Principal/Senior Principal Engineer 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.

Northrop Grumman Defense Systems (NGDS), C4MD is looking for you to join our team as a Principal/Sr. Principal Engineer Systems based out of Huntsville, Alabama.

Responsibilities:

NGDS Engineer Systems perform 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. Ensure the logical and systematic conversion of customer or product requirements into total systems solutions that acknowledge technical, schedule, and cost constraints. Perform 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 Engineer Systems:

5 Years with Bachelors in Science; 3 Years with Masters; 0 Years with PhD.

Active Secret Clearance or ability to obtain one

Requirements and Interface definition experience

System analysis experience

Model-Based Systems Engineering experience

Design experience that resulted in implementation of an operational product; including the ability to make quick design decisions and produce design artifacts from which developers may write code

Excellent communication and collaboration skills; ability to coordinate with government and internal team members

Basic Qualifications Sr. Principal Engineer Systems:

9 Years with Bachelors in Science; 7 Years with Masters; 4 Years with PhD 

Active Secret Clearance or ability to obtain one

Requirements and Interface definition experience

System analysis experience

Model-Based Systems Engineering experience

Design experience that resulted in implementation of an operational product; including the ability to make quick design decisions and produce design artifacts from which developers may write code

Excellent communication and collaboration skills; ability to coordinate with government and internal team members

Preferred Qualifications:

Agile experience -- develop Concepts, Epics, Features

Technical experience with IAMD:  C2 with understanding of weapons, sensors, distributed computing and these systems' impact on a command and control system's architecture, requirements, and interfaces for communications between these systems

Cameo Experience

Salary Range: $95,100 USD - $142,700 USD

Salary Range 2: $117,900 USD - $176,900 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/.

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.