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MILITARY VETERANS
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.
This requisition may be filled at a higher grade based on qualifications listed below.
The Payload and Ground Systems organization within the Northrop Grumman Space Systems pushes the boundaries of innovation, redefines engineering capabilities, and drives advances in various sciences. Our team is chartered with providing the skills, innovative technologies to develop, design, produce and sustain optimized product lines across the sector while providing a decisive advantage to the warfighter. Come be a part of our mission!
We offer phenomenal learning opportunities, exposure to a wide variety of projects and customers, and a very friendly collaborative workplace. We are looking for self-motivated, proactive, and goal-oriented people to help us grow our services and become even better at what we do. Does this sound like you?
Our Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) provide benefits for the member, our leaders and the company. Our ERGs offer opportunities to be a friend, be active, be a volunteer, be a leader, to be recognized and to be yourself! Every ERG is inclusive of all employees!
Our diverse portfolio of programs means there are endless paths to cultivate your career. We are well-known for our inclusive environment, as well as our excellent work/life balance. We also offer exceptional benefits/healthcare, a 9/80 schedule, and a great 401K matching program.
We have an opening for either a Principal Systems Engineer or a Senior Principal Systems Engineer to join our qualified, diverse team. We are seeking a team member who wants to solve interesting, complex problems to help protect our nation. We are a trusted mission payload and ground system provider with extensive experience providing end-to-end mission solutions from concept through operations and support. This position is based out of Redondo Beach, CA.
As a Systems Engineer for the Ground Segment, you will be a part of a cross-functional agile scrum team with software developers and systems engineers. You will be a key stakeholder working with the software developers to ensure production is aligned to the design as specified in requirements. You will be a main contributor in decomposing required functionality using the architecture model and ensuring requirement linkage. You will be critical to ensuring test scripts are in line with the software verification plans to qualify the software for delivery. You will participate in DevOps between the software teams and the operations team to develop use cases and test plans for the end to end system tests. You will be the main point of contact for customer and internal stakeholders and participate in reviews and technical interchange meetings.
This requisition may be filled at either a Principal Systems Engineer level or a Senior Principal Systems Engineer level
Basic Qualifications for Principal Systems Engineer:
- Bachelor’s degree in STEM with 5 years of relevant experience, or a Master’s degree in STEM with 3 years of relevant experience
- Active Top Secret Clearance, and the ability to obtain Special Program Access
Basic Qualifications for Senior Principal Systems Engineer:
- Bachelor’s degree in STEM with 9 years of relevant experience, or a Master’s degree in STEM with 7 years of relevant experience
- Active Top Secret Clearance, and the ability to obtain Special Program Access
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience using Jira and Confluence for agile project management
- Experience working on space systems development programs
- Experience with Cameo tools for architecture modeling
- Experience working with software development teams
- Experience in Agile methodologies
- Experience managing requirements and verification plans in IBM Rational DOORS
Salary Range: $101,400 USD – $152,200 USD
Salary Range 2: $125,800 USD – $188,600 USD
Employees may be eligible for 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 health and safety of our employees and their families is a top priority. The company encourages employees to remain up-to-date on their COVID-19 vaccinations. U.S. Northrop Grumman employees may be required, in the future, to be vaccinated or have an approved disability/medical or religious accommodation, pursuant to future court decisions and/or government action on the currently stayed federal contractor vaccine mandate under Executive Order 14042 https://www.saferfederalworkforce.gov/contractors/ .
Northrop Grumman is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action 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/AA and Pay Transparency statement, please visit http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO . U.S. Citizenship is required for most positions.