Systems Engineer Level 3 / 4

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be 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.

The Payload and Ground Systems organization within the Northrop Grumman Space Systems pushes the boundaries of innovation, redefines engineering capabilities, and drives advances in various sciences. Our team is chartered with providing the skills, innovative technologies to develop, design, produce and sustain optimized product lines across the sector while providing a decisive advantage to the warfighter. Come be a part of our mission.

Northrop Grumman Space Systems is seeking a Requirement Management Systems Engineer to join our team supporting Deep Space Advanced Radar Capability (DARC). This position can be filled at Level 3 or Level 4, and will be based in Colorado Springs, CO.

What You'll Get to Do:

• Support system requirements development, management, analysis, and traceability, to translate customer requirements and CONOPS into systems requirements, and further allocate to lower level requirements.
• Perform functional analysis and systems trade studies for technical solutions with respect to concept, design, fabrication, test, installation, operation, and maintenance.
• Assist with the generation of well-defined and executable system and subsystem requirements documents, interface documents, and test and verification documents.
• Support system/subsystems integration, test, and requirements verification activities.
• Support system technical performance measurement definition and tracking.
• Support the preparation of system engineering materials during System Requirements Review, System Functional Review, Preliminary Design Review, Critical Design Review, System Verification Review, Test Readiness Review, and other program reviews as needed.
• Interface with inter-organizational management and external Customer to communicate technical briefing and program status

Minimal travel is expected. This position will be based in our Colorado Springs airport facility.

Basic Qualifications:

• Level 3 (Principal): Bachelor’s degree in a STEM discipline with 5 years of applicable experience; OR 3 years experience with a Master’s degree; OR 1 year of experience with a PhD.
• Level 4 (Senior Principal): Bachelor’s degree in a STEM discipline with 8 years of applicable experience; OR 6 years experience with a Master’s degree; OR 4 year of experience with a PhD.
• Active Secret clearance at time of application.
• Experience with requirements decomposition and requirements management
• Experience working with cross-functional integrated product teams
• Expertise with MS Office tool suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project)
• Ability to effectively communicate with all levels of leadership and customers and work independently

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with technical writing for specifications and technical baseline documentation
• Familiarity with MBSE Modeling (Cameo Enterprise Architecture)
• Familiarity with MPLM tools (Teamcenter)
• Familiarity with scaled compute cluster development, hypervisors, and network engineering
• Familiarity with Radar systems and operations
• Familiarity in Agile methodology (Kanban, Scrum, etc.)

Salary Range: $100,300.00 - $150,500.00Salary Range 2: $124,900.00 - $187,300.00

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.

Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and 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 an Equal Opportunity 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 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.