Sr. Principal Systems Engineer – MBSE Team Lead (24-458)

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: No relocation assistance available

CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret

TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the Time

Description

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 Space Systems – Launch and Missile Defense Systems has an exciting career opportunity for a Sr. Principal Systems Engineer – MBSE Team Lead (24-458) to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals. This position will be in Huntsville, AL.

Position Overview:

The Command and Control, Battle Management, and Communications (C2BMC) program integrates the Missile Defense System. It is a vital operational system that enables the U.S. president, secretary of defense, and combatant commanders at strategic, regional, and operational levels to systematically plan ballistic missile defense operations, to see the battle develop collectively, and to dynamically manage designated networked sensors and weapons systems to achieve global and regional mission objectives. C2BMC supports a layered missile defense capability that enables an optimized response to threats of all ranges in all phases of flight. C2BMC is the force multiplier that globally and regionally networks integrate, synchronizing autonomous sensor and weapon systems and operations to optimize performance. C2BMC is integral to all system ground and flight tests, which verify and exercise all current and future missile defense system capabilities.

This is one of five team leadership roles within the Systems Engineering team part of the Systems Engineering, Integration, and Test (SEIT) Resource Management Area (RMA).

Essential Functions:

• Is the first line of leadership for all MBSE team members and reports to the SE Engineering Manager
• Is responsible for maintaining accurate metrics of team progress
• Supports all team staffing responsibilities, including interviewing new candidates, dealing with team performance issues, and supporting team member growth and development
• Is also expected to be technically competent in all the work performed by the team such that they can acts a reviewer of product to ensure quality
• Is responsible for leading iteration planning for the team The selected applicant will consume use cases, and systems engineering artifacts including definition of Epics and Features to implement customer requested capabilities
• Support the development and review of interface documents, system requirements, Verification Cross Reference Matrix (VCRM) development, architectural documentation, system engineering estimates, and author and perform formal and informal engineering reviews
• Position will also provide support to junior systems engineering team members to enhance skills in the department.
• Adhering to DOORS processes and procedures
• Reviewing the content and details of technical products
• Acting as a technical interface to MDA working level counterparts on an as-required basis
• Be actively involved in the efforts associated with Agile development including iteration planning and status

Basic Qualifications:

Please note your updated security clearance and IAT/relevant certifications on your resume, if applicable.

• An active Secret clearance is required to start with the ability to obtain TS/SCI clearance.
• Bachelor’s Degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) discipline preferred from an accredited university and 8 years of related experience, or a Master’s degree  and 6 years of experience, or a PhD and 5 years of experience

• Must have experience with complex command and control systems, mission analysis, performance analysis, requirements solicitation, decomposition, and management, application of modeling to testing and verification
• Demonstrated experience in the development of models to drive solutions in complex systems, with specific expertise in DoDAF and SysML methodologies (e.g., OOSEM or SysMOD)
• Demonstrated ability to perform Object Oriented Analysis to decompose existing (or proposed) systems into executable SysML models. This requires thorough understanding of SysML element types to create logical and physical models that depict static and dynamic system behaviors
• Must have a good understanding of the layered Architecture concept and be able to illustrate how Layered Architecture could be applied to modeling system behaviors such as: element interactions, internal and external interfaces, states, and viewpoints/views 
• Should have extensive experience transitioning a mature and evolving projects into MBSE
• Candidate should have experience with Cameo (or Magic Draw) and Dynamic Object Oriented Requirements (DOORs)
• A deep understanding of requirements solicitation, derivation, and decomposition to lower-level subsystems and components; maintenance of system and component baselines in a requirement management system; defining the relationships between internal and external components; communicating system level use cases and associated Epics and Feature relationships to a diverse group of customers, developers, engineers, subject matter experts, and users

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with other MBSE tools like SparxEA or Rhapsody is a plus
• Should have a good understanding of Data Quality with respect to MBSE model sustainment
• Experience with Agile Methods, and Epic and Feature definition is a plus
• Knowledge and skill with cyber security concepts and security accreditation processes are highly desirable

• Experience with Cyber Security, Risk Management, and network design are also desired

Salary Range: $127,000.00 - $190,600.00

The above salary range represents a general guideline; however, Northrop Grumman considers a number of factors when determining base salary offers such as the scope and responsibilities of the position and the candidate's experience, education, skills and current market conditions.

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 application period for the job is estimated to be 20 days from the job posting date. However, this timeline may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates.

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 all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.