Principal Software Systems Engineer/ Sr. Principal Software Systems Engineer Secret Clearance – Aircraft Mission Planning (AHT)

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Northrop Grumman Defense Systems is actively seeking Software Systems Engineers based out of Manhattan Beach, CA. This Engineer will support a mix of traditional systems engineering while also performing as a Product Owner for an Agile Scrum team. We are looking for a highly motivated individual with a strong ability to work in a collaborative fast-moving dynamic team environment that creates and supports state-of-the-art mission planning systems.

Responsibilities Include:

• Developing system and subsystem requirements from user mission needs and tracking requirements throughout the development process.
• Working closely with developers to ensure software satisfies requirements.
• Well versed in agile software development and performing collaboration between self-organizing cross-functional scrum teams.
• Participate in risk analysis and mitigation formation.
• Support program reviews and creating and/or updating requirement specifications and technical baseline documentation
• Support functional analysis, timeline analysis, detail trade studies, requirements allocation and interface definition studies to translate customer requirements into hardware and software specifications. 

Basic Qualifications Principal Systems Engineer:

• BS or higher degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Math (STEM), MIS, or related field
• 5+ years of experience, and significant direct experience in the field of Systems Engineering OR 3 years experience with a master’s degree in a related discipline.
  • Experience in Systems Engineering, e.g., CONOPS development, requirements analysis, decomposition and allocation, interface definition, and trade studies.
• Experience as a Systems Engineer on a software-based effort
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Have an active Secret Clearance, adjudicated within the last 5 years
• Ability to obtain and maintain Top Secret Clearance and Special Program Access

Basic Qualifications Sr. Principal Systems Engineer:

• BS or higher degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Math (STEM), MIS, or related field
• 8+ years of experience, and significant direct experience in the field of Systems Engineering OR 6 years experience with a master’s degree in a related discipline.
  • Experience in Systems Engineering, e.g., CONOPS development, requirements analysis, decomposition and allocation, interface definition, and trade studies.
• Experience as a Systems Engineer on a software-based effort
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Have an active Secret Clearance, adjudicated within the last 5 years
• Ability to obtain and maintain Top Secret Clearance and Special Program Access

Preferred Qualifications:

• Current DoD Top Secret Clearance
• Current SCI/SAP access
• Experience in an Agile/SAFe leadership role (Scrum Master, Product Owner, Release Train Engineer, e.g.)
• Experience with IA/Cybersecurity and industry platform hardening practices, such as DISA STIG Implementation
• Current DoD 8570 IAT Level II certification (such as, Security+)
• Experience with Cloud infrastructure technology such as Azure.
• Experience with containerization, including Docker and Kubernetes
• Exposure to Infrastructure as Code (IaC) development
• Experience with UI/UX development
• Experience with MBSE Tools
• Experience in scripting/programming languages such as Python, PowerShell, Visual Basic, .Net, Java, C, and C#
• Knowledge of military mission planning systems

Salary Range: $104,600 USD - $157,600 USD

Salary Range 2: $129,700 USD - $194,500 USD

Employees may be eligible for a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay. Annual bonuses are designed to reward individual contributions as well as allow employees to share in company results. Employees in Vice President or Director positions may be eligible for Long Term Incentives. In addition, Northrop Grumman provides a variety of benefits including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, savings plan, Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business.

The health and safety of our employees and their families is a top priority. The company encourages employees to remain up-to-date on their COVID-19 vaccinations. U.S. Northrop Grumman employees may be required, in the future, to be vaccinated or have an approved disability/medical or religious accommodation, pursuant to future court decisions and/or government action on the currently stayed federal contractor vaccine mandate under Executive Order 14042 https://www.saferfederalworkforce.gov/contractors/.

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