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Sr Principal Engineer Systems - Level 4
Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation · 🇺🇸 United States-California-Redondo Beach
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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. *This position is contingent upon final clearances and program access(es) within a reasonable period of time as determined by the company. Continued employment thereafter will be subject to maintenance of the level of clearance and program access required for the position in the future. We are looking for a Systems Engineering cross-functional contributor to join the NGP Ground program. The person in this role will have the opportunity to contribute to multiple systems engineering disciplines. They will provide critical review and signoff on verification evidence in DOORs. This includes reviewing test procedures, test and demo evidence from RFRs, analysis reports, and developing verification summaries in DOORs. You will also develop tests to verify requirements. The tests will be run formally and be witnessed by the customer. CDRL deliveries are part of both efforts. This person will be supporting the product vision and statement of work, ensuring that the products meet timely deliveries, providing direct support to the R&V Lead. Responsibilities include: • Reviewing I&T Tests from a Requirements & Verification perspective, ensuring that evidence supports requirements verification • Ensure that formal test evidence against requirements to prepare for signoff • Partner with subject matter experts and technology experts to execute the systems engineering statement of work • Prepare Contractual documents and work products for delivery • Work cross functionally with other teams to execute the product strategy and roadmap • Help to manage product backlog, iteration planning and elaboration of user stories • Contribute to Verification development and maturity. Coordinate closely with SMEs to ensure that Verification development meets delivery with corresponding content Basic Qualifications: • 8 Years with Bachelors in STEM Degree; 6 Years with Masters in STEM Degree; 4 Years with PhD in STEM Degree • Active DOD Secret Clearance • Able to support 100% on-site in Space Park Redondo Beach • Previous experience with R&V evidence review • Experience in using and making updates in DOORs • Experience in writing software verification procedures • Has experience reviewing application and system logs for content • Requirements development experience - Developed requirements object text, and VCRM fields Preferred Qualifications: • Active TS/SCI Clearance • Eagle-3 Bus experience • Cornerstone Software experience • Python scripting experience • Robot Framework scripting experience Curious about all the exciting developments with the Northrop Grumman Space Sector? Click the link below: https://www.northropgrumman.com/space . Working at Northrop Grumman is more than just a paycheck. We offer a comprehensive Total Rewards and benefits package designed to help you thrive at work and in li