Northrop Grumman · 21 hours ago
Sr. Principal Mission Planning Engineer - R10221682
Melbourne, FL
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$119K/yr - $178K/yr
6+ years expNorthrop Grumman is a leader in technological advancements and is seeking a Sr. Principal Mission Planning Engineer to join their team. The role involves developing innovative solutions for mission planning subsystems, including requirements management, performance analysis, and technical leadership.
AerospaceData IntegrationManufacturingRemote SensingSecurity
No H1B
Security Clearance RequiredU.S. Citizen Only
Responsibilities
Support development and integration of mission planning subsystems and components to meet program objectives
Requirements development, analysis, maturation and implementation, translating customer requirements into hardware and software specifications
Perform performance and functional analyses
Performing risk analysis and developing mitigation plans and tracking to closure
Collaborate with engineers and program stakeholders
Developing and maintaining supplier documentation, performance-based specifications, and statements of work
Technical leadership of program strategic partners and suppliers, including development, acquisition, acceptance, qualification, system integration and test support
Review documents from the supplier’s development effort and support supplier technical interchange meetings and design reviews
Identifying/planning/executing informal and formal testing of subsystem requirements in lab, troubleshooting hardware in the lab
Support technical discussions with the customer and having daily interaction with management, external personnel, customers, and various sub teams
Qualification
Required
Must have a Bachelor's degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) discipline from an accredited university AND 8 years of related professional/military experience in Engineering; OR a Master's degree in a STEM discipline from an accredited university AND 6 years of related professional/military experience in Engineering; or a Ph.D. AND 4 years of related professional/military experience in Engineering
Your ability to transfer and maintain the final adjudicated government Secret clearance, and any program access(es) required for the position within a reasonable period of time, as determined by the company
Experience with system modeling and requirements management tools (Cameo, DOORS, etc.), developing/maturing requirements, and tracing requirements through various levels
Familiar with Software Development/Management and Software Factories
Experience in supplier/subcontract management
Experience with developing supplier documentation, performance-based specifications, and statements of work
Experience building supplier evaluation criteria and experience in conducting technical evaluations, documenting results and selection
Ability to review documents from the supplier's development effort and support supplier technical interchange meetings and design review
Preferred
Knowledge of system engineering design methods, including requirements analysis and flow-down, specification derivation and interface control documentation
Demonstrated strong verbal and written communication skills and the ability to work well in a close team environment
Experience engaging directly with internal and external technical and programmatic representatives
Demonstrated problem solving and troubleshooting skills
Demonstrated ability to assimilate new concepts quickly and independently and work in a self-directed manner
Experience in model-based systems engineering using Cameo or similar SysML tools
Familiarity with Atlassian collaboration tool set (Jira and Confluence)
Experience AND/OR Certification with cloud and container management & security technologies such as VMWare, AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, Docker, Redhat OpenShift, Amazon Elastic Container Service (ECS), Docker Swarm, Kubernetes, Nomad
Benefits
Health insurance coverage
Life and disability insurance
Savings plan
Company paid holidays
Paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business
Company
Northrop Grumman
Northrop Grumman is an aerospace, defense and security company that provides training and satellite ground network communications software.
10001+ employees
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$3.7BKey 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
Tom Wilson
Corporate Vice President, Enterprise Business Development
Jeffrey Worsham
Chief Product Owner - Advanced Technology Development
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