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RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: No CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the Time Description At Northrop Grumman,

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RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: No

CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret

TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the Time

At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact people's lives around the world today, and for generations to come. Our pioneering and inventive spirit has enabled us to be at the forefront of many technological advancements in our nation's history - from the first flight across the Atlantic Ocean, to stealth bombers, to landing on the moon. We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage and a pioneering spirit to join forces to invent the future, and have fun along the way. Our culture thrives on intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity and bringing your whole self to work — and we have an insatiable drive to do what others think is impossible. Our employees are not only part of history, they're making history.

Responsibilities

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Provide technical leadership and coordination between engineering disciplines, program management, and external stakeholders to ensure an integrated solution.

Determine systems engineering tasks required for project planning and execution, communicate milestones and need dates to program leads.

Produce and maintain key systems engineering artifacts (Requirements specifications, ICDs, V&V matrices, logical/physical/functional architecture, and verification technical reports) in a model-based systems engineering environment (CAMEO).

Define and plan, testing activities in conjunction with propulsion engineering, including propulsion tests at the Elkton campus, Ronkonkoma campus, or external ranges.

Define and maintain a requirements decomposition strategy across subsystems and disciplines.

Lead requirements and architecture reviews (PDR, CDR-level artifacts) to ensure completeness, consistency, feasibility, and testability.

Requirements

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  • Bachelor’s degree in engineering or a STEM‑related discipline with at least 8 years of relevant experience, or master’s degree in engineering with at least 6 years of experience, or PhD in engineering with at least 4 years of experience. Experience performing systems engineering activities on technical programs (requirements, design, integration, or test).
  • Experience with requirements development and management, including writing clear, testable requirements and maintaining a requirements baseline
  • Experience establishing and maintaining requirements traceability (e.g., between stakeholder needs, system requirements, lower-level requirements, design, and test).
  • Familiarity working in an MBSE environment (SysML preferred) using tools such as Cameo/MagicDraw, Rhapsody, or similar, and integrating models with requirements (e.g., DOORS).
  • Experience supporting or leading technical reviews (e.g., SRR, PDR, CDR) or equivalent design/requirements reviews.
  • Experience developing or contributing to verification and validation (V&V) plans, including mapping requirements to verification methods (test, analysis, inspection, demonstration).
  • Demonstrated ability to work across multi-disciplinary engineering teams to resolve requirements and design issues.
  • Experience with at least one requirements management tool (e.g., DOORS, Jama, JIRA, or similar).
  • Demonstrated problem-solving and analytical skills, including ability to identify risks/issues and propose mitigations.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to clearly document technical information and present to stakeholders.
  • Ability to obtain a secret clearance, US citizenship is a pre-requisite
  • Experience with mechanical design of propulsion components or fluid or electrical systems (Solid rocket motors, valves, manifolds, ducts, thermal management hardware).
  • Experience with hands-on manufacturing.
  • Familiarity with the DoD Contracting process.
  • 2+ years of experience developing MBSE models (preferably with SysML).
  • Experience developing and executing subsystem-level verification and validation plans, including test requirements, test procedures, data review, and FMEAs. 
  • Experience coordinating and developing CDRLs and other contract deliverables.
  • Active secret or higher clearance

Primary Level Salary Range: $129,300.00 - $193,900.00

The 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.

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Sr Principal Engineer Systems