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Principal Systems Engineer
Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation · 🇺🇸 United States-California-San Diego
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About the role
RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes CLEARANCE TYPE: Top Secret TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the Time Description 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. Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems is seeking a Principal Systems Engineer to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals within our Systems Engineering organization. This role is located in San Diego, CA . The candidate should be a self-starter with familiarity working in an Integrated Product Team (IPT) construct. Roles and Responsibilities will include: • Support System Requirements Review (SRR) and Preliminary Design Review (PDR) of new development projects • Work with a team of engineers on the development of system design, end-to-end traceability, data analyses, interface verification, and failure/anomaly resolution • Independently develop methods to automate processes and documentation associated with design and testing. • Develop and produce artifacts that support design reviews, systems integration, verification, and validation. • Attends and/or prepares materials for presentations for Engineering Design Reviews • Develop, mature, and coordinate software interfaces and requirements to support the design, development, and sustainment of integrated components of a large system across multiple contracts. • Host and attend working group and review board meetings and provide insight and technical approval as required. • Possess strong interpersonal and leadership skills with excellent communications skills to support coordination across IPTs and with external customers. • Support requirements decomposition and updates to requirements documents • Solicit feedback from stakeholders to refine lower level requirements • Strong critical thinking, verbal, and written communication skills are required for success in this role The selected candidate will be required to work full-time, on-site at our facility. There is no remote / hybrid / telework available for this position. Travel up to 25% may be required. We offer a 9/80 work schedule with every other Friday off, phenomenal learning opportunities, 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. Basic Qualifications • Must have a Bachelor of Science degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) field and 5 years of relevant military / professional experience, OR a Master of Science Degree in a STEM field and 3 years of relevant military / professional experience, OR a PhD in a STEM field and 1 year of relevant military / professional / academic experience. • Experience supporting Systems Engineering Milestones SRR, PDR and Critical Design Review (CDR) • Experience with the application and development of Interface Control artifacts and requirements in large systems. • Experience briefing technical presentations to stakeholders • Must have ability to obtain and maintain US Government Top Secret