Sentinel (GBSD) Cyber Systems Engineer/Principal Engineer – Program Protection – 7462 7463

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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 Systems Engineer. This position will be located in Roy, UT and will support the Ground Based Strategic Deterrent (GBSD) program. This role may offer a competitive relocation assistance package. This requisition may be filled at a higher grade based on qualifications listed below.

What you’ll get to do:

The Mission Defense Team (MDT) is seeking a highly motivated and qualified Cyber engineer to serve as a Program Protection Systems Engineer, Level 2 or 3. You will be responsible for assessing and prioritizing a broad spectrum of security threats. Key protection activities will involve intelligence fusion, vendor research, trusted foundry, program protection, anti-counterfeit, and supply chain security.

Additional Responsibilities include:

Develop, implement, and flow down hardware assurance requirements, and monitor to ensure implementation of hardware assurance

Assessment and analysis of threats, vulnerabilities, and risk for identified mission-critical functions and critical components

Risk identification after protection measures are implemented, including follow-up mitigation plans and actions as well as assessments of residual risk

Participate in a variety of working groups and customer meetings; ensure communication of risk environment with stakeholders

Execute completion Statement of Work requirements, Program Milestone Exit Criteria, and program maturity commitments

Self-starters compelled to take action in the workplace without requiring prompting from supervisors

Support MDT with other duties as assigned

Travel: 10%

In addition to technical skills, you will be a self-starter with strong time management skills. Your organizational skills and ability to anticipate future challenges will serve you well.

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.

You’ll bring these qualifications:

• Systems Engineer requires a minimum 2 years of related experience with a Bachelor’s degree; 0 years with a Master’s additional 4 years of experience in lieu of education
• U.S. Citizenship and an Active Secret Security Clearance or higher awarded or reviewed in the last 6 years, ability to obtain Top Secret Clearance and special program access
• Principal Systems Engineer requires a minimum of 5 years of related experience with a Bachelor’s degree; 3 years with a Master in Science or 0 years with a PHD additional 4 years of experience in lieu of education
• Minimum 2 years of applying and understanding Systems Security Engineering principles applicable to US Government Defense Programs
• Minimum 2 years in showing the ability to communicate effectively and clearly present technical approaches and findings
• Minimum 2 years of applying and understanding security best practices in addressing program protection risks

These qualifications would be nice to have:

• Active Top Secret clearance
• Experience developing Systems Security Engineering requirements for hardware and software assurance
• Experience with Model-based Systems Engineering (MBSE) concepts and tools
• Experience in developing or employing capabilities / solutions to evaluate and determine the authenticity of Customized Microelectronics Devices (CMDs), including but not limited to the system design, assembly of printed circuit boards, or testing of CMDs
• A solid understanding of Program Protection applicable to US Government Defense Programs and applied knowledge in the application of SSE principles across a broad spectrum of security measures (Cybersecurity, Counterfeit Awareness, Anti-Tamper, HW/SW Assurance, OPSEC, etc.) to protect critical program information (CPI)
• Evaluating program processes and compliance strategies for large, complex multi-site programs
• Ability to show self as team player, able to multi-task, able to generate quality work products independently, able to make excellent judgement and show interpersonal skills

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Salary Range: $80,800 USD - $121,200 USD

Salary Range 2: $99,500 USD - $149,300 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.