Sentinel - Sr Principal Engineer Systems - 20170

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes

CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret

TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the Time

## Description

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Northrop Grumman Strategic Deterrent Systems Division is seeking a Sr. Principal Systems Engineer (level 3/4). This position will be located in Roy, Utah and supporting the Sentinel Program.

What You’ll Get To Do:

As a SEIT Verification engineer, you will be responsible for defining and coordinating the Sentinel systems engineering strategy for the allocation and verification of military and industry standards, levied against the Sentinel program. You will act as a cross-cutting liaison between SEIT Directors, Specialty Engineering, and various Business Units as the subject matter expert on how requirements verification is handled in the program. The successful candidate must have a strong engineering background, understand how requirements from military and industry standards are decomposed, allocated and verified into Sentinel performance specification. You will be responsible to coordinate requirements verification and report status to the SEIT leadership.

The successful candidate should have a deep understanding of system engineering requirement decomposition, the Sentinel program strategy, and general understanding of the Specialty Engineering requirement set. Experience with DOORS is a must. In addition, the successful candidate should have enthusiasm to learn and coordinate with all levels of engineering across the Sentinel Program.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities:

• Support the program requirements lead to develop and maintain the system level requirement specification
• Collaborate with program subject matter experts and various teams to ensure lower-level requirements are appropriately decomposed
• Candidate will manage system level information, using Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) tools/software
• Collaborate with US Government stakeholders to ensure their requirements are met.

Basic Qualifications:

• 8 Years with Bachelors in Science; 6 Years with Masters; 4 Years with PhD
• Must be a US Citizen and have the ability to obtain an active U.S. Government DoD Secret security clearance, 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)
• Minimum 3 years in showing strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to effectively communicate and present technical details to peers, and stakeholders.

Preferred Qualifications:

• An Active Security Clearance or higher (awarded within the past 6 years) with the ability to receive a Special Access Program (SAP) certification
• DOORS experience
• Knowledge of Engineering and Test Principles
• Previous test experience at any level of build (unit, element, segment, etc.)
• Experience working with internal and external teams to accomplish tasking
• Experience operating in an Agile environment using any of the Atlassian software tool sets (JIRA, CONFLUENCE...etc.)

As a full-time employee of Northrop Grumman Space Systems, you are eligible for our robust benefits package including:

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

This position's standard work schedule is 9/80. The 9/80 schedule allows employees who work a nine-hour day Monday through Thursday to take every other Friday off.

This position may offer relocation assistance.

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Primary Level Salary Range: $122,800.00 - $184,200.00

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.