Principal / Senior Principal Systems Engineer

Northrop Grumman Northrop Grumman · Aerospace · Los Angeles, CA +1 · Systems/Architecture/Test

Systems Engineer role at Northrop Grumman focused on requirements management, design documentation, system testing, and simulation model development for defense systems. Requires a Secret clearance and experience with tools like IBM Rational DOORS and Agile methodologies.

What you'd actually do

  1. Work with a broad customer base to identify unique requirements, flow the requirements into design documentation, and work with a diverse team to build and test those requirements.
  2. Present to customers on the capabilities of current products, performance analyses, design information, and requirements verification methods.
  3. Generate, review, and manage multiple requirements sets that cover all aspects of both performance and nonperformance including mechanical interfaces, electrical interfaces, data requirements, environmental requirements, and reliability.
  4. Lead an Agile team to ensure the designs are sufficient to meet the system requirements.
  5. Develop simulation models for sensors and systems.

Skills

Required

  • Bachelor's of Science degree in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) discipline with 5+ years of engineering experience OR Master's Science degree in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) discipline with 3+ years of engineering experience OR PhD degree in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) discipline with 1+ years of engineering experience
  • Experience with IBM Rational DOORS and technical baseline management
  • Software requirements development
  • Requirements development
  • Test Case development
  • Verification and Validation i.e. experience running tests and documenting results
  • Excellent written and oral communication skills
  • Experience supporting test investigations and debugging efforts
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams
  • A current/active U.S. Government Secret clearance
  • Ability to work onsite full-time at Woodland Hills, CA

Nice to have

  • Experience with working in an engineering Agile team
  • Experience with JIRA
  • Systems Engineering experience on large, complex systems
  • Lab and system integration experience
  • Excellent time management, organizational skills
  • Understanding and experience with Model Based Systems Engineering and Cameo modeling (or equivalent)
  • Experience with ClearQuest / ClearCase

What the JD emphasized

  • Secret clearance
  • Secret clearance