to many other leadership opportunities within Northrop Grumman.
Job Duties:
The primary responsibility of the systems engineer in this position is to support program systems engineering needs by capturing model-based digital architecture and requirements while retrieving compliance data from various sources into the systems engineering model for a defense program.
• Coordinate with customers and program team members to understand the intent and needs of the integrated system
• Evaluate and manage customer requirements and derived flow down into subsystem and component specifications as appropriate
• Analyze the needs of the system and translate into verifiable performance and design requirements
• Support associated verification approach and work with engineering teams to develop analysis and test results to support stakeholder requirements
• Integrate customer directed changes into the system and facilitate implementation of changes within a change management system
• Coordinate and communicate between multiple cross-functional subsystem teams
• Support capture of model architecture for model-based integration of requirements, design, analysis, and verification
Skills & Qualifications:
• Understanding of requirements and basic principles of verification strategies
• Experience and familiarity with model-based systems engineering tools, specifically object-oriented tools like NoMagic Cameo or similar
• Experience with architecture diagrams (structural diagrams for physical, functional, and logical relationships), behavior diagrams (activity, use case, etc.), and other MBSE diagrams useful to understand product needs
• Experience with interface management between system elements and teams
• Experience with concept of operations (ConOps) and product related strategy maps
• Experience with digital thread methodology
• Experience with manufacturing and quality control databases and processes
• Ability and skills to work multidisciplined engineering problems
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Excellent time management and organizational skills
• Active DoD Secret clearance
Basic Qualifications:
This position can be filled at either a level 3 or level 4.
Basic Qualifications for a level 3:
• Minimum of 5 years of experience working in Systems Engineering or in Integration Design or a related field in propulsion, preferably in a government contractor environment
• Demonstrated experience in many aspects of aerospace design (or similar) development processes including design, analysis, testing and integration
• Exposure to and familiarity with MBSE approaches and tools (Cameo, Doors, etc.) and some exposure to MBSE languages (SysML or UML) are required
• Familiarity with Model Based Engineering and integration of descriptive and analytical models
Basic Qualifications for a level 4:
• Minimum of 8 years of experience working in Systems Engineering or in Integration Design or a related field in propulsion, preferably in a government contractor environment
• Demonstrated experience in many aspects of aerospace design (or similar) development processes including design, analysis, testing and integration
• Exposure to and familiarity with MBSE approaches and tools (Cameo, Doors, etc.) and some exposure to MBSE languages (SysML or UML) are required
• Familiarity with Model Based Engineering and integration of descriptive and analytical models
Preferred Qualifications:
• Experience with capturing architecture and requirements modeling in MBSE tools
• Experience developing plans and detailed schedules to accomplish an engineering effort
• Familiarity with structural, mechanical, thermal dynamics, fluid dynamics, electro-mechanical and propulsion technologies
• Experience with product testing, preferably system level tests demonstrating interaction between subsystems or major elements
• Participation in developing formal interfaces between parts of a system
• Formal education in Systems Engineering principles; a graduate certificate in Systems Engineering is highly preferred
• Experience and understanding of the relationships between engineering designs and resulting manufactured products
• Experience with digital thread methodology
• Experience with risk management
Education/Certifications:
• BS degree in Mechanical, Aerospace, Physics or Engineering Management is required and 5 years of experience or 3 years with a MS
• Consideration will be given to candidates with a BS or MS degree in other engineering disciplines with strong relevant experience
Salary Range: $95,300.00 - $142,900.00Salary Range 2: $118,600.00 - $178,000.00The 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.