Sentinel Sr Principal Software Systems Engineer – 15188

Northrop Grumman Northrop Grumman · Aerospace · Roy, UT +4 · Software

This role is for a Sr. Principal Software Systems Engineer on the Sentinel program, focusing on safety-critical functions, system design, requirements, and integration within a defense context. It requires experience with MBSE, Agile methodologies, and adherence to specific USAF nuclear surety and cyber certification standards. The role involves planning, executing, and managing technical scope, and supporting leadership.

What you'd actually do

  1. Ability to team plan, execute, and manage the technical scope, and support leadership planning.
  2. Experience in software engineering, system design, software requirements, and test
  3. Experience performing Safety Critical Functional Thread Analysis (SCFTA)
  4. Experience designing for and writing requirements for Safety Critical Functions
  5. Experience integrating multiple engineering specialties and stakeholders across multiple Integrated Product Teams and Suppliers

Skills

Required

  • Bachelor’s in related field of study
  • US Citizenship
  • Active DoD Secret clearance
  • Ability to obtain Special Program Access (SAP)
  • software engineering best practices
  • software engineering
  • system design
  • software requirements
  • test
  • Agile
  • Scrum team
  • Safety Critical Functional Thread Analysis (SCFTA)
  • designing for and writing requirements for Safety Critical Functions
  • USAF Nuclear Surety (AFMAN91-119)
  • Cyber Certification
  • integrating multiple engineering specialties
  • stakeholders
  • Integrated Product Teams
  • Suppliers
  • leading requirements
  • design
  • integration of complex systems
  • Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE)
  • system, hardware and software verification plans
  • functional validation
  • software requirements specification

Nice to have

  • Masters degree or higher in STEM
  • Atlassian Tool Suite (Jira, Confluence)
  • DOORS
  • Cameo
  • evaluate risks and tradeoffs
  • present solution options to management
  • Command and Launch system
  • mission objectives
  • OMG SysML Model Builder Fundamental Certification
  • verification planning
  • system buildup for Flight Tests
  • Model Based Product Line Engineering Concepts
  • delivering SW products for IFC Certification

What the JD emphasized

  • Active DoD Secret clearance
  • Ability to obtain Special Program Access (SAP)
  • Safety Critical Functional Thread Analysis (SCFTA)
  • designing for and writing requirements for Safety Critical Functions
  • USAF Nuclear Surety (AFMAN91-119) and/or Cyber Certification
  • Minimum 2 years Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) experience