Sr Principal Engineer Systems - Specialty Engineering Lead

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems is looking to add a Senior Principal Systems Engineer - Specialty Engineering Lead to join our team on-site either in San Diego or Palmdale, CA.

The candidate should be a self-starter with familiarity working in an Integrated Product Team construct.

Roles and Responsibilities will include:

• Provide execution leadership, tasking and direction to a team of Specialty Systems Engineers (3-5 personnel).
• Lead the development of Specialty Engineering artifacts in the areas of System Safety, Airworthiness, and Electromagnetic Interference/Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMI/EMC).
• Coordinating reviews and approvals of Specialty plans, processes, and procedures.
• Develop Specialty Engineering requirements and verification plans
• Review test procedures and analyze test results for compliance with Specialty Engineering requirements and verification plans.
• Instruct, mentor and champion agile concepts and processes
• Ability to work in a dynamic, fast paced environment, Action Oriented, Strong Attention to Detail, Communicates Effectively.

The selected candidate will be required to work full-time, on-site at our facility.

There is no remote / hybrid / telework available for this position.

Travel up to 10% may be required.

• Bachelor of Science degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering, or Math (STEM) discipline with 8 years of related experience, OR a Master of Science degree in a STEM discipline with 6 years of related experience, or a PhD in a STEM discipline and 4 years of related experience
• Experience supporting Systems Engineering Milestones SRR, PDR and CDR.
• Experience in full lifecycle of Systems Engineering, including requirements decomposition, test planning, requirements verification and requirements management.
• Must have an active U.S. Government Top Secret Clearance or higher (with a background investigation completed within the last 6 years or currently enrolled into Continuous Evaluation)
• Must have the ability to obtain and maintain Special Access Program (SAP) clearance, within a reasonable amount of time as determined by business needs.
• Experience in at least one of the following areas: System Safety, Electromagnetic Interference/Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMI/EMC), System Architecture, Model Based Systems Engineering, Requirements & Verification, or other applicable SE competency
• Experience leading an engineering team or project
• Experience as Control Account Manager (CAM)
• Experience with requirement decomposition and traceability from System to Unit/Supplier Specifications.
• Experience with managing suppliers with technical requirements and verification expectations.

• Active DoD Top Secret SCI clearance (with a background investigation within the past 5 years or enrolled into Continuous Evaluation).
• Current applicable Special Access Program (SAP) clearance.
• Excellent communication skills

• Agile project management (manage & prioritize workflow)
• Familiarity with AGILE/SCRUM Master
• Familiarity with System Safety Engineering in accordance with MIL-STD-882E standards
• Familiarity with EMI/EMC SOF (Safety-Of-Flight) testing
• Experience with multiple disciplines across Systems Engineering, incl. requirements, integration, technical configuration management (CM & Technical Baseline)
• Experience with Agile Design Methodology
• Experience with Software Development.
• Experience with Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment software development