Principal/Systems Engineer (PGS Space Systems)

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.

The Payload and Ground Systems organization within the Northrop Grumman Space Systems pushes the boundaries of innovation, redefines engineering capabilities, and drives advances in various sciences. Our team is chartered with providing the skills, innovative technologies to develop, design, produce and sustain optimized product lines across the sector while providing a decisive advantage to the warfighter. Come be a part of our mission!

We offer phenomenal learning opportunities, exposure to a wide variety of projects and customers, and a very friendly collaborative workplace. We are looking for self-motivated, proactive, and goal-oriented people to help us grow our services and become even better at what we do. Does this sound like you?

Our diverse portfolio of programs means there are endless paths to cultivate your career. We are well-known for our inclusive environment, as well as our excellent work/life balance. We also offer exceptional benefits/healthcare, a 9/80 schedule, and a great 401K matching program.

We have an opening for either a Systems Engineer or a Principal Systems Engineer to join our talented, diverse team. We are seeking a team member who wants to solve interesting, complex problems to help protect our nation. We are a trusted mission payload and ground system provider with extensive experience providing end-to-end mission solutions from concept through operations and support. The team you will support is located at our Space Park campus in Redondo Beach, CA.

What you’ll get to do?

As a Systems Engineer on this team, you will support a very fast-moving team to help design, model, and develop the ground system for the Space Development Agency’s (SDA) low earth orbit constellation for SDA’s Tranche 1 constellation. The constellation is a mesh network of 126 optically-interconnected SVs that will provide a resilient, low-latency, high-volume data transport communications system that will be launched starting in September 2024. In this role, you will be interacting with the customer, other stakeholders, and leadership to define and maintain the technical baseline. Ultimately, it is your responsibility to support the program through maturity and milestones to achieve the mission and overall vision. SDA’s vision is to deliver a minimum viable product on time, every two years to the warfighter by employing spiral development methods.

Core Responsibilities:

• Perform system analysis, requirements analysis, and functional analysis
• Develop software & hardware specifications for the ground segment
• Develop models to include logical/physical/functional diagrams to support Model-Based Engineering (MBSE) efforts
• Work independently and across multi-disciplined/multi-site teams to architect, model and analyze the ground system against customer requirements
• Demonstrate a Systems thinking mindset
• Be capable of understanding a complex problem, developing an approach to solve it and documenting that approach to implement
• Participate/Lead and coordinate preparation, conduct and close out for internal and external customer reviews (PDR, CDR)

This requisition may be filled at a higher grade based on qualifications listed below.

Basic Qualifications for Systems Engineer:

• Bachelor's degree in STEM with 2 years of relevant experience, or a Master's degree in STEM
• Ability to obtain and maintain DoD security clearance
• Knowledge of systems engineering principles and processes
• Knowledge of Systems Architecture
• Knowledge of MBSE (CAMEO, Sysml, UML, DODAF)
• Knowledge of Requirements and Verification & Validation Activities
• Knowledge of DOORS

Basic Qualifications for Principal Systems Engineer:

• Bachelor's degree in STEM with 5 years of relevant experience, or a Master's degree in STEM with 3 years of relevant experience
• Ability to obtain and maintain DoD security clearance
• Knowledge of systems engineering principles and processes
• Knowledge of Systems Architecture
• Knowledge of MBSE (CAMEO, Sysml, UML, DODAF)
• Knowledge of Requirements and Verification & Validation Activities
• Knowledge of DOORS

Preferred Qualifications

• Certificate or advanced degree in Systems Engineering
• Active DoD TS/SSBI clearance
• Certificate in SysML and/or DODAF
• DOORS experience including automation (DXL)
• Experience with generating customer-delivered DODAF views
• Experience with modeling cyber-physical (hardware & software) solutions
• Experience in an Agile modeling environment

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Northrop Grumman is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class. For our complete EEO/AA and Pay Transparency statement, please visit http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO. U.S. Citizenship is required for most positions.