Systems Engineer – Level 2 or Level 3 (AHT)

This position is contingent upon capturing program award(s), obtaining and maintaining associated business and/or customer funding, and the candidate obtaining final clearances and program access(es). Continued employment is subject to maintenance of the required clearance level and program access.

About the Role

At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact people's lives around the world today, and for generations to come. Our pioneering and inventive spirit has enabled us to be at the forefront of many technological advancements in our nation's history. We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage, and a pioneering spirit to join forces to invent the future, and have fun along the way.

Northrop Grumman’s Space Sector is seeking a Systems Engineer – Level 2 or Level 3 to join our team in Colorado Springs, CO. The primary purpose will be to provide Systems Engineering expertise and support within a “radar”, “site activation” or “compute” Integrated Product Team (IPT).

Responsibilities

• Requirements decomposition, SRR/PDR/CDR support, and technical expertise for the product line.
• Apply systems engineering best practices rigorously.
• Facilitate technical content capture from Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) to support Contract Data Requirements List (CDRL) development.
• Provide Integration & Test (I&T) consultation and support, and technical baseline updates.
• Support system requirements development, management, analysis, and traceability to translate customer requirements and Concept of Operations (CONOPS) into systems requirements, and further allocate to lower-level requirements.
• Perform functional analysis and systems trade studies for technical solutions with respect to concept, design, fabrication, test, installation, operation, and maintenance.
• Assist with the generation of well-defined and executable system and subsystem requirements documents, interface documents, and test and verification documents.
• Support system/subsystems integration, test, and requirements verification activities.
• Support system technical performance measurement definition and tracking.
• Prepare system engineering materials during System Requirements Review, System Functional Review, Preliminary Design Review, Critical Design Review, System Verification Review, Test Readiness Review, and other program reviews as needed.
• Interface with inter-organizational management and external customers to communicate technical briefings and program status.

Requirements

• Must have an active U.S. Government Secret security clearance at time of application, current and within scope.
• Experience working through the Systems Engineering lifecycle process for system development.
• Experience with requirements decomposition and requirements management.
• Experience with Atlassian tool suite (Jira, Confluence, etc.).

Qualifications

Level 2: 2 Years with a Bachelor’s degree in a STEM field; 0 Years with a Master’s degree.

Level 3: 5 Years with a Bachelor’s degree in a STEM field; 3 Years with a Master’s degree; 1 Year with a PhD.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working with cross-functional integrated product teams.
• Experience with SharePoint.
• Expertise with MS Office tool suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project).
• Experience with Agile software development (PI Planning, 2-week sprint cycles, story pointing, etc.).
• Strong problem-solving skills and a demonstrated ability to project plan and execute.
• Demonstrated independent planning, organization, and working in cross-functional teams with a customer focus.
• Proven ability to manage CDRL delivery from inception to completion, including providing technical expertise, ensuring alignment with software architecture, and drafting deliverable documents.
• Experience with technical writing for specifications and technical baseline documentation.
• Experience with MBSE Modeling (Cameo).
• Familiarity with PLM tools (Siemens, Windchill, Teamcenter).
• Familiarity with scaled compute cluster development, hypervisors, and network engineering.
• Familiarity with Radar Systems and operations.
• Familiarity with radar Blake Charts for operational performance analysis.

Pay

Primary Level Salary Range: $83,400.00 - $125,200.00

Secondary Level Salary Range: $103,600.00 - $155,400.00

The above salary range represents a general guideline; however, Northrop Grumman considers a number of factors when determining base salary offers such as the scope and responsibilities of the position and the candidate's experience, education, skills, and current market conditions. 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.

Benefits

Northrop Grumman offers a comprehensive Total Rewards and benefits package designed to help you thrive at work and in life, including:

• Health insurance coverage.
• Life and disability insurance.
• Savings plan.
• Company-paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business.

For more information on our Total Rewards package, please visit the Northrop Grumman Total Rewards site.

Schedule

• Travel: Yes, 10% of the time.

Relocation Assistance: Not available.