Sentinel - Sr. Principal Systems Engineer - 14411-1

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes

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 Defense Systems is seeking a Systems Engineering Integration and Test (SEIT) Principal / Sr. Principal Systems Engineer in Roy, Utah to support the Sentinel weapon system program. This highly visible Individual Contributor role will support the Air Force’s development, production and deployment of the Sentinel Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) ground and airborne launch control systems, launch facilities, launch control centers, and associated infrastructure.

What You’ll Get to Do:

In this role, you will lead and provide guidance to a small team of systems engineers and participate in conducting weapon system design integration and architecture development in support of the Sentinel weapon system. The primary nature of this role is in support of the Sentinel Milestone B recertification campaign for the TMRR milestone.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following

• Development of System Level architecture, decomposition and allocation from a Weapon System Specification down to the lowest level CI definition.
• Perform trade studies in support of SFR, SRR, CDR and PDR campaign events
• Develop product support for various level of milestone campaign activities
• Work with the Sentinel customer base in support of developing product for Sentinel MPEs

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) discipline from an accredited university and 8 Years of related experience; 6 Years with Masters; 4 Years with PhD.
• Must be a US Citizen with an active U.S. Government DoD Secret security clearance at time of application, current and within scope, with an 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.