Systems Engineer - Level 2/3 - East Hartford

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: No CLEARANCE TYPE: None 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’s Space Sector is seeking a Systems Engineer – Level 2 or Level 3 to join our team in East Hartford, CT. This position is 100% onsite and cannot accommodate telecommute work.   While the preferred home location for this role is East Hartford, CT, highly qualified candidates currently based near Hanover, MD may be considered to sit at our Hanover, MD site.    Thermal, Optics, & Power Systems (TOPS) Operating Unit is a leading supplier of complex electro-optic and photonic systems, heat-pipe thermal systems and electronic power systems. Reporting to the Structural Engineering Manager, the Systems Engineer will support the Optics product area under TOPS: Thermal heat pipes, opto-mechanical systems, and electrical power systems. We are seeking a Systems Engineer with deep Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) expertise, strong systems thinking, and the judgment, drive, and work ethic to help teams move faster and smarter. You will play a key role in enabling our engineers to make better decisions, reduce iteration cycles, and deliver high-confidence solutions.   This position will work a 9/80 schedule, with every other Friday off.   Job responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following: • Lead MBSE architecture development for advanced concept and campaign efforts • Translate high-level mission needs into coherent architectures, requirements, behaviors, interfaces, and traceable model artifacts • Requirements Development & Management: • Organize and define system level requirements, derive and allocate requirements to subsystems (performing or coordinating analyses as required), manage the requirements baseline in a relational database (such as DOORS), write clear requirement specifications, create Requirements Traceability and Verification Matrices (RTVMs), and collect the objective quality evidence (OQE) that verifies requirements are met. • Modeling, Simulation & Analysis: • Develop system modeling, simulation, analysis and trade study activities, system capability analysis, system performance/effectiveness analysis to ensure performance capabilities are consistent with mission requirements. • Interface Development & Management: • Identify external and internal interfaces, define parameters that characterize those interfaces (performing or coordinating analyses as required), develop interface control documents & deliverables, and participate in system architecture & design development to resolve interface issues and ensure interface compliance • Collaborate across systems, software, hardware, integration, and mission teams to align technical solutions and execution • Communicate complex technical ideas in clear, concise terms tailored to both engineering teams and senior leadership • Conduct peer reviews of engineering work products to ensure quality, c