Sr Principal Engineer Systems – Sys Engnr-Interface Engineer (25-277)

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: No relocation assistance available

CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret

TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the Time

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. Our culture thrives on intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity and bringing your whole self to work — and we have an insatiable drive to do what others think is impossible. Our employees are not only part of history, they're making history.

Northrop Grumman Space Systems—Launch and Missile Defense Systems offers an exciting career opportunity for a Sr. Principal Engineer Systems – Systems Engineer-Interface Engineer (25-277) to join our team of qualified and diverse individuals. This position, located in Colorado Springs, CO, or Huntsville, AL, plays a crucial role in supporting the U.S. President, Secretary of Defense, and combatant commanders at strategic, regional, and operational levels.

Relocation Assistance is not available for this position, and this role is on-site with no remote options.

Position Overview:

The Command and Control, Battle Management, and Communications (C2BMC) program serves as the integrating element of the Missile Defense System. It is an essential operational system that enables the U.S. president, the secretary of defense, and combatant commanders at strategic, regional, and operational levels to systematically plan ballistic missile defense operations, monitor the progression of the battle, and dynamically manage networked sensors and weapon systems to achieve global and regional mission objectives. C2BMC supports a layered missile defense capability that allows for an optimized response to threats of all ranges at every phase of flight. C2BMC acts as a force multiplier, globally and regionally networking, integrating, and synchronizing autonomous sensor and weapon systems and operations to enhance performance. Additionally, C2BMC is a crucial component of all system ground and flight tests, which verify and exercise the current and future capabilities of the missile defense system.

This position will be assigned to the C2BMC Systems Engineering Team within SEIT. The Interface Engineer is a Systems Engineer and will occasionally support non-interface systems engineering activities. The Interface Engineer will lead the development of ICDs and IDDs, involving the establishment of new interfaces between external elements, such as sensors, and other Command and Control Systems. The Interface Engineer will ensure that the created ICDs and IDDs adhere to the program's required standards. Additionally, the Interface Engineer is expected to develop various behavioral diagrams to clarify and document the requirements. They will create requirements captured in DOORS that are detailed enough to provide a clear understanding to the implementation teams.

Essential Functions:

• The primary responsibility will be to develop and update multiple Interface Control Documents (ICDs) and Interface Design Documents (IDDs)
• Will participate in interface working group meetings with the MDA customer and representatives from the assigned external element engineering organization, and support program integration and test-related efforts for the associated interface
• A successful candidate may also be assigned to assist other interface engineers in developing ICDs for additional BMDS elements, as well as supporting requirements in engineering, use case development, and logical architecture modeling tasks, as needed by the SE department
• A successful candidate will support spiral leadership to ensure that the interface artifacts and system assessment tasks required for the assigned sensor interface are completed as necessary

Salary range in Huntsville: $131,100 - $196,700

Salary range in Colorado Springs: $124,900 - $187,300

Basic Qualifications:

Please note your updated security clearance and IAT/relevant certifications on your resume, if applicable.

• A Bachelor’s Degree in a STEM field, such as Systems Engineering, Software Engineering, Mathematics, or Physics, is preferred from an accredited university, along with 8 years of experience; or a Master’s degree (preferred) in a STEM-related discipline with 6 years of experience; or a PhD in a related field with 4 years of experience
• Applicants must have a current, active in-scope DoD-issued Secret security clearance at the time of application, as this is essential to begin
• Ability and willingness to travel up to 10% to support business needs
• Must understand the principles and processes of systems engineering
• Must demonstrate a proven track record of applying systems engineering principles to develop product solutions
• Must have experience in requirements elicitation, including using behavior diagrams as an analysis tool to understand and break down requirements
• Demonstrated systems engineering skills and expertise in interface engineering, including the authorship of Interface Control Documents (ICDs) and Interface Design Documents (IDDs), are essential
• This encompasses message definitions and processing rules, message formatting (e.g., XML, VMF), physical and network specifications and models (including the ISO OSI model), as well as physical and network topologies, devices, and network protocols (e.g., TCP/IP, UDP)
• Requirements engineering and the development of behavioral models and diagrams, including use cases, sequence diagrams, and activity diagrams, are essential
• Will possess substantial experience in authoring ICDs and IDDs that are DID-compliant and adhere to DoD standards
• Must be capable of functioning as part of an experienced team in the development of systems engineering products and artifacts while adhering to the program's Systems Engineering Management Plan (SEMP) and other processes
• Strong communication skills, both written and oral, are essential

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master's Degree in STEM Systems Engineering
• Certification: INCOSE Certified Systems Engineering Professional (CSEP) Certification
• Certification: Object Management Group Certified Systems Modeling Professional - Model Builder Fundamental (OCSMP - MBF)
• Experience with authoring Missile Defense System (MDS) ICDs and IDDs is highly desirable
• Experience in authoring Complex Command and Control Systems ICDs and IDDs is highly desirable
• Experience with requirements engineering, particularly with IBM Rational’s Dynamic Object Oriented Requirements System (DOORS), is highly desirable
• Familiarity with the Risk Management Framework (RMF)-based cybersecurity and experience with Agile or Iterative Development Methods are advantageous

What We Can Offer You:

Northrop Grumman offers a comprehensive benefits package and a work environment that fosters your growth while supporting the shared success of our people and our company. The benefits at Northrop Grumman provide you with the flexibility and control to select the options that best suit you and your family. Your benefits will include the following:

• Health Plan
• Savings Plan
• Paid Time Off
• Education Assistance
• Training and Development
• Flexible Work Arrangements

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Additional Northrop Grumman Information:

Salary Range: $124,900.00 - $196,700.00

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. 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.

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.

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.