Systems Engineer - Level 5

Relocation assistance may be available. This position requires an active SCI clearance at time of application and prior to start. Continued employment is contingent upon maintaining the required clearance and program access. Travel is required, approximately 10% of the time.

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.

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) within a reasonable period of time as determined by the company.

In this role, the Systems Engineer – Level 5 will work in tandem with a scrum team of other software and systems engineers responsible for defining the product vision, managing the product backlog, and ensuring that all features align with business objectives. You will work closely with cross-functional teams to prioritize tasks and facilitate the timely delivery of high-quality mission-focused software systems solutions. Development is done within the Agile paradigm using the Atlassian tool suite.

Responsibilities

• Drive development and execution of features for the satellite ground systems domain with familiarity in reading CAMEO/MBSE models.
• Participate in working groups, research customer needs and interfaces, and translate them into digital artifacts to enable software implementation.
• Support and/or lead development of verification planning, test requirements, and other key products.
• Work scope covers a range of Systems Engineering disciplines and products, including requirements & verification, interfaces, architecture, and design, integration, test, and sell-off.
• Engage in sprint planning, stand-ups, retrospectives, and reviews while maintaining alignment with product vision and mission goals.
• Provide subject matter expertise in Space-Vehicle Command and Control System areas and collaborate with other teams and unit-level engineers supporting subsystems.
• Conduct demos and briefings for customers and senior leadership.
• Ensure seamless integration of capabilities, epics, and features with ground satellite software systems solutions.
• Utilize Atlassian tool suite, including Jira dashboards and Confluence knowledge bases.
• Support and/or lead preparation and execution of milestones and Agile product increments.
• Engage with multiple working groups and control boards.
• Define requirements, interfaces, processes, use cases, protocols, schemas, and sequence of interactions driving the software design for Ground Segment Functions for a system.
• Integrate and test software segments, automate tests, verify requirements, and deliver products to operations.
• Support a program through full life-cycle milestones in Agile sprints to achieve the mission.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) discipline with 12+ years of engineering experience, OR
• Master's degree in STEM discipline with 10+ years of engineering experience, OR
• PhD in STEM discipline with 8+ years of engineering experience.
• Active SCI clearance at time of application and prior to start date.
• 2+ years of experience with developing and evaluating behavioral and structural architecture diagrams using MBSE (Model Based Systems Engineering) methodology and tooling or equivalent.
• 2+ years of experience using No Magic Cameo or equivalent.
• Experience with space-vehicle, command-and-control, mission management, mission data processing, or software subsystems.
• Demonstrated written and oral communications skills through written requirements, test, and evaluation criteria.
• 2+ years of experience with Systems Engineering processes and artifacts development in support of SW development, including use cases, interface control documents, class diagrams, sequence diagrams, database design, schema development, and SW protocols such as REST, HTTP, & RESP or equivalent.
• Experience working on Agile programs and methodology.

Preferred Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience with command-and-control, network management, flight dynamics, and/or orbit determination for space-vehicle related software systems.
• Experience working with Space Vehicle Subsystems including thermal, power, attitude control system, propulsion, and/or communications.
• Familiarity with cloud-based architectures such as Kubernetes, containers, and orchestrators.
• Experience working mission-focused threads.
• Experience with the software development lifecycle.
• Experience with JIRA/Confluence.
• Experience working with a geographically distributed team.
• Experience with Automated Test and Integration frameworks including Playwright.

Benefits

• Medical, Dental & Vision coverage
• 401k
• Educational Assistance
• Life Insurance
• Employee Assistance Programs & Work/Life Solutions
• Paid Time Off
• Health & Wellness Resources
• Employee Discounts
• Flexible Schedules, for example, the ability to work a 9/80 work schedule, which allows an employee to work a nine-hour day Monday through Thursday and take every other Friday off of work.

Pay

Primary level salary range: $177,000.00 - $265,600.00. 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.