Sentinel - Sr. Principal Systems Engineer - 14725*

About the role

The selected engineer will be responsible for systems engineering technical baseline maturation to drive successful development and sell-off of systems within the Digital Ecosystem segment. This individual will lead a small team or work with a cross-disciplinary team under the guidance of Lead Systems Engineers, other program leadership, and customer representatives to pursue incremental capability insertions across the Digital Ecosystem.

Responsibilities

• Lead systems engineering technical baseline maturation to drive successful development and sell-off of systems within the Digital Ecosystem segment.
• Pursue incremental capability insertions across the Digital Ecosystem.
• Lead a small team or work with a cross-disciplinary team under the guidance of Lead Systems Engineers, other program leadership, and customer representatives.
• Experience with model-based engineering, exposure to software-centric systems and digital engineering, and experience with complex systems lifecycle management.

Requirements

• 8 Years of related experience with bachelor’s degree in engineering or a related technical discipline; 6 Years with Masters; 4 Years with PhD.
• Must be a U.S. Citizen with an active U.S. Government DoD Secret security clearance at time of application with an investigation completed within the last 6 years, current and within scope.
• Must have the ability to obtain and maintain Special Access Program (SAP) approval within a reasonable period of time, as determined by the company to meet its business need.
• 5+ years of Systems engineering experience throughout the program lifecycle.
• 2+ years of Demonstrated experience in MBSE.
• 2+ years of experience with cloud-based environments, high performance computing, and virtualized environments.
• 2+ years of experience with software or IT-centric systems.

Qualifications

• Good communication skills (verbal, written, presentation) and partnership/collaboration skills.
• Demonstrated experience in program adoption of digital engineering concepts, methods, and processes.
• Experience with Project Lifecycle Management, manufacturing, and sustainment are a plus.

Skills

• Model-based engineering.
• Exposure to software-centric systems and digital engineering.
• Complex systems lifecycle management.

Benefits

Northrop Grumman supports the Air Force’s sustainment, development, production and deployment of hardware and system modifications for Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) Ground and Airborne Launch Control Systems, Launch Facilities and associated infrastructure.

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.

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.

This position’s standard work schedule is 9/80. The 9/80 schedule allows employees who work a nine-hour day Monday through Thursday to take every other Friday off.