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Northrop Grumman · 2 months ago

Associate / Engineer Systems Architect

Northrop Grumman is a leading aerospace and defense technology company that offers revolutionary systems impacting lives worldwide. They are seeking an Engineer System Architect to develop system architecture and ensure requirements are met while evaluating performance with customers.

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Responsibilities

Define system architectures
Develop architecture, CONOPS, and use cases using model-based systems engineering methodologies
Perform functional analysis, timeline analysis, detail trade studies, requirements allocation, and interface definition studies to translate customer requirements into hardware and software specifications
Execute trade studies to select from among multiple potential solutions
Perform systems requirements analysis
Manage requirements, including decomposition, allocation, verification, and validation

Qualification

System architecture developmentModel-based systems engineeringDODAF viewpointsRequirements analysisCameo MagicDrawAerospace EngineeringMechanical EngineeringSoft skills

Required

Must have a Bachelor of Science degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, or Math) discipline AND 0 years of related professional/military experience, OR a Master's of Science degree in a STEM discipline AND 0 years of related professional/military experience, OR a STEM Ph.D. AND 0 years of related professional/military experience
Must have an active Interim DoD Top Secret clearance or higher clearance (with a background investigation completed within the last 6 years or currently enrolled into Continuous Evaluation)
Must have the ability to obtain and maintain DoD Top Secret clearance or higher clearance (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 the company
Must have a Bachelor of Science degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, or Math) discipline AND 2 years of engineering-related experience, OR a Master's degree in a STEM discipline AND 0 years of engineering-related experience
Must have an active Interim DoD Top Secret clearance or higher clearance (with a background investigation completed within the last 6 years or currently enrolled into Continuous Evaluation)
Must have the ability to obtain and maintain DoD Top Secret clearance or higher clearance (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 the company

Preferred

Degree in Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or Systems Engineering, with experience using Model Based Systems Engineering
Applied knowledge of aircraft design
Experience in the military aerospace development environment
Experience with Cameo MagicDraw or another MBSE tool such as Rhapsody, Sparx EA, or Enterprise Architect
Experience developing various DODAF view artifacts, especially operational and functional viewpoints, using MBSE tools like Cameo

Benefits

Flexible work arrangements
A 9/80 work schedule with every other Friday off
Phenomenal learning opportunities
Exposure to a wide variety of projects and customers
A very friendly team environment
Health insurance coverage
Life and disability insurance
Savings plan
Company paid holidays
Paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business

Company

Northrop Grumman

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Northrop Grumman is an aerospace, defense and security company that provides training and satellite ground network communications software.

Funding

Current Stage
Public Company
Total Funding
$3.7B
Key Investors
U.S. Department of DefenseNASA
2025-05-27Post Ipo Debt· $1B
2024-01-29Post Ipo Debt· $2.5B
2023-12-20Grant· $72M

Leadership Team

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Tom Wilson
Corporate Vice President, Enterprise Business Development
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Jeffrey Worsham
Chief Product Owner - Advanced Technology Development
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