Systems Engineer - Level 5

Northrop Grumman Northrop Grumman · Aerospace · Aurora, CO +1 · Systems/Architecture/Test

Systems Engineer Level 5 - SEIT Lead role at Northrop Grumman in Aurora, CO. Requires a Bachelor's degree in STEM with 12 years of experience (or Master's/PhD equivalents), an active Top Secret/SCI clearance, and experience leading technical teams, systems development, integration, and testing, and model-based systems engineering. Responsibilities include leading technical management, planning program reviews, ensuring system technical compliance, synthesizing system architectures, overseeing configuration management, collecting and reporting metrics, and coordinating between technical leads, program manager, and customer.

What you'd actually do

  1. Lead technical management and execution of the SE team
  2. Plan, execute, and close out program reviews and milestones (e.g., SRR, PDR, CDR, TRR, etc.)
  3. Ensure system technical compliance with the program Statement of Work (SOW), system requirements, and manage scope control of technical team
  4. Synthesize system architecture’s
  5. Oversee configuration management of the overall Program Baseline

Skills

Required

  • Bachelor's degree in a STEM discipline
  • 12 years of relevant experience
  • Master's degree (10 years experience)
  • PhD (8 years experience)
  • Active Top Secret/SCI clearance
  • Experience leading technical teams
  • Experience in systems development, integration, and test
  • Experience in model-based systems engineering

Nice to have

  • Experience with Mission Engineering for space and ground based communication systems
  • Understanding of cyber security principles in relation to ground system design
  • Ability to perform link analysis for communication interfaces

What the JD emphasized

  • Active Top Secret/SCI clearance
  • SCI