Sentinel (GBSD) Principal Systems Engineer / Sr Principal Systems Engineer (7614)

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.

Embark on a career putting innovative, reliable, and agile products and ideas into orbit, and beyond. Northrop Grumman has opportunities waiting for you that play a vital role in human space exploration, national defense, and scientific discovery, supporting multiple programs across the universe. With us, you’ll discover a culture of curiosity and collaboration that will have you Defining Possible from the day you start. Our space systems connect and protect millions of people on earth every day, now and for the future. Explore your future and launch your career today.

Northrop Grumman Space Systems is seeking a Principal / Senior Principal Systems Engineer. This position will be located in Roy, UT and will support the Sentinel/Ground Based Strategic Deterrent (GBSD) program. This requisition may be filled at a higher grade based on qualifications listed below.

What you’ll get to do: 

• Develop and report metrics on engineering design readiness.
• Work with multiple Integrated Product Teams (IPTs) to understand the metrics and improve the product.
• Maintain the integrity of the requirements database through governance.
• Work with tools to extract and report data from our databases to leadership and customers.
• Identifying gaps within our processes to enable stakeholders to fix issues.
• Brief status regularly to key stakeholders.
• Develop processes related to governance and discover ways to automate metrics being pulled from various databases.

Position Benefits:

As a full-time employee of Northrop Grumman Space Systems, you are eligible for our robust benefits package including:

• Medical, Dental & Vision coverage
• 401k
• Educational Assistance
• Life Insurance
• Employee Assistance Programs & Work/Life Solutions
• Paid Time Off
• Health & Wellness Resources
• Employee Discounts 

This position’s standard work schedule is a 9/80A. The 9/80 schedule allows employees who work a nine-hour day Monday through Thursday to take every other Friday off. This role may offer a competitive relocation assistance package.

Basic Qualifications:

This requisition may be filled at either a Principal level or level Sr. Principal level.

• Bachelor's degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) discipline
• A minimum 5 years of related engineering experience with a Bachelor’s degree; 3 years with a Master’s; or 0 years with PhD. (Sr. Principal level requires 9 years with a Bachelor’s degree; 7 years with a Master’s degree; or 4 years with a PhD)
• U.S. Citizenship with an active DoD Secret Clearance with an investigation date within the last 6 years
• Ability to obtain Special Access Program Clearance
• Minimum 3 years utilizing Systems Engineering skills
• Minimum 1 year of experience with Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) and Requirement management
• Experience with Dynamic Object-Oriented Requirement System (DOORS)

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with ICBM programs
• Extensive MBSE experience (3+ years)
• Experience with CAMEO, Tableau, Microsoft SQL Server  tools
• Experience with software languages (C+, python, DXL,  other related languages) -  DXL is the DOORS script language
• Experience with Agile Developments
• Experience developing procedures
• Good leadership and communication skills with the ability to brief Segment, Program and Customer leadership

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Salary Range: $90,400 USD - $135,600 USD

Salary Range 2: $112,000 USD - $168,000 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.