RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: No relocation assistance available

CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret

TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the Time

Description

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Northrop Grumman Space Systems—Missile Defense Integration offers an excellent opportunity for a Sr Principal Engineer Systems – Systems Engineer Interface (26-018 & 26-019) to join our team of talented and diverse professionals. Based in Colorado Springs, CO, or Huntsville, AL, these roles are essential to supporting the U.S. President, the Secretary of Defense, and combatant commanders at the strategic, regional, and operational levels.

This position does not provide relocation assistance and requires on-site work with no remote options.

Position Overview:

The Command and Control, Battle Management, and Communications (C2BMC) program is a key component of the Missile Defense System. It is a vital operational system that enables the U.S. president, the secretary of defense, and combatant commanders at strategic, regional, and operational levels to plan ballistic missile defense operations systematically, monitor the battle collectively, and dynamically control networked sensors and weapon systems to achieve global and regional mission goals. C2BMC supports layered missile defense capabilities that enable an optimized response to threats across all ranges and flight phases. It serves as a force multiplier by networking, integrating, and synchronizing autonomous sensor and weapon systems and operations globally and regionally to improve performance. C2BMC is essential for all ground and flight tests that verify and demonstrate current and future missile defense system capabilities.

The Interface Engineer will oversee the creation of ICDs and IDDs, establishing new connections between external components, such as sensors, and other Command and Control Systems. They will ensure these documents meet the program's standards. Moreover, the engineer will develop behavioral diagrams to better understand and document the requirements. They will also generate detailed requirements in DOORS to ensure the implementation teams have clear guidance.

Essential Functions:

• Development and updating of multiple Interface Control Documents (ICDs) and Interface Design Documents (IDDs)

• Attend interface working group meetings with the MDA customer and representatives of the assigned external element engineering organization, as well as support program integration and test-related efforts for the associated interface

• Successful candidate may also be assigned to support other interface engineers in:

Developing ICDs for other BMDS Elements:

Support requirements engineering

Use case development

Logical architecture modeling tasks as SE department tasking requires

• Successful candidate will support spiral leadership to ensure that interface artifacts and system assessment tasks required for the assigned sensor interface are completed as required

• The Interface Engineer is a Systems Engineer and will, at times, be called upon to support non-interface systems engineering activities

Basic Qualifications:

Please list your current security clearance and IAT or relevant certifications on your resume, if applicable.

• A Bachelor’s Degree in STEM Computer Science, Systems Engineering, Software Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, or a related field from an accredited university, along with 8 years of experience; or a Master’s degree (preferred) in a STEM-related field with 6 years of relevant work experience; or PhD in a related STEM discipline with 4 years of relevant work experience

• Applicants must have a current, active in-scope DoD-issued Secret security clearance at the time of application, which is required to start

• Willingness to travel up to 10% for business needs

• Must possess an understanding of systems engineering processes and principles

• Demonstrated Systems Engineering skills and experience in interface engineering, including authoring Interface Control Documents (ICDS) and Interface Design Documents (IDDS), to include:

Message definition and processing rules

Message formatting (e.g., XML, VMF, etc.)

Physical/network specifications and models, to include the ISO OSI model

Physical/network topologies and devices

Network protocols (e.g., TCP/IP, UDP, et al) are a must

• Requirements engineering and the development of behavioral models and diagrams, including use cases, sequence diagrams, and activity diagrams, are required

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master’s Degree in Systems Engineering is highly preferred

• Certification: INCOSE Certified Systems Engineering Professional (CSEP) Certification

• Certification: Object Management Group Certified Systems Modeling Professional

• Model Builder Fundamental (OCSMP - MBF)

• Should have a proven track record of applying systems engineering principles to develop product solutions

• Must have experience in requirements elicitation, including the use of behavior diagrams as an analysis tool to understand and decompose requirements

• Excellent written and oral communication skills are a must

• Requirements engineering, including experience with IBM Rational's Dynamic Object Oriented Requirements System (DOORS), is highly desirable

• Experience with Risk Management Framework (RMF)-based cybersecurity and Agile or Iterative Development Methods are a plus

What We Can Offer You:

Northrop Grumman offers a comprehensive benefits package and a work environment that fosters your growth, supporting both employees and the company's success. The benefits available at Northrop Grumman are flexible and customizable, allowing you to select options that best meet your needs and those of your family. Your benefits will include the following:

· Health Plan

· Savings Plan

· Paid Time Off

· Education Assistance

· Training and Development

· Flexible Work Arrangements

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Primary Level Salary Range: $129,300.00 - $193,900.00

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.