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Sr Principal Systems Engineer (Lead Integrator)

In Person (San Diego, California, United States of America)
Full Time
$133,000 – $199,600

Location:
San Diego, California, United States of America

About Northrop Grumman

Northrop Grumman solves the toughest problems in space, aeronautics, defense and cyberspace to meet the ever-evolving needs of our customers worldwide. Our 90,000 employees are Defining Possible every day using science, technology and engineering to create and deliver advanced systems, products and services. Northrop Grumman careers and internships are as varied as your interests, with a lifetime of potential that will allow you to work together with people from many backgrounds, personal passions and disciplines.

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems has an opening for a Sr Principal Systems Engineer (Lead Integrator) to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals within our Systems Engineering organization. This position is located in San Diego, CA. Position will require on-site work. In this role you will execute system engineering tasking across the entire lifecycle of a system including the development and integration of new capabilities on the MQ-4C Triton platform.  This role will entail leadership of a cradle-to-grave integration and leadership across all Systems Engineering disciplines including requirements development, use case development, capability (hardware and software) development, integration planning, lab integration, test planning, formal test, verification and fielded test and mission support.

Essential Functions:

•             Lead cross-IPT development of system level requirements and use cases

•             Implement requirements verification methodology and traceability

•             Lead development of interface definitions and integration plans

•             Conduct formal integration and support capabilities-based system level testing of fully integrated complex software and hardware subsystems

•             Evaluate integration and test anomalies and assist disposition and correction of issues as found

•             Perform requirements verification and selloff

•             Provide support to flight test and fielded assets

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Basic Qualifications:

•             BS degree in a STEM discipline with 9 years engineering experience; MS degree in STEM discipline with 7 years engineering experience; PhD degree in a STEM discipline with 5 years of engineering experience

•             Experience with Systems Engineering V-Model of development including leadership of Systems Engineering Technical Review (SETR) events

•             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 full lifecycle of Systems Engineering, including requirements decomposition, test planning, and requirements verification

•             Experience with formal requirement verification and decomposition

•             Experience with test procedure development for verification of requirements

•             Experience in ICD development and integration

Preferred Qualifications:

•             Programming Skills in C/C++/Python/VBA

•             Familiarity with Triton architecture and interface control documentation

•             Experience supporting field operations including maintenance and mission support

•             Familiarity with Systems Engineering and Design processes

•             Experience with root cause investigations, fielded issue investigation, and operational missions.

•             Working knowledge of DOORS, CAMEO, Atlassian tools (Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket)

•             Familiarity with TeamCenter PLC and JIRA/Confluence

•             Ability to develop task specific test tools

•             Demonstrated communication and technical writing skills

•             Active TS/SCI clearance

BENEFITS STATEMENT

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.

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!