Systems Engineer - Level 4

Position Overview

At Northrop Grumman, our employees work on revolutionary systems that impact people's lives around the world. Northrop Grumman Space Systems – Launch and Missile Defense Systems is seeking a Sr. Principal Systems Engineer to support the Systems Engineering & Integration Team (SE&IT) program. In this role, you will develop systems engineering products that support the Missile Defense System Specification for the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) and work on key projects at a customer site in Huntsville, AL.

Key Responsibilities

• Perform model-based systems engineering (MBSE) functional and behavior analysis to defeat conventional and advanced threats.
• Participate in an MBSE environment to develop system-of-systems requirements through trade studies and analysis.
• Contribute to publishing change notices, updating requirements databases, architectural models, interface definitions, and DoDAF 2+ compliant design packages.
• Document analysis results in reports and deliver presentations/briefings for review by SC&R and National Team stakeholders.
• Lead small teams of engineers in the development of systems engineering products.
• Operate on a customer site at the Boeing Jetplex facility in Huntsville, AL.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in a STEM discipline with 8 years of related experience, or Master’s Degree with 6 years of related experience, or 4 years of related experience with a PhD.
• Strong experience with MSOSA (Cameo) and DOORS.
• Proven technical expertise in architecture development, functional decomposition, requirements development & allocation, and interface definition using system-modelling tools.
• In-depth knowledge of MBSE and the use of SysML to describe complex DoD system behaviors.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to work both independently and in team settings.
• Willingness to assume a technical leadership role and work on a customer site.
• Ability and willingness to travel up to 10% of the time.
• Applicants must hold a current active in-scope U.S. Government DoD issued Secret security clearance at the time of application.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience modeling or simulating missile defense applications or similar domains (e.g., air combat, air defense).
• Knowledge of ballistic and advanced threat systems (including aero-maneuvering, hypersonic, hyper-glide, countermeasures, etc.).
• Modeling and analysis experience in missile defense system aspects such as Aegis Weapons Systems, Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD), and related areas.
• Systems engineering experience with large, complex systems.

Benefits & Perks

• Compensation: Base salary range of $131,100.00 - $196,700.00, with potential for annual bonuses, overtime, and shift differential.
• Benefits: Health insurance, life and disability insurance, a savings plan, company-paid holidays, and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and personal business.
• Potential eligibility for long-term incentives for Vice President or Director positions.