Systems Engineer - Level 2/3 - East Hartford

Northrop Grumman’s Space Sector is seeking a Systems Engineer – Level 2 or Level 3 to join our team in East Hartford, CT. This position is 100% onsite and cannot accommodate telecommute work.

While the preferred home location for this role is East Hartford, CT, highly qualified candidates currently based near Hanover, MD may be considered to sit at our Hanover, MD site.

Thermal, Optics, & Power Systems (TOPS) Operating Unit is a leading supplier of complex electro-optic and photonic systems, heat-pipe thermal systems and electronic power systems.

Reporting to the Structural Engineering Manager, the Systems Engineer will support the Optics product area under TOPS: Thermal heat pipes, opto-mechanical systems, and electrical power systems. We are seeking a Systems Engineer with deep Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) expertise, strong systems thinking, and the judgment, drive, and work ethic to help teams move faster and smarter. You will play a key role in enabling our engineers to make better decisions, reduce iteration cycles, and deliver high-confidence solutions.

This position will work a 9/80 schedule, with every other Friday off.

Job responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Lead MBSE architecture development for advanced concept and campaign efforts
• Translate high-level mission needs into coherent architectures, requirements, behaviors, interfaces, and traceable model artifacts
• Requirements Development & Management:
• Organize and define system level requirements, derive and allocate requirements to subsystems (performing or coordinating analyses as required), manage the requirements baseline in a relational database (such as DOORS), write clear requirement specifications, create Requirements Traceability and Verification Matrices (RTVMs), and collect the objective quality evidence (OQE) that verifies requirements are met.
• Modeling, Simulation & Analysis:
• Develop system modeling, simulation, analysis and trade study activities, system capability analysis, system performance/effectiveness analysis to ensure performance capabilities are consistent with mission requirements.
• Interface Development & Management:
• Identify external and internal interfaces, define parameters that characterize those interfaces (performing or coordinating analyses as required), develop interface control documents & deliverables, and participate in system architecture & design development to resolve interface issues and ensure interface compliance
• Collaborate across systems, software, hardware, integration, and mission teams to align technical solutions and execution
• Communicate complex technical ideas in clear, concise terms tailored to both engineering teams and senior leadership
• Conduct peer reviews of engineering work products to ensure quality, consistency, and technical integrity
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• Other duties as assigned

If this job description reads like it was written specifically for you, consider joining our team!

This position can be filled at either a Level 2 or Level 3.

Basic Qualifications for Level 2:

• Bachelor’s degree in a STEM field with 2 years of professional experience – OR – Master’s degree with 0 years of professional experience.   
• Must have the ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government Top-Secret security clearance
• Hands-on Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) experience on complex aerospace, defense, or advanced technology programs
• Demonstrated strength in system architecture, requirements analysis, interface definition, and technical decomposition of complex systems
• Analytical problem solver with strong technical abilities; results and deadline driven; excellent oral and written communication skills including presentation skills
• Proficient in MS Office software
• Ability to work independently with minimal direction while contributing effectively in a team environment

Basic Qualifications for Level 3:

• Bachelor’s degree in a STEM field with 5 years of professional experience – OR – Master’s degree with 3 years of professional experience – OR – PhD with 1 year of professional experience.   
• Must have the ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government Top-Secret security clearance
• Hands-on Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) experience on complex aerospace, defense, or advanced technology programs
• Demonstrated strength in system architecture, requirements analysis, interface definition, and technical decomposition of complex systems
• Analytical problem solver with strong technical abilities; results and deadline driven; excellent oral and written communication skills including presentation skills
• Proficient in MS Office software
• Ability to work independently with minimal direction while contributing effectively in a team environment

 Preferred Qualifications:  

• Advanced degree in Systems Engineering or related technical field.
• Experience supporting advanced development, campaign planning, or early-phase concept definition activities for Space applications
• Experience influencing technical direction across cross-functional teams.
• Demonstrated ability to solve hard problems with urgency, creativity, and discipline
• Experience with MBSE software tools (e.g. CATIA Magic/Cameo Modeler)
• Familiarity with digital engineering toolchains, model-based methods, and model-centric architecture development
• Active Top Secret security clearance

• Travel as required (10%)
• Ability to sit and/or stand for extended periods of times and light physical effort as required 

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