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Principal / Sr Principal Engineer Systems
Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation · 🇺🇸 United States-Oklahoma-Oklahoma City
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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. Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems has an opening for a Principal / Sr. Principal Systems Engineer to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals. This position will be located in Oklahoma City, OK . The Systems Engineer will be responsible for coordination and collaboration with diverse engineering design teams to provide imaginative, technical solutions to a wide range of challenging problems in the design, analysis, integration, and verification of the radar subsystem. The engineer will support establishing and managing the technical baseline in support of program review milestones and flight test. The position requires systems thinking and working knowledge of the full development life-cycle processes that acknowledge technical, schedule, and cost constraints. The candidate must exhibit strong leadership characteristics in coordinating with multiple teams and managing tasks. This position may be filled at the Principal or Sr. Principal Systems Engineer level. This position is contingent upon verification of DoD Secret clearance and obtainment of Special Access Program (SAP) clearance. Basic Qualifications: • Principal Systems Engineer (T3): • 5 years of experience with a STEM Bachelor’s degree in Systems Engineering or a related field; or • 3 years of experience with a STEM Master’s degree in Systems Engineering or a related field. • Sr. Principal Systems Engineer (T4): • 9 years of experience with a STEM Bachelor’s degree in Systems Engineering or a related field; or • 7 years of experience with a STEM Master’s degree in Systems Engineering or a related field. • Active DoD Secret security clearance with a background investigation date within 6 years. • Must have the ability to obtain and maintain Special Access Program (SAP) clearance. Preferred Qualifications: • Engineering degree in Electrical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or Engineering Physics ; advanced degree (Master’s or PhD) preferred. • Experience working on airborne military radar systems including performance analysis, mode development, and integration onto flight platforms. • Experience in developing, managing, and decomposing radar system and subsystem requirements, including allocation to hardware, software, and firmware. • Experience in radar system architecture and CONOPS development, including trade studies and end-to-end performance modeling. • Experience with model-based systems engineering (MBSE) , using SysML and tools such as Cameo or similar. • Experience in interface control document (ICD) development and integration for airborne platforms (sensor, avionics, and mission systems interfaces). • Proficiency with radar signal processing concepts (waveform design, pulse compression, Doppler processing, CFAR, beamforming) and tools such as MAT