Senior Principal Systems Engineer Architect

Northrop Grumman Northrop Grumman · Aerospace · Melbourne, FL +1 · Systems/Architecture/Test

Senior Principal Systems Engineer Architect role at Northrop Grumman, focusing on Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) to define system architectures, capabilities, and requirements for defense programs. Responsibilities include functional analysis, trade studies, requirements management, and interface definition, utilizing tools like Cameo and SysML. Requires a Secret clearance and a STEM degree with significant experience.

What you'd actually do

  1. Define system architectures
  2. Architecture, CONOPS, and use case development using model-based systems engineering methodologies
  3. Perform functional analysis, timeline analysis, detail trade studies, requirements allocation and interface definition studies to translate customer requirements into hardware and software specifications.
  4. Execution of trade studies to select from among multiple potential solutions
  5. Perform Systems Requirements analysis
  6. Management of requirements, include decomposition, allocation, verification, and validation

Skills

Required

  • Bachelor of Science degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering, or Math (STEM) discipline AND 8 years of related professional/military experience OR a Master of Science degree in a STEM discipline AND 6 years of related professional/military experience, OR a STEM Ph.D. AND 4 years of related professional/military experience
  • Ability to transfer and maintain the final adjudicated government Secret clearance (DoD must be in-scope or enrolled in Continuous Evaluation), and any program access(es) required for the position within a reasonable period of time, as determined by the company.

Nice to have

  • Degree in Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering or Systems Engineering, with experience using Model Based Systems Engineering
  • Experience with Cameo Enterprise Architecture and the Systems Modeling Language (SysML)
  • Experience in the military aerospace development environment is preferred.
  • Experience with Cameo Magic Draw or another MBSE tool such as Rhapsody, Sparx EA, and Enterprise Architect.
  • Experienced developing various DODAF view artifacts, especially Operational and functional viewpoints, using MBSE tools like Cameo.

What the JD emphasized

  • Secret clearance
  • Secret
  • Secret clearance