Systems Engineer/ Product Owner 3

Essential Functions:

Analyzing requirements via Interface Design Documents and translating these into technical specifications.

Designing, implementing, and maintaining systems or software to meet customer needs.

Provide technical contributions towards software products, processes, and procedures.

Collaborating with stakeholders to ensure system integration and performance.

Defining and Communicating the vision: Serve as the point person on a product development team, using high-level perspective to define goals and create a vision for development projects. Communicate with stakeholders across the board, including customers, business area POCs, and the development team to make sure the goals are clear, and the vision is aligned with business objectives.

Managing the product backlog: Responsible for managing the product backlog-the development team's project to-do list. This includes: creating the list of backlog items and prioritize them on the overall strategy and business objectives; mapping out project dependencies to inform the necessary sequence of development.

Prioritizing needs: Responsible for prioritizing needs base on scope, time, and objectives of stakeholders.

Overseeing development stages: Responsible for overseeing the actual development of the product, playing a key role throughout each event, including planning, refinement, review, and sprint.

Acting as primary liaison: This role will serve as the primary communicator and link between stakeholders and teams.

Evaluating product progress at each iteration: Accountable for each stage of the development process and the final product. Play a primary role in inspecting and evaluating product progress through each iteration.

The selected candidate should thrive in a fast-paced work environment with high expectations, significantly diverse assignments, collaborative/team settings across all levels.

Basic Qualifications for a Principal Systems Engineer are:

Bachelor's Degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) discipline preferred from an accredited university and 5 years of related experience, or a Master's Degree and 3 years of related experience, or 0 years of experience with a PhD.

Experience with Red Hat Enterprise Linux OS

Python experience or similar technology.

Have MDA system exposure experience.

Experience with Jupyter Notes or similar technology.

Proven communication skills (verbal and written) with a demonstrated ability to communicate at all levels (up/down/parallel)

Proven ability to build collaboration across organizations

Ability to interact effectively with and lead diverse teams

Full time onsite

A current active in-scope U.S. Government DoD Secret security clearance.

Preferred Qualifications:

Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS) domain experience (Long Range Discriminating Radar (LRDR), Aegis BMD, Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD), C2BMC, AN/TPY-2, SBX, THAAD, Patriot, SBIRS, etc.)

Agile Product Owner experience

Interface experience (knowledge of the phenomenology transferred to elements, at least GTISS knowledge)

Able to do technical briefing at high levels

Familiarity with BMD tech baseline products (E.g. BMD SDD, BMD SS), processes, and content

Experience developing performance requirements

Demonstrated project and team leadership experience

Proficiency with DOORS

Proficiency with an architecture modeling tool (e.g. System Architect, Rhapsody, Magic Draw)

Agile certifications (e.g. Product Owner, Scrum Master, SAFe, etc.)

* Current active in-scope U.S. Government DoD Top Secret security clearance.

Primary Level Salary Range: $108,800.00 - $163,200.00The 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.

Client-provided location(s): Huntsville, AL

Job ID: NorthropGrumman-R10218596

Employment Type: OTHER

Posted: 2026-01-09T19:49:14