Systems Engineer/Principal Systems Engineer - MBSE Pipeline (Melbourne, FL)

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems has an opening for a Systems Engineer/Principal Systems Engineer to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals. This position will be located in Melbourne, Florida.

This position is contingent upon funding and clearance and may be filled at either the System Engineer OR Principal System Engineer level.

The systems engineer is responsible for applying model-based systems engineering methodologies in coordination and collaboration with diverse engineering design teams to provide imaginative, technical solutions to a wide range of difficult problems in establishing and managing the technical baseline in support of review milestones for manned aircraft programs. The position requires systems thinking and working knowledge of the full development life-cycle processes that acknowledge technical, schedule, and cost constraints. Candidate must exhibit strong leadership characteristics in coordinating with multiple teams and managing tasks. The candidate may support a variety of systems engineering areas, including architecture development, requirements development, technical planning, system integration, verification and validation, cost and risk, and supportability and effectiveness analyses for total systems. Analyses are performed at all levels of total system product to include concept, design, fabrication, test, installation, operation, maintenance and disposal. Final assignments may be aligned with architecture development, requirements development, and/or systems integration into existing architecture models using model-based systems engineering methodologies.

Essential Functions include:

• Develop Architecture, CONOPS, and use cases using model-based systems engineering methodologies (Cameo/Rhapsody or similar tool).

• Integrate Cross-IPT (integrated product team) designs, models, and internal system interfaces into existing MBSE architectures.

• Capture analytical tool and workflows (analytical architectures) that contribute to the maturation of the program Digital Engineering Environment

• Perform systems functional analysis, timeline analysis, requirements allocation and interface definition studies to translate customer requirements into hardware and software specifications.

• Execution of trade studies to select from among multiple potential solutions.

• Management of requirements, include decomposition, allocation, verification, and validation.

Basic Qualifications:

• System Engineer: Bachelor of Science Degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) discipline from an accredited university with 2 years of experience in engineering; OR Master of Science Degree in STEM with 0 years of experience

• Principal System Engineer: Bachelor of Science Degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) discipline from an accredited university with 5 years of experience in engineering; OR a Master of Science Degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics discipline from an accredited university with 3 years of experience in engineering; OR PhD in a Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics discipline from an accredited university with 0 years of experience in engineering.

• Must have the ability to obtain and maintain DoD Secret Clearance prior to start.

• Must have the ability to obtain and maintain Special Access Program (SAP) clearance before establishing a start date (contingency).

• Experience working in systems engineering

Preferred Qualifications:

• Active U.S. Government DOD Secret security clearance, or higher

• Experience with Model Based Systems Engineering

• Applied knowledge of aircraft design

• Experience in the military aerospace development environment

• Experience with Cameo Magic Draw or another MBSE tool such as Rhapsody, • Sparx EA, and Enterprise Architect

• Experienced developing various DODAF view artifacts, especially Operational and functional viewpoints, using MBSE tools

• Experience in ICD development and integration

• Demonstrated communication and technical writing skills

• Proven ability to brief technical presentations to stakeholders

• Experience working on Agile development teams

• Experience with requirements management tools (e.g. DOORS)

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