Sentinel - System Deployment Capability Lead Systems Engineer 4

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Northrop Grumman Defense Systems is seeking a System Deployment Capability Lead Sr. Principal Systems Engineer – Level 4) to join the team located in Roy UT, Bellevue NE, Huntsville, AL, Colorado Springs, or Manhattan Beach, CA in support of the Sentinel program.  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. 

The selected engineer will join the Command Systems team leading activities including requirements definition / allocation, functional decomposition, interface definition, verification & validation, and requirements traceability across the ground segment of the Sentinel Weapon System.

Specific duties to include, but are not limited to the following:

• →Lead a small team of systems engineers to develop systems engineering artifacts across Logistics, PM&P, RAM-C, System Safety, and Human Factors specialty threads
• →Work with both technical teams and stakeholders to develop and mature allocation of compliance requirements to prioritize life-cycle and sustainability costs supporting life-cycle cost model maturation
• →Help develop and incorporate the appropriate requirements for the system and ensure that they are properly represented in the model.
• →Develop systems architecture using Cameo Enterprise Architecture (behavioral, structural, analytical).
• →Contribute to system requirements development, management, and analysis.
• →Develop unifying model techniques, procedures, and processes (for model development, tool integration, and team integration).

• Bachelor's degree in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) with 8 years of experience; or master’s degree with 6 years of experience; or PhD with 4 years of experience
• Must be a US Citizen with an active DoD Secret Clearance, at time of application, current and within scope, with an investigation date within the last 6 years. 
• Must have the ability to obtain Special Access Program (SAP) approval within a reasonable period, as determined by the company to meet its business needs. 
• 2+ years of experience with requirements management/analysis/allocations
• 2+ years of experience with Model-Based Engineering / Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBE/MBSE) practices, languages and/or tools such as Cameo, Rhapsody or MagicDraw
• 2+ years of experience with one or more of the following: Command & Control (C2), physical security, cybersecurity, Nuclear Command, Control, and Communications (NC3) systems/processes, communications systems, facility design, military aerospace development (e.g. Sentinel, Minute Man III, B-2, B-21 delivery systems)

• Active DoD Top Secret Clearance
• Demonstrated understanding of the Systems Engineering Vee Model
• 3+ years of experience in model-based systems engineering; thread-based system decomposition, requirements engineering, system modeling in SysML
• Experience in documenting Interface Control Documents, Interface Requirement Specifications, and Interface Description Documents
• Understanding of Object-Oriented Systems Engineering Methodology and systems thinking
• Excellent collaboration skills and experience working across product, design, and systems engineering teams with various stakeholder communities
• Demonstrated understanding of missile range safety requirements (AFSPCMAN 91-710). Deep technical understanding of Hazards of Electromagnetic Radiation to Ordnance (HERO), as well as the engineering requirements forFlight Termination Systems (FTS) and Command Destruct ground subsystems
• Proven experience leading Reliability, Availability, Maintainability, and Cost (RAM-C) engineering efforts for distributed systems, including defining Failure Mode, Effects, and Criticality Analysis (FMECA) and Level of Repair Analysis (LORA)
• Advanced expertise in Human Factors Engineering (HFE) compliance, specifically regarding user-interface design, workload modeling, and situational awareness for operators in launch control or command facilities
• Direct experience authoring and enforcing Program Protection Plans (PPP), identifying Critical Program Information (CPI), and implementing anti-tamper and supply chain risk mitigations
• Experience with ICBM weapon system engineering and integration
• Experience with complex system development on large programs

As a full-time employee of Northrop Grumman, you are eligible for our robust benefits package including:
- Medical, Dental & Vision coverage
- 401k
- Educational Assistance
- Life Insurance
- Employee Assistance Programs & Work/Life Solutions
- Paid Time Off
- Health & Wellness Resources
- Employee Discounts

This position’s standard work schedule is 9/80. The 9/80 schedule allows employees who work a nine-hour day Monday through Thursday to take every other Friday off.