Principal Engineer Systems – Global SE Interface Engineer (25-241)

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 offers an exciting career opportunity for a Principal Engineer Systems – Global SE Interface Engineer (25-241) to join our team of qualified and diverse individuals. This position will be located in Colorado Springs, CO, or Huntsville, AL.

Relocation Assistance is not available for this position, and this role is on-site with no remote options

Position Overview:

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

The C2BMC-G Interface Engineer will join a small team of Interface Engineers tasked with developing ICDs and IDDs. This involves establishing new interfaces between external elements, such as space and terrestrial sensors, to facilitate seamless integration. The Interface Engineer will work with leadership to address any issues and challenges that arise. They will ensure that the developed ICDs and IDDs adhere to the program's standards. The Interface Lead is expected to create various behavioral diagrams to understand and document the requirements, which will facilitate the generation of the ICDs/IDDs. The Interface Engineer will define requirements and capture them in DOORS with enough detail to provide a clear understanding for the implementation teams. Additionally, the Interface Engineer will create behavioral diagrams to grasp the requirements and functionality of the interface.

Essential Functions:

• The successful candidate must possess a minimum of 5 years of professional experience in Systems Engineering or a related field
• Must possess substantial experience in authoring ICDs and IDDs that comply with DID requirements and meet DoD standards
• Must be capable of working as part of an experienced team to develop systems engineering products and artifacts while following the program Systems Engineering Management Plan (SEMP) and other processes
• Develop and update several Interface Control Documents (ICDs) and Interface Design Documents
• Will participate in interface working group meetings with the MDA customer and representatives from the assigned external element engineering organization. Additionally, it will provide support for program integration and test-related efforts concerning the associated interface.
• Will also support other interface engineers in developing ICDs for additional BMDS elements, as well as assist with requirements engineering, use case development, and logical architecture modeling tasks as required by the SE department
• Will support spiral leadership to ensure the completion of interface artifacts and system assessment tasks needed for the assigned sensor interface
• This position will be assigned to the C2BMC-G Systems Engineering Team within SEIT
• The Interface Engineer is a Systems Engineer and may, at times, be called upon to support non-interface systems engineering activities

Salary range for Huntsville: $105,400 - $158,000
Salary range for Colorado Springs: $100,300 - $150,500

Basic Qualifications:

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

• A Bachelor’s Degree in a STEM field—Science, Engineering, Systems Engineering, Software Engineering, or Mathematics—from an accredited university is preferred, along with 5 years of related work experience; alternatively, a Master’s degree (preferred) in a related STEM discipline with 3 years of related work experience, or a PhD in a related discipline with 1 year of work experience is acceptable
• Applicants must possess a current, active, in-scope DoD-issued Top Secret security clearance at the time of application, which is necessary to start
• Ability and willingness to travel up to 10% to support business needs
• Must have a solid grasp of the systems engineering process and its principles
• Must possess a demonstrated history of effectively applying systems engineering principles to create product solutions
• Must possess experience in requirements elicitation, including the utilization of behavior diagrams as an analytical tool to comprehend and decompose requirements.
• Must demonstrate Systems Engineering skills and experience in interface engineering, including:
  • Authoring of Interface Control Documents (ICDS) and Interface Design Documents (IDDS)
  • Message definition and processing rules
  • Message formatting (e.g., XML, VMF, et al)
  • Physical/network specifications and models, to include the ISO OSI model
  • Physical/network topologies and devices; network protocols (e.g., TCP/IP, UDP, etc.)
• Requirements engineering and the development of behavioral models and diagrams are necessary, including:
  • Use cases
  • Sequence diagrams and activity diagrams
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, are essential

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master's Degree in Systems Engineering
• Certification: INCOSE Certified Systems Engineering Professional (CSEP) Certification
• Certification: Object Management Group Certified Systems Modeling Professional - Model Builder Fundamental (OCSMP - MBF)
• Experience in requirements engineering, particularly with IBM Rational's Dynamic Object Oriented Requirements System (DOORS), is highly desirable
• Experience with Risk Management Framework (RMF)-based cybersecurity, as well as Agile or Iterative Development Methods, is a plus
• Experience in creating Space Sensors or Terrestrial Sensors is highly desirable
• Experience with creating Missile Defense System (MDS) or Space Domain Integrated Concept of Operations (ICoO) documents and Integrated Defense and Defense (IDD) is highly desirable

What We Can Offer You:

Northrop Grumman offers a comprehensive benefits package and fosters a work environment that promotes your growth while supporting the mutual success of our people and the company. The benefits at Northrop Grumman give you the flexibility and control to choose the options that best suit you and your family. Your benefits will include the following:

• Health Plan
• Savings Plan
• Paid Time Off
• Education Assistance
• Training and Development
• Flexible Work Arrangements

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Additional Northrop Grumman Information:

Salary Range: $100,300.00 - $158,000.00

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.