Principal Engineer Systems Architect

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: No 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. Northrop Grumman Defense Systems designs, builds and delivers space, defense and aviation-related systems to customers around the world. Our products include launch vehicles, propulsion systems, missile products, subsystems and defense electronics, precision weapons, armament systems and ammunition, satellites and space components and services, and advanced aerospace structures.   Northrop Grumman Defense Systems is seeking a Principal Systems Engineer Architect  to work at our Missile Products Division in Plymouth, MN. The ideal candidate will have leadership abilities, an intense desire to learn, and experience working in an engineering environment.    Job Summary:    The successful candidate, as part of an IPT environment, will participate or lead the development and implementation of complex system designs using Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) methodologies. The candidate will apply SysML to create comprehensive system models, facilitating analysis, simulation, and verification throughout the system lifecycle, ensuring robust and efficient system development. Model-based tasks include functional analysis, timeline analysis, detail trade studies, requirements management and allocation studies including distribution to hardware and software, interface definition, proposal writing and bidding, and management of recurring product cost and program risk.    This position will support the following key activities and responsibilities:  • Coordination of Systems Engineering activities with project management, project leads and engineers, and functional management.  • Develop and maintain system models using SysML to capture system architecture, requirements, behavior, and interfaces. Ensure system development models and requirements are consistent with MBSE pillar and domain framework. • Conduct system analysis through simulations and model-based evaluations to confirm the design approach and characterize system performance. • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate system models with other engineering disciplines, ensuring consistency and traceability. • Translate complex system requirements into executable models, facilitating verification and validation activities. • Communicate technical insights from system models to stakeholders, including presenting analysis results and recommendations. • Create and manage requirements, generate specifications while working closely with internal and external customers. • Preparation and presentation of materials for various System Engineering Technical Reviews, Technical Interchange Meetings and other formal program reviews.  • Prepare trade studies, system sensitivity studies, design optimization studies, system performance assessments, system design assessments & other analyses to support requirements, development and design a