Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems is looking for well qualified Sr. Principal Systems Engineers to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals within our Systems Engineering organization. This position is located in San Diego, CA.

The selected candidate will be responsible for coordination and collaboration with diverse engineering design teams to provide imaginative, technical solutions to a wide range of difficult problems in establishing and managing the technical baseline in support of programmatic milestones. The selected candidate will assume an IFC lead role as part of the Systems Engineering Integration (SEI) team on the RQ-4 Enterprise. As part of day-to-day operations, the selected candidate will interface with various engineering functions and suppliers both internal and external to Northrop Grumman.

The position requires system thinking and extensive knowledge of development life-cycle processes.  Candidate must exhibit strong communication skills (written and oral) and support coordination cross-IPT toward the goal of an operationally validated integrated system.

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We offer flexible work arrangements, 9/80 work schedule with every other Friday off, phenomenal learning opportunities, exposure to a wide variety of projects and customers, and a very friendly team environment. We are looking for self-motivated, proactive, and goal-oriented people to help us grow our services and become even better at what we do.

Educational assistance is available to employees who want to continue to learn and develop skills/knowledge.

Our educational assistance program supports employee development by providing resources such as:

• Free Education Advice: Call 855-222-2398 to speak with an experienced advisor to tailor an educational program to your career goals and needs.
• Tuition Savings at Accredited Schools: Access a network of accredited schools in a variety of locations (and online) to take advantage of reduced tuition costs and waived fees.
• Our Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) provide benefits for the member, our leaders and the company. Our ERGs offer opportunities to be a friend, be active, be a volunteer, be a leader, to be recognized and to be yourself. Every ERG is inclusive of all employees

Essential Functions:

• Lead investigations to find root cause with regards to issues found in the field
• Evaluate anomalies, and assist with the disposition and correction of issues as found
• Evaluate software/logic-related findings in the field though the utilization of the lab environment
• Direct interaction with the customer with understanding their mission needs and flowing that information back to the engineering and leadership team.
• Brief the fielded team/on-site personnel as well as the internal engineering/leadership team on the background of each anomaly and provide the next steps to worth towards closure.
• Provide support to flight test and fielded assets

Basic Qualifications:

• BS degree in a STEM discipline with 8 years engineering experience; MS degree in STEM discipline with 6 years engineering experience; PhD degree in a STEM discipline with 5 years of engineering experience
• An active DoD Secret Clearance
• Must have ability to obtain and maintain Program Access (PAR) within a reasonable period of time, as determined by the company to meet its business needs.
• Experience in ICD development and integration
• Experience in integrating hardware and software in a lab environment
• Experience with briefing the customer and senior leadership
• Experience with root cause investigations

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in full lifecycle of Systems Engineering, including requirements decomposition, test planning, and requirements verification
• Experience with Field Service Action Requests
• Experience with USAF programs
• Experience with formal requirement verification and decomposition
• Programming Skills in C/C++/Python/VBA
• Experience supporting field operations including maintenance and mission support
• Experience with fielded issues investigation
• Working knowledge of Atlassian tools (Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket)
• Demonstrated communication and technical writing skills
• Active TS/SCI clearance