Principal Engineer Systems – Global SE Interface Engineer (25-077)

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: No relocation assistance available

CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret

TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the Time

Description

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.

Northrop Grumman Space Systems – Launch and Missile Defense Systems offers an exciting career opportunity for a Principal Engineer Systems – Global SE Interface Engineer (25-077) to join our team of qualified and diverse individuals. This position will be located in Huntsville, AL.

Position Overview:

The Command and Control, Battle Management, and Communications (C2BMC) program integrates with the Missile Defense System. It is a vital operational system that enables the U.S. president, secretary of defense, and combatant commanders at strategic, regional, and operational levels to systematically plan ballistic missile defense operations, collectively monitor the battle's progress, and dynamically manage designated networked sensors and weapon systems to achieve global and regional mission objectives. C2BMC supports a layered missile defense capability that provides an optimized response to threats of all ranges during all phases of flight. C2BMC acts as a force multiplier, globally and regionally integrating and synchronizing autonomous sensors, weapon systems, and operations to enhance performance. C2BMC is integral to all system ground and flight tests, which verify and demonstrate the capabilities of current and future missile defense systems.

This position will be assigned to the C2BMC-G Systems Engineering Team within SEIT. The Interface Engineer is a Systems Engineer and may occasionally support non-interface systems engineering tasks. The C2BMC-G Interface Engineer will be part of a small team of Interface Engineers responsible for developing ICDs and IDDs. This includes establishing new interfaces between external elements such as space and terrestrial sensors. The Interface Engineer will collaborate with leadership to address issues and challenges as they arise. The Interface Engineer will ensure that the ICDs and IDDs meet the required standards for the program. It is expected that the Interface Lead will create various behavioral diagrams to understand and document the requirements and produce the ICDs and IDDs. The Interface Engineer will establish requirements and capture them in DOORS with enough detail to provide a clear understanding for the implementation teams. The Interface Engineer will also develop behavioral diagrams to clarify the requirements and behavior of the interface.

Essential Functions:

• The Interface Engineer will be responsible for creating and updating multiple Interface Control Documents (ICDs) and Interface Design Documents
• The successful candidate will attend interface working group meetings with the MDA customers and representatives from the assigned external element engineering organization, providing support for program integration and test-related efforts linked to the interface
• May also be assigned to support other interface engineers in developing ICDs for additional BMDS elements, assist with requirements engineering, use case development, and logical architecture modeling tasks as needed by the SE department
• Will support spiral leadership to ensure that the interface artifacts and system assessment tasks required for the assigned sensor interface are completed as needed

Basic Qualifications:

Please note your updated security clearance and IAT/relevant certifications on your resume, if applicable.

• Bachelor’s Degree in STEM Computer Science, Science, Technology, Systems Engineering, Software Engineering or Mathematics discipline preferred from an accredited university and 5 years of related work experience or a Master’s degree (preferred) in a related STEM discipline and 3 years of related work experience, or PhD in a related discipline with 1 year 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
• Ability and willingness to travel up to 10% to support business needs
• Must possess an understanding of the systems engineering process and principles
• Must have a proven track record of successfully applying system 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
• Must have demonstrated Systems Engineering skills and experience with interface engineering, including authoring of Interface Control Documents (ICDS) and Interface Design Documents (IDDS), to include:
  • Message definition and processing rules
  • Message formatting (e.g., XML, VMF, et al)
  • Physical/network specifications and models, to include the ISO OSI model
  • Physical/network topologies and devices
  • Network protocols (e.g., TCP/IP, UDP, etc.)
• Requirements engineering and the development of behavioral models and diagrams, such as use cases, sequence diagrams, and activity diagrams, are necessary
• Must have significant experience in authoring ICDs and IDDs that are DID-compliant and meet DoD Standards
• Must be able to function as part of an experienced team in developing systems engineering products and artifacts while adhering to the program Systems Engineering Management Plan (SEMP) and other processes
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, are essential

Preferred Qualifications:

• Certification: INCOSE Certified Systems Engineering Professional (CSEP) Certification
• Certification: Object Management Group Certified Systems Modeling Professional - Model Builder Fundamental (OCSMP - MBF)
• A Master’s degree in a related STEM discipline, along with three years of relevant work experience, is highly preferred.
• Requirements engineering, including experience working 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 is a plus
• Experience in authoring Space Sensors or Terrestrial Sensors is highly desirable
• Experience with authoring Missile Defense System (MDS) or Space Domain Integrated Concept of Operations (ICoO) documents and Integrated Defense and Defense (IDD) is highly desirable

What We Can Offer You:

Northrop Grumman offers a comprehensive benefits package and fosters a work environment that promotes your growth while supporting the mutual success of our people and the company. The benefits available at Northrop Grumman give you the flexibility and control to select the options that best suit you and 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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Additional Northrop Grumman Information:

Salary Range: $105,400.00 - $158,000.00

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.