Sr Principal Engineer Systems
| Company | Northrop Grumman |
|---|---|
| Location | San Diego, CA, USA |
| Salary | $137400 – $206000 |
| Type | Full-Time |
| Degrees | Bachelor’s, Master’s, PhD |
| Experience Level | Senior, Expert or higher |
Requirements
- BS degree in a STEM discipline with 8 years engineering experience; MS degree in STEM discipline with 6 years engineering experience; PhD degree in a STEM discipline with 4 years of engineering experience
- An active DoD Secret Clearance for consideration
- Experience in ICD development and integration
- Experience in integrating hardware and software in a lab environment
- Experience with briefing the customer and senior leadership
- Experience with root cause investigations
- Experience with developing, deriving, and tracing requirements
- Must have ability to obtain and maintain Program Access (PAR) within a reasonable period of time, as determined by the company to meet its business needs.
Responsibilities
- Lead investigations to find root cause with regards to issues found in the field
- Evaluate anomalies, and assist with the disposition and correction of issues as found
- Evaluate software/logic-related findings in the field though the utilization of the lab environment
- Present technical recommendations to internal and external technical leadership
- Direct interaction with the customer with understanding their mission needs and flowing that information back to the engineering and leadership team
- Perform requirements traceability for defects
- Develop, de-bug and execute Regression Verification Tests
- Perform hands-on Integration within Test environment
- Performs functional analysis, timeline analysis, detailed trade studies, requirements allocation and interface definition studies to translate customer requirements into hardware and software specifications.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in full lifecycle of Systems Engineering, including requirements decomposition, test planning, and requirements verification
- Experience with FMS programs
- Experience with formal requirement verification and decomposition
- Experience with Regression Verification Tests (RVTs)
- Programming Skills in C/C++/Python/VBA
- Experience supporting field operations including maintenance and mission support
- Experience with fielded issues investigation
- Working knowledge of Atlassian tools (Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket)
- Demonstrated communication and technical writing skills
- Active TS/SCI clearance