The Payload and Ground Systems organization within the Northrop Grumman Space Systems pushes the boundaries of innovation, redefines engineering capabilities, and drives advances in various sciences. Our team is chartered with providing the skills, innovative technologies to develop, design, produce and sustain optimized product lines across the sector while providing a decisive advantage to the warfighter. Come be a part of our mission.

As a Sr. Principal Systems Engineer, you will be developing systems using current technologies and others yet to come. We are seeking team members who have a thirst for knowledge, approach each day with optimism, and have a relentless drive to solve complex problems. Creativity and innovation are imperative for this role, because at Northrop Grumman, many of the problems we work on are impossible… until they’re not. This position will be based in our Colorado Springs facility.

The Engineering organization pushes the boundaries of innovation, redefines engineering capabilities, and drives advances in various sciences. Our team is chartered with providing the skills, innovative technologies to develop, design, produce and sustain optimized product lines across the sector while providing a decisive advantage to the warfighter. Come be a part of our mission!

What you’ll get to do:

• Develop and Implement an overarching system test program to integrate and test a new large scale ground based radar.
• Develop testcases to verify Space Domain Awareness (SDA) mission requirements and technical performance criteria.
• Work with Government test communities on testcase development to support DT&E/OT&E.
• Work in collaboration with IPTs support, oversee Sub-System to System Level testing
• Develop and oversee radar subsystem integration plans, procedures and scenarios used in the conduct of software/hardware system integration & test
• Establish milestones and monitor adherence to defined master plans and schedules, identify program risks and obtain solutions to include allocation of resources
• Identify and implement system test solutions in accordance with project technical, schedule and cost constraints
• Lead system/element level test planning and test readiness reviews
• Coordinate integrated test activities and resolve conflicts across multiple subsystem test schedules and suppliers
• Review test requirements and methodologies in the requirements management system
• Review system engineer documentation to ensure test plans and methodologies meet system needs and are accurate, comprehensive, consistent and complete
• Participate in engineering peer reviews as a document originator or reviewer to ensure technical quality and engineering rigor is appropriate

The successful candidate will have excellent written and verbal communications skills, as well as strong problem solving and analytical skills. They will have the ability to work in a dynamic, fast paced, team-oriented environment and be a self-starter, efficient in achieving goals and proactive in pursuing subsequent tasks.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in a STEM discipline with 8 years of relevant work experience; 6 years with a Master's degree; 4 years with a PhD
• Active DoD Secret clearance at time of application
• Experience with large scale software/hardware develop, integration and test
• Experience with Systems Engineering, Integration and Test processes and documentation
• Experience working as part of an Integration and Test team across multiple HW disciplines
• Experience in using a requirements management tool, such as DOORS
• Experience in using a discrepancy management tool, such as Jira, Bugzilla, etc.
• Formal Experience leading technical teams - this candidate will directly support the System & Integration Test Lead as support other SEIT technical leaders.
• Up to 50% travel CONUS/OCONUS is required

Preferred Qualifications:

• Familiar with basic principles and theory of radar operation and electromagnetics and Radio Frequency (RF) propagation
• Experienced with the design, analysis,  architecture development, or test of radar and Radio Frequency (RF) systems
• Experienced with System and HW integration activities of large ground-based systems
• Experienced with ground based radar system design, analysis, and test
• Familiarity or experience with Agile development methodologies, i.e. Scrum, Kanban, SAFe
• Experience in with Unix/Linux operating systems