Sr Principal Engineer Systems – Sys Engr-Interface Engineer (25-277)

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 Sr. Principal Engineer Systems – Systems Engineer-Interface Engineer (25-277) to join our team of qualified and diverse individuals. This position, based in Colorado Springs, CO, or Huntsville, AL, plays a critical role in supporting the U.S. President, Secretary of Defense, and combatant commanders at strategic, regional, and operational levels.

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 acts as the central element of the Missile Defense System. It is a vital operational system that enables the U.S. president, the secretary of defense, and combatant commanders at strategic, regional, and operational levels to systematically plan ballistic missile defense operations, monitor the progress of the battle, and dynamically manage networked sensors and weapon systems to achieve global and regional mission objectives. C2BMC supports a layered missile defense capability that provides an optimized response to threats of all ranges at every phase of flight. It functions as a force multiplier, networked, integrated, and synchronized on a global and regional scale, autonomous sensor and weapon systems and operations to improve performance. Furthermore, C2BMC is a vital component of all system ground and flight tests, which validate and demonstrate the current and future capabilities of the missile defense system.

This position will be assigned to the C2BMC Systems Engineering Team within SEIT. The Interface Engineer is a Systems Engineer and will occasionally support non-interface systems engineering activities. The Engineer will lead the development of ICDs and IDDs, including establishing new interfaces between external elements, such as sensors, and other Command and Control Systems. They will ensure that the ICDs and IDDs comply with the applicable standards required by the program. Additionally, the Engineer is expected to develop behavioral diagrams to understand and document requirements and create detailed requirements in DOORS to provide clear guidance to the implementation teams.

Essential Functions:

• The Interface Engineer's primary responsibility will be to develop and update several Interface Control Documents (ICDs) and Interface Design Documents (IDDs)
• The successful candidate will attend interface working group meetings with the MDA customer and representatives from the assigned external element engineering organization, as well as support program integration and test efforts related to the interface
• A successful candidate may also be assigned to assist other interface engineers with developing ICDs for additional BMDS Elements, as well as support requirements engineering, use case development, and logical architecture modeling tasks as needed by the SE department
• A successful candidate will support spiral leadership to ensure that interface artifacts and system assessment tasks required for the assigned sensor interface are completed as needed
• The successful candidate will possess over 9 years of professional experience in Systems Engineering or a related field
• Must have extensive experience in authoring ICDs and IDDs that are DID-compliant and meet DoD standards
• Must be able to work effectively as part of an experienced team in developing systems engineering products and artifacts while following the program's Systems Engineering Management Plan (SEMP) and other processes

Salary range in Huntsville: $131,100 - $196,700

Salary range in Colorado Springs: $124,900 - $187,300

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, such as Systems Engineering, Software Engineering, Mathematics, or Physics, from an accredited university is preferred, along with 8 years of experience; or a Master’s degree (preferred) in a STEM-related discipline with 6 years of experience; or a PhD in a related field with 4 years of experience.
• Applicants must have a current, active in-scope DoD-issued Secret security clearance at the time of application, as this is essential to start
• Ability and willingness to travel up to 10% to support business needs
• Must have an understanding of the systems engineering process and its principles
• Must have a proven history of successfully applying system engineering principles to develop product solutions
• Must have experience in requirements elicitation, including using behavior diagrams as an analysis tool to understand and decompose requirements
• Must have demonstrated Systems Engineering skills and experience with interface engineering, including the authoring of Interface Control Documents (ICDs) and Interface Design Documents (IDDs), to include:
  • Message definition and processing rules
  • Message formatting (e.g., XML, VMF, etc.)
  • Physical/network specifications and models, to include the ISO OSI model
  • Physical/network topologies and devices
  • Network protocols (e.g., TCP/IP, UDP, etc.)
• Must have extensive experience and knowledge of requirements engineering and the development of behavioral models and diagrams, including:
  • Use cases
  • Sequence diagrams
  • Activity diagrams
• Strong written and verbal communication skills are crucial

Preferred Qualifications:

• A master's Degree in STEM Systems Engineering is preferred
• Certification: INCOSE Certified Systems Engineering Professional (CSEP) Certification
• Certification: Object Management Group Certified Systems Modeling Professional - Model Builder Fundamental (OCSMP - MBF)
• Experience with authoring Missile Defense System (MDS) ICDs and IDDs is highly desirable
• Experience in authoring Complex Command and Control Systems ICDs and IDDs is highly desirable
• Experience with requirements engineering, particularly with IBM Rational’s Dynamic Object Oriented Requirements System (DOORS), is highly desirable
• Experience with Risk Management Framework (RMF)-based cybersecurity and Agile or iterative development methods is a plus

What We Can Offer You:

Northrop Grumman offers a comprehensive benefits package and a work environment that promotes your growth while supporting the shared success of our team and company. The benefits at Northrop Grumman provide you with the flexibility and control to choose options that best fit 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: $124,900.00 - $196,700.00

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.