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Principal/Sr. Principal Systems Engineer (19982)
Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation · 🇺🇸 United States-Alabama-Huntsville
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About the role
RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes CLEARANCE TYPE: 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. Join Northrop Grumman on our continued mission to push the boundaries of possible across land, sea, air, space, and cyberspace. Enjoy a culture where your voice is valued and start contributing to our team of passionate professionals providing real-life solutions to our world’s biggest challenges. We take pride in creating purposeful work and allowing our employees to grow and achieve their goals every day by Defining Possible. With our competitive pay and comprehensive benefits, we have the right opportunities to fit your life and launch your career today. Northrop Grumman Defense Systems in the Strategic Deterrent Systems (SDS) Division is seeking a Principal or Sr. Principal Product Support Systems Engineer. This position will support the Nuclear-Armed Sea-Launched Cruise Missile (SLCM-N) program in Huntsville, AL. This position will be responsible for providing support in the areas of preliminary design, proposal development, and technology maturation. This position may be filled at a higher level based on qualifications below. Roles and Responsibilities • Provide technical contributions to a growing SLCM-N team for the Technology Maturation and Risk Reduction (TMRR) phase of new tactical deterrence system in the areas of cruise missiles and support systems/subsystems. • Develop requirements for system manufacturability and maintainability for the flight vehicle and provide technical oversight for avionics, propulsion and/or airframe production, with an emphasis on efficiency, quality, and minimizing impacts to Navy operations. • Contribute to trade studies, architecture development, and system engineering, including producibility and affordability design influence, to produce a conceptual weapon system designs that meet potential customers' performance, cost, schedule, and risk thresholds while informing them of the surrounding design space for capability considerations, especially capability versus life cycle and cost versus technical availability date. • Contribute to identification, assessment, and tracking of technology roadmap and associated existing or developing support system capability gaps to feed technology development and conceptual design process. • Lead development of technical proposal volumes, including system architecture descriptions, CONOPS, risk assessments, and technical baseline definition for a TMRR-phase program • Support creation of compliant, compelling responses to RFP/RFS requirements • Demonstrate a commitment to ethics and integrity, and the capability to innovate while challenging traditional ways of doing business • Operate in an advanced design environment and collaborate across the Division and Suppliers as required to accomplish the team goals • Transition innovative solutions, technologies, and advanced concepts for US deterrence interests t