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Northrop Grumman

Principal/Sr. Prinicpal Systems Engineer - R10211987-2

Northrop Grumman, Corinne, Utah, United States, 84307

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Description 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—from the first flight across the Atlantic Ocean to stealth bombers, to landing on the moon. 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, Space Systems, is seeking a

Principal/Sr. Principal Systems Engineer

to join our team. This position will be located at our facility in

Magna, UT

with periodic assignments at

Promontory, UT .

Relocation Assistance Relocation assistance may be available.

Clearance Type Secret.

Travel Yes, 10% of the time.

Roles & Responsibilities Systems Engineers are responsible to work with our Chief Engineers and Program Leadership to support key program objectives. Systems Engineers actively participate in the development of new systems and system upgrades by managing architecture, requirements, verification evidence capture, and integrated change control processes in a disciplined, broad‑reaching model‑based process to ensure our propulsion systems projects perform to their specification, satisfy customer needs, and maintain configuration integrity throughout the lifecycle of each product. Systems Engineering at Northrop Grumman Propulsion Systems is primarily model based and provides support to multiple defense and commercial contracts, including the Sentinel and NASA Artemis missions. Roles may include aspects of project engineering, proposal support, and liaison engineering which naturally build essential skills necessary for future leadership opportunities. Thus, systems engineering provides a gateway to many other leadership opportunities within Northrop Grumman.

Job Duties

Coordinate with customers and program team members to understand the intent and needs of the integrated system

Evaluate and manage customer requirements and derived flow down into subsystem and component specifications as appropriate

Analyze the needs of the system and translate into verifiable performance and design requirements

Support associated verification approach and work with engineering teams to develop analysis and test results to support stakeholder requirements

Integrate customer directed changes into the system and facilitate implementation of changes within a change management system

Coordinate and communicate between multiple cross‑functional subsystem teams

Support capture of model architecture for model‑based integration of requirements, design, analysis, and verification

Skills & Qualifications

Understanding of requirements and basic principles of verification strategies

Experience and familiarity with model‑based systems engineering tools, specifically object‑oriented tools like NoMagic Cameo or similar

Experience with architecture diagrams (structural diagrams for physical, functional, and logical relationships), behavior diagrams (activity, use case, etc.), and other MBSE diagrams useful to understand product needs

Experience with interface management between system elements and teams

Experience with concept of operations (ConOps) and product‑related strategy maps

Experience with digital thread methodology

Experience with manufacturing and quality control databases and processes

Ability and skills to work on multidisciplined engineering problems

Excellent written and oral communication skills

Excellent time management and organizational skills

Candidate must be able to obtain and maintain secret clearance

Basic Qualifications This position can be filled at either a level 3 or level 4.

Basic Qualifications For a Level 3

Minimum of 5 years of experience working in Systems Engineering or in Integration Design or a related field in propulsion, preferably in a government contractor environment

Demonstrated experience in many aspects of aerospace design (or similar) development processes including design, analysis, testing and integration

Exposure to and familiarity with MBSE approaches and tools (Cameo, Doors, etc.) and some exposure to MBSE languages (SysML or UML) are required

Familiarity with Model Based Engineering and integration of descriptive and analytical models

Basic Qualifications For a Level 4

Minimum of 8 years of experience working in Systems Engineering or in Integration Design or a related field in propulsion, preferably in a government contractor environment

Demonstrated experience in many aspects of aerospace design (or similar) development processes including design, analysis, testing and integration

Exposure to and familiarity with MBSE approaches and tools (Cameo, Doors, etc.) and some exposure to MBSE languages (SysML or UML) are required

Familiarity with Model Based Engineering and integration of descriptive and analytical models

Preferred Qualifications

Experience with capturing architecture and requirements modeling in MBSE tools

Experience developing plans and detailed schedules to accomplish an engineering effort

Familiarity with structural, mechanical, thermal dynamics, fluid dynamics, electro‑mechanical and propulsion technologies

Experience with product testing, preferably system level tests demonstrating interaction between subsystems or major elements

Participation in developing formal interfaces between parts of a system

Formal education in Systems Engineering principles; a graduate certificate in Systems Engineering is highly preferred

Experience and understanding of the relationships between engineering designs and resulting manufactured products

Experience with digital thread methodology

Experience with risk management

Education/Certifications

BS degree in Mechanical, Aerospace, Physics or Engineering Management is required and 5 years of experience or 3 years with a Master of Science for a level 3. BS degree and 8 years of experience or 6 years with a Masters degree for a level 4.

Consideration will be given to candidates with a BS or MS degree in other engineering disciplines with strong relevant experience

Salary Primary Level Salary Range: $95,300.00 - $142,900.00

Secondary Level Salary Range: $118,600.00 - $178,000.00

Benefits & Compensation 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. In addition, Northrop Grumman provides a variety of benefits including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, savings plan, company‑paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business.

Employment Details The application period for the job is estimated to be 20 days from the job posting date. However, this timeline may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates.

Equal Opportunity Employer Northrop Grumman is an Equal Opportunity Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class. For our complete EEO and pay transparency statement, please visit

http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO . U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.

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