Level 2/3 R&V Systems Engineer - AISR&T Contingent
Quick Summary
eliciting, analyzing, documenting, and managing system and subsystem requirements for mission critical airborne ISR and tactical systems.
Responsibilities
~1 min read- →Lead and perform requirements engineering activities across the full lifecycle (decomposition, analysis, documentation, allocation, traceability, change management, verification, and validation).
- →Work directly with customers, program leadership, and technical teams to capture and clarify operational concepts, use cases, and stakeholder needs.
- →Develop and maintain system and subsystem requirements specifications, interface control documents (ICDs), and related engineering artifacts.
- →Establish and maintain bidirectional traceability between stakeholder requirements, system requirements, design elements, and test cases in the chosen requirements management tools.
- →Support architecture and design efforts by ensuring requirements are well structured, testable, and aligned to program constraints and objectives.
- →Drive requirements baselining and change control processes; assess the impact of requirement changes on cost, schedule, and technical performance.
- →Collaborate with test and integration teams to define verification methods (analysis, test, inspection, demonstration) and ensure requirements are fully verified and validated.
Requirements
~3 min readAs a Level 2 Engineer:
Must have a Bachelors of Science degree in a STEM field and at least 2 years of relevant military / professional experience, OR a Master's Degree in a STEM field and at least some of relevant military / professional / academic experience
As a Level 3 Principal Engineer:
Must have a Bachelors of Science degree in a STEM field and at least 5 years of relevant military / professional experience, OR a Master's Degree in a STEM field and at least 3 years of relevant military / professional experience, OR a PhD and at least 1 year of relevant military / professional / academic experience
As an Engineer at Either Level:
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).
- Experience on airborne ISR, mission systems, or tactical communications programs.
- Hands on experience defining and managing requirements for complex, multi disciplinary systems (software, hardware, network, and integration).
- Experience with Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) approaches and tools.
- Familiarity with government or industry standards relevant to AISR&T (e.g., MIL STDs, interface standards, security/cyber requirements).
- Familiarity with requirements management tools (e.g., DOORS, DOORS Next, Jama, Cameo/MBSE) and standard requirements practices.
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Primary Level Salary Range: $91,800.00 - $137,600.00Secondary 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.Location & Eligibility
About this job
- Posted
- 37 days ago
Listing Details
- Posted
- September 9, 2026
- First seen
- October 5, 2026
- Last seen
- October 16, 2026
Posting Health
- Days active
- 10
- Repost count
- 0
- Trust Level
- 14%
- Scored at
- October 16, 2026
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