Northridge, California, USA
15 days ago
System Engineers
RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: No relocation assistance available

CLEARANCE TYPE: Top Secret

TRAVEL: No

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.

This position description does not represent a current opening but may be used to identify candidates with skills and experience for positions within Northrop Grumman that frequently become available. Candidates who express an interest may be considered for future positions at Northrop Grumman.

Join Northrop Grumman on our continued mission to push the boundaries of possible across land, sea, air, space, and cyberspace. Enjoy a culture where your voice is valued and start contributing to our team of passionate professionals providing real-life solutions to our world’s biggest challenges. We take pride in creating purposeful work and allowing our employees to grow and achieve their goals every day by Defining Possible. With our competitive pay and comprehensive benefits, we have the right opportunities to fit your life and launch your career today.

As an integral part of our multi-discipline engineering team in Advanced Weapons, you will be on the forefront of developing next generation solutions to protect technology for our nation’s warfighter. The ideal candidate will support one of our Advanced Programs as the lead for defining and architecting a secured missile weapon system. This position will require close collaboration with team members of other projects within the organization for security architecture designs as well as external partners and customers.

We are looking for you to join our team as a Systems Safety Engineer based in Northridge, CA. Our success is grounded in our ability to embrace change, move quickly and continuously drive innovation.  The successful candidate will be collaborative, open, transparent, and team-oriented with a focus on team empowerment and shared responsibility, flexibility, continuous learning, and a culture of automation.

What You’ll get to Do:

Northrop Grumman Defense Systems sector is seeking a System Safety Engineer with experience in safety engineering processes and standards to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals. This position will be located in Northridge, CA.

The qualified applicant will become part of Northrop Grumman's System Safety team within Specialty Engineering. Activities include system safety analysis of military weapon systems, participation in risk assessments/resolution and mishap investigations. The ideal candidate will have experience with MIL-STD-882E and familiarity with Military and their equivalent industry standards such as MIL-STD-882, RCC 319, AFSPCMAN 91-710, ASTM, ANSI, NEC, AFOSH, AOP-52, JOTP-51, PESHE and NFPA.

This is an exciting, challenging and highly specialized field which is in need of a talented, energized and innovative individual who wants to pursue further growth in System Safety Engineering.

This requisition may be filled at either a Principal Level or a Sr. Principal Level based on the qualifications listed below.

Relocation assistance, while not guaranteed, may be available.

Basic Qualifications for a Principal System Safety Engineer:

BS in Electrical Engineering or relevant degree with 5 years of relevant/related experience or a MS in Electrical Engineering or relevant degree with 3 years of relevant/related experienceDemonstrated ability to analyze, recommend, and drive safety into system design, equipment, and procedures in order to mitigate or eliminate hazardsFamiliarity with electrical circuit designDemonstrated ability to apply system safety engineering principles in accordance with MIL-STD-882E and analyses such as PHAs, FHAs, SHAs/SSHAs, Bent Pin Analyses, Fault Tree Analyses, and Software System Safety AnalysesDemonstrated ability to identify system safety issues, propose solutions, and ensure appropriate action is taken to mitigate safety issuesDemonstrated ability to develop, review, update, and approve system safety artifacts and system safety requirementsHistory of demonstrated leadership capabilities and ability to work independentlyMust have excellent presentation skillsMust be able to effectively communicate with all levels of employees and customersHave held a DoD Security Clearance (investigation completed within last 5 years)

Basic Qualifications for Sr. Principal Systems Safety Engineer:

BS in Electrical Engineering or relevant degree with 9 years of relevant/related experience or a MS in Electrical Engineering or relevant degree with 7 years of relevant/related experienceDemonstrated ability to analyze, recommend, and drive safety into system design, equipment, and procedures in order to mitigate or eliminate hazardsFamiliarity with electrical circuit designDemonstrated ability to apply system safety engineering principles in accordance with MIL-STD-882E and analyses such as PHAs, FHAs, SHAs/SSHAs, Bent Pin Analyses, Fault Tree Analyses, and Software System Safety AnalysesDemonstrated ability to identify system safety issues, propose solutions, and ensure appropriate action is taken to mitigate safety issuesDemonstrated ability to develop, review, update, and approve system safety artifacts and system safety requirementsHistory of demonstrated leadership capabilities and ability to work independentlyMust have excellent presentation skillsMust be able to effectively communicate with all levels of employees and customersHave held a DoD Security Clearance (investigation completed within last 5 years)

Preferred Qualifications:

Ability to read and interpret electrical circuit schematics and FMECA data reviewExperience with implementing and testing software safety requirementsStrong working knowledge of military system safety and process standards and their Industry equivalent such as MIL-STD-882, RCC 319, AFSPCMAN 91-710, ASTM, ANSI, NEC, AFOSH, AOP-52, JOTP-51, PESHE, NFPAPossess active DoD Security Clearance (investigation completed within last 5 years)

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Northrop Grumman Defense Systems is currently seeking a Sr. Principal Model Based Systems Engineer (Weapons Systems) to join the Advanced Programs team to develop complex, next generation, state of the art weapon systems.

You will be a member of a high performing, systems engineering team interacting with customers, program management, cross-functional teams of engineers and senior technologists. In this role as a Sr. Principal Model Based Systems Engineer (Weapon Systems) the selected candidate will participate in the development of integrated hardware & software subsystems for advanced weapons. This role includes translating customer requirements into system/component requirements and interfaces within a Model Based System Engineering (MBSE) environment.

This position includes the performance of requirements analysis, trade studies and analysis, functional analysis, state behavior analysis, and system timeline analysis.

Roles & Responsibilities:

Support lead Engineer in system and sub-system level CONOPS development.

Perform requirements definition, multi-segment interface definition and system design activities that acknowledge technical, schedule, and cost constraints.

Create and maintain descriptive SysML-based systems models using model-based systems engineering (MBSE) methods and tools (Cameo, Rhapsody).

Prepare and present system and subsystems preliminary and detail design configurations, and performance assessments.

Interface with design and implementation engineers and subject matter experts to ensure that robust and compliant designs are developed.

Plan for the integration and test of systems and subsystems

The requisition may be filled at either the Principal or Sr. Principal level based on the qualifications outlined below.

Basic Qualifications Principal Engineer Systems:

Bachelor’s degree with minimum of five (5) years of related experience in similar / related field OR a Master’s degree with three (3) years of experience OR a PhD with zero (0) years of experience

Current active Secret clearance or higher.

Experienced, skilled, and disciplined in system engineering processes (requirements analysis and definition, functional analysis, and/or systems design synthesis). 

Experience with Model Based Engineering (MBE), Model Based System Engineering (MBSE), Multidiscipline Design, Analysis and Optimization (MDAO) and other systems analysis methods and tools.

Basic Qualifications Sr. Principal Engineer Systems:

Bachelor’s degree with minimum of nine (9) years of related experience in similar / related field OR a Master’s Degree with seven (7) years of experience OR a PhD with four (4) years of experience

Current active Secret clearance or higher.

Experienced, skilled, and disciplined in system engineering processes (requirements analysis and definition, functional analysis, and/or systems design synthesis). 

Experience with Model Based Engineering (MBE), Model Based System Engineering (MBSE), Multidiscipline Design, Analysis and Optimization (MDAO) and other systems analysis methods and tools.

Preferred Qualifications, both levels:

Secret Clearance Periodic Reinvestigation within the last 5 years.

Background in aerospace systems; basic understanding of aircraft systems, missile systems, avionics, software systems, and their design drivers.

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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.

​We are currently seeking a Sr. Principal Systems Engineer to lead the System Airframe design and development engineering efforts on our Next Gen Strike Weapon missile program with our talented Advanced Weapons team in Northridge, CA. 

The ideal candidate will have experience in the systems engineering lifecycle of missile / weapon system development programs. They will also have the technical depth on the Airframe segment of the missile system.

This candidate will support the Program Manager on the proposal and program planning for the various systems engineering efforts on the program. This position will require close collaboration with team members of other projects to leverage on existing technology as well as working with the program team to innovate system architecture to adapt to the industry and customer’s needs.

In this role, the selected candidate will (but not be limited to):

Lead Airframe engineering team (e.g., mechanical engineering, structural engineering) to support proposal and program planning; develop basis of estimates and support the development of the technical volume.Identify staffing and resource needs on the program; allocate available resources to best support the proposal and program activitiesPerform requirements development, management, analysis, and traceability, to translate customer requirements and CONOPS into systems requirements, and further allocate to lower-level requirementsPerform structural and thermal analyses and trade studies for technical solutions with respect to concept, design, fabrication, test, installation, operation, and maintenanceLead the effort of System Airframe integration, test, and requirements verification activitiesDefine and track system technical performance measurementGenerate well-defined and executable system and subsystem requirements documents, interface documents, and test and verification documentsPrepare system engineering materials during System Requirements Review, System Functional Review, Preliminary Design Review, Critical Design Review, System Verification Review, Test Readiness Review, and other program reviews as neededCollaborate cross-functionally/IPTs to establish and maintain coherent information among team members in an integrated digital environmentSupport the PM and Chief Engineer to make well-structed decisions for program execution. Act as an advisor to inter-organizational management and external customers on advanced technical research studies and applicationsSupport Program Management activities to ensure cost and schedule objectives are metManage critical subcontractors for the developing and testing of tactical missile technologies and delivery of quality products

Relocation assistance, while not guaranteed, may be available.

This position is contingent upon available funding/program award.

The selected candidate for this position is required to be on-site in Northridge, CA. 

Basic qualifications:

Active DoD Secret ClearanceBachelor of Science in an Engineering discipline and a minimum of nine (9) years of systems engineering experienceMust have missile airframe development/structural/mechanical engineering experience Must have technical leadership experienceMust have proven experience in communicating with all levels of peers, management, and customers in a methodical, detailed and process-oriented fashion.Must have demonstrated experience in developing advanced technological ideas and guide their development into a final product

Preferred Qualifications: 

Active DoD Secret Clearance with periodic reinvestigation within the last five (5) years.Experience working in the aerospace industry or weapon systemsExperience with Model Based Systems EngineeringExperience with Digital EngineeringExperience with Requirements Management Tool, e.g., DOORS

Are you an experienced engineering professional looking for a rewarding and challenging career as a Principal (3) or Sr. Principal (4) Embedded Software Engineer to support advanced weapons concepts? If so, Northrop Grumman Defense Systems onsite in Northridge, California may be the employer for you!

In this role, you will be working with other engineers and analysts to implement advanced weapon technologies. You will translate key functional requirements into software requirements and begin the development of the software architecture. From there, you will then assess existing software for possible reuse in combination with new development, then support System Integration Lab development.

This role includes, but is not limited to, the following activities:

Software requirements development

Software architecture and detailed design

Software implementation

Software test

Software requirements verification and validation.

Relocation assistance, while not guaranteed, may be available.

This position can be filled as a Principal (T03) or Sr. Principal (T04). Basic qualifications for each level are listed below.

Relocation assistance, while not guaranteed, may be available.

Basic qualifications for a Principal (T03) are:

BS in Computer Science, Engineering, Math, or PhysicsCurrent/active U.S Government issued DoD Secret Clearance - issued or adjudicated within the past five (5) years.5+ years C/C++ programming experience.Experience in software implementation of System Security concepts/solutions (AT, Cyber)Experienced in embedded systems software development, integration and testing.Experienced in CMMI Level 3 software development processes
 

Basic qualifications for a Sr. Principal (T04) are:

BS in Computer Science, Engineering, Math, or PhysicsCurrent/active U.S Government issued DoD Secret Clearance - issued or adjudicated within the past five (5) years.9+ years C/C++ programming experience.Extensive experience in software implementation of System Security concepts/solutions (AT, Cyber)Experienced in embedded systems software development, integration and testing.Experienced in CMMI Level 3 software development processes
 

Preferred Qualifications:

MS in Computer Science, Engineering, Math, or PhysicsCurrent/Active TS ClearanceWorking knowledge of aircraft interfaces and weapon system integrationObject-oriented design and implementationUnified Modeling Language (UML): Rational Rhapsody or similarKnowledge in System Security concepts/solutions (AT, Cyber)

*Living in Northridge offers a perfect combination of urban living with the beauty of nature. It is a short drive away from downtown Los Angeles, the Hollywood Hills, or the rest of the San Fernando Valley.

Take advantage of your flexible work schedule to enjoy shopping at the local Northridge Fashion Center or spend time at the local Recreation Center as well as easy access to nearby protected natural areas such as the Chatsworth Reservoir, the Santa Susana Pass State Historic Park, Lake Balboa or within driving distance, spend a day at the beach or snow ski at our local mountains. With Cal State Northridge right in the heart of town, the area has an active college-town energy combined with family-friendly suburban charm. The stunning southern California climate makes for year-round easy living. With an average of 284 sunny days during the year, it is safe to say you’ll have plenty of time to enjoy your outdoor activities to the fullest. 

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Salary Range: $104,600.00 - $157,000.00

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.

Employees may be eligible for 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 committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action 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/AA 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.
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