Principal / Sr Principal Engineer Systems
At a glance
Senior Engineering Leadership role at Ngc. United States-Oklahoma-Oklahoma City · full-time · $93,000–$174,500 base.
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What you'll do
- Coordinate engineering teams as they design, analyze, integrate and verify the radar subsystem
- Maintain the program’s technical baseline for review milestones and flight testing
- Apply full development-lifecycle thinking while balancing technical, schedule and cost limits
- Lead coordination across teams and keep engineering tasks moving
What you bring
- A STEM bachelor’s in systems engineering or a related field, plus five years’ experience for Principal or nine for Senior Principal
- An active DoD Secret clearance with an investigation date within six years, and eligibility to obtain and retain SAP clearance
- A STEM master’s in systems engineering or a related field can qualify with three years for Principal or seven for Senior Principal
Who this fits
You’ll work in Oklahoma City and travel about ten percent of the time. The role suits a systems engineer who can coordinate multiple teams and manage technical work; U.S. citizenship is required for positions needing government clearance. Relocation assistance may be available.
From the employer
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 Aeronautics Systems has an opening for a Principal / Sr. Principal Systems Engineer to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals. This position will be located in Oklahoma City, OK.
The Systems Engineer will be responsible for coordination and collaboration with diverse engineering design teams to provide imaginative, technical solutions to a wide range of challenging problems in the design, analysis, integration, and verification of the radar subsystem. The engineer will support establishing and managing the technical baseline in support of program review milestones and flight test. The position requires systems thinking and working knowledge of the full development life-cycle processes that acknowledge technical, schedule, and cost constraints. The candidate must exhibit strong leadership characteristics in coordinating with multiple teams and managing tasks.
This position may be filled at the Principal or Sr. Principal Systems Engineer level. This position is contingent upon verification of DoD Secret clearance and obtainment of Special Access Program (SAP) clearance.
Basic Qualifications:
- Principal Systems Engineer (T3):
- 5 years of experience with a STEM Bachelor’s degree in Systems Engineering or a related field; or
- 3 years of experience with a STEM Master’s degree in Systems Engineering or a related field.
- Sr. Principal Systems Engineer (T4):
- 9 years of experience with a STEM Bachelor’s degree in Systems Engineering or a related field; or
- 7 years of experience with a STEM Master’s degree in Systems Engineering or a related field.
- Active DoD Secret security clearance with a background investigation date within 6 years.
- Must have the ability to obtain and maintain Special Access Program (SAP) clearance.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Engineering degree in Electrical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or Engineering Physics; advanced degree (Master’s or PhD) preferred.
- Experience working on airborne military radar systems including performance analysis, mode development, and integration onto flight platforms.
- Experience in developing, managing, and decomposing radar system and subsystem requirements, including allocation to hardware, software, and firmware.
- Experience in radar system architecture and CONOPS development, including trade studies and end-to-end performance modeling.
- Experience with model-based systems engineering (MBSE), using SysML and tools such as Cameo or similar.
- Experience in interface control document (ICD) development and integration for airborne platforms (sensor, avionics, and mission systems interfaces).
- Proficiency with radar signal processing concepts (waveform design, pulse compression, Doppler processing, CFAR, beamforming) and tools such as MATLAB/Simulink or Python for analysis and simulation.
- Understanding of RF systems, antennas, and propagation, including radar range equation and link budget analysis.
- Demonstrated communication and technical writing skills, including the ability to brief technical presentations to internal and external stakeholders.
- Experience with DOORS (or equivalent requirements management tool), Confluence, and JIRA.
- Scripting or software experience (e.g., MATLAB, Python, or similar) to support analysis, automation, and data analysis.
- Experience working in agile development environments and collaborating across multi-disciplinary teams (hardware, software, integration and test).
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