Sentinel - Senior Principal Systems Engineer - 16551 jobs in United States
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Northrop Grumman · 1 month ago

Sentinel - Senior Principal Systems Engineer - 16551

Northrop Grumman is a leading aerospace and defense technology company known for its innovative systems that impact lives globally. They are seeking a Senior Principal Systems Engineer to support the Sentinel program, focusing on technical planning, system integration, and the development of support equipment. The role involves collaboration across various engineering disciplines and requires a strong background in model-based systems engineering.

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Responsibilities

Performs technical planning, system integration, verification and validation, cost and risk, and supportability and effectiveness analyses for Support Equipment
Work with Design, Integrated Logistics Support, Specialty Engineering, and project management in development of Support Equipment for mission operational system on the Sentinel program to apply concepts and practices to Support Equipment
Analysis and perform Model Based System Engineering (MBSE) for Support Equipment Architecture development
Perform analyses at all levels of product lifecycle to include concept, design, fabrication, test, installation, operation, maintenance and disposal
Ensures the logical and systematic conversion of customer or product requirements as applicable to support equipment and total systems solutions that acknowledge technical, schedule, and cost constraints
Performs functional analysis, timeline analysis, detail trade studies, requirements allocation and interface definition studies to translate customer requirements into support equipment specifications using DOORS
Develops Architectural framework products using CAMEO MBSE product toolsets
Ensure support equipment requirements, architecture, and designs integrate with technical needs of the Sentinel program

Qualification

Model Based System EngineeringRequirements management toolsSystem Engineering processCAMEODOORSConfluenceJIRATechnical planningSystem integrationVerificationValidationCostRisk analysisSupportability analysisEffectiveness analysisFunctional analysisTimeline analysisTrade studiesInterface definition studiesArchitectural framework productsAerospace/defense projects

Required

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 DoD Secret Clearance, at time of application, current and within scope, with an investigation date within the last 6 years
Must have the 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
1 year experience in Model Based System Engineering (MBSE) Tools (Cameo, Magic Draw, Rhapsody or similar)
1 year experience with Requirements management tools (DOORS, for example)

Preferred

4 years experience in System Engineering (SE) process, including SE experience across multiple levels of integration
3 year experience with the following tools: CAMEO, DOORS, Confluence, and JIRA
Understands Support Equipment and uses, i.e., Peculiar (PSE) and Common (CSE) Support Equipment
2 years of experience in Model Based Systems Engineering
Experience with large scale aerospace/defense projects

Benefits

Medical, Dental & Vision coverage
401k
Educational Assistance
Life Insurance
Employee Assistance Programs & Work/Life Solutions
Paid Time Off
Health & Wellness Resources
Employee Discounts

Company

Northrop Grumman

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Northrop Grumman is an aerospace, defense and security company that provides training and satellite ground network communications software.

Funding

Current Stage
Public Company
Total Funding
$3.7B
Key Investors
U.S. Department of DefenseNASA
2025-05-27Post Ipo Debt· $1B
2024-01-29Post Ipo Debt· $2.5B
2023-12-20Grant· $72M

Leadership Team

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Tom Wilson
Corporate Vice President, Enterprise Business Development
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Jeffrey Worsham
Chief Product Owner - Advanced Technology Development
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