Sentinel - Principal/Sr Principal System Engineer (16703)
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RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the Time Description At Northrop Grumman,
Join Northrop Grumman on our continued mission to push the boundaries of possible across land, sea, air, space, and cyberspace. Enjoy a culture where your voice is valued and start contributing to our team of passionate professionals providing real-life solutions to our world’s biggest challenges. We take pride in creating purposeful work and allowing our employees to grow and achieve their goals every day by Defining Possible. With our competitive pay and comprehensive benefits, we have the right opportunities to fit your life and launch your career today.
Northrop Grumman Defense Systems is seeking a Principal Systems Engineer or Sr. Principal Mechanical Engineer to join our team. This position will be located at Roy, UT to support the Sentinel (GBSD) program in the Strategic Deterrent Systems (SDS) Division. Northrop Grumman supports the Air Force’s sustainment, development, production and deployment of hardware and system modifications for Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) Ground and Airborne Launch Control Systems, Launch Facilities and associated infrastructure. This position may be filled at a higher level based on qualifications below.
Responsibilities
~1 min read- →Performs technical planning, system integration, verification and validation, cost and risk, and supportability and effectiveness analyses for Support Equipment
- →Work with Design, Integrated Logistics Support, Specialty Engineering, and project management in development of Support Equipment for mission operational system on the Sentinel program to apply concepts and practices to Support Equipment.
- →Analysis and perform Model Based System Engineering (MBSE) for Support Equipment Architecture development.
- →Perform analyses at all levels of product lifecycle to include concept, design, fabrication, test, installation, operation, maintenance and disposal.
- →Ensures the logical and systematic conversion of customer or product requirements as applicable to support equipment and total systems solutions that acknowledge technical, schedule, and cost constraints.
- →Performs functional analysis, timeline analysis, detail trade studies, requirements allocation and interface definition studies to translate customer requirements into support equipment specifications using DOORS.
- →Develops Architectural framework products using CAMEO MBSE product toolsets.
- →Ensure support equipment requirements, architecture, and designs integrate with technical needs of the Sentinel program.
Requirements
~2 min readThis position may be filled at a Principal level or Sr. Principal Systems Engineer level
- Requires a bachelor’s degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) discipline from an accredited university with 5 years of related experience; a master’s degree with 3 years of related experience; or a PhD with 2 years (Sr. Principal level requires 8 years with a bachelor's; or 6 years with a master's; or 4 years with a PhD)
- Must be a US Citizen with an active U.S. Government Secret Security Clearance, at time of application, current and within scope, with an investigation date within the last 6 years
- Must have the ability to obtain and maintain Top Secret Clearance and Special Access Program (SAP) approval within a reasonable period of time, as determined by the company to meet its business needs
- Requires 1 year of experience in Systems architecture development
- Requires 2 years of experience in Model Based System Engineering (MBSE) Tools (Cameo, Magic Draw, Rhapsody or similar)
- Requires 2 years of experience with Requirements management tools (DOORS, for example)
- Demonstrated work history of performing analysis at all levels of product lifecycle to include concept, design, fabrication, test, installation, operation, maintenance and disposal
- Solid understanding/Experience in System Engineering (SE) process, including SE experience across multiple levels of integration
- Experience with the following tools: CAMEO, DOORS, Confluence, and JIRA
- Experience developing/maintaining Peculiar (PSE) and Common (CSE) Support Equipment
- Experience leading technical teams in large scale aerospace/defense projects
- 3 year experience in Systems architecture development
- Hard working, motivated, and independent worker
- Excellent communication skills and people skills
- Excellent critical thinking and personal organizational skills
What We Offer
~2 min readAs a full-time employee of Northrop Grumman Defense Systems, you are eligible for our robust benefits package including:
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About this job
- Pay per year
- $98,400–$147,600 a year
- 80% above the $68,266 median for Other jobs on Jobera (138,129 salaries).
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