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Northrop Grumman · 1 month ago

Systems Engineer - Level 2

Huntsville, AL

Full-time

Onsite

Entry, Mid Level

$88K/yr - $131K/yr

2+ years exp

Northrop Grumman is a leader in technological advancements and is seeking a Systems Engineer – Level 2 to join their Systems Engineering & Integration Team. The role involves supporting the development and definition of the Missile Defense System Specification and contributing to various systems engineering tasks related to missile defense.

AerospaceData IntegrationManufacturingRemote SensingSecurity

Growth Opportunities

No H1B

Security Clearance Required

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Perform model-based systems engineering (MBSE) functional and behavior analysis for the defeat of conventional and advanced Threats (e.g., ballistic, aero-maneuvering, hypersonic, hyper-glide, countermeasures, etc.) systems within the Missile Defense Agency’s (MDA) mission area

Participate in a MBSE environment to develop system-of-systems requirements via system/component trade studies and analysis

Contributes to publishing change notices to MDA’s system specification and update of requirements databases, architectural models, interface definitions, and DoDAF 2+ compliant based design packages to document, allocate and trace system and Element level requirements

Document analysis results in reports and briefings for critique and review by SC&R and SE&I Team stakeholders

Create and present briefings within the team and to Missile Defense Agency (MDA) and supporting stakeholders

Duties will include leading small teams of engineers in the development of products

Qualification

Model-Based Systems EngineeringSysMLRequirements DevelopmentMSOSA (Cameo)DOORSTechnical LeadershipCommunication SkillsTeam CollaborationCritical Thinking

Required

Bachelor's Degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) discipline from an accredited university and 2 years of related experience, or a Master's Degree in STEM

Prior experience with use of MSOSA (Cameo) and DOORS

Applicants must demonstrate a strong technical background in architecture development, functional decomposition, requirements development and allocation, and interface definition with system-modelling tools

Applicants must be able to demonstrate knowledge of MBSE and the use of SysML to describe behaviors of a complex DoD system

Applicants must demonstrate ability to think critically and capture concepts in papers, presentations, and discussions. Individual must possess good communication skills

Capable of working both independently and within a small team environment

The successful candidate must also be willing to assume a technical leadership role at times

Ability and willingness to work on a customer site

Ability and willingness to travel up to 10% of the time

Applicants must have a current active in-scope U.S. Government DoD issued Secret security clearance at the time of application which is required to start

Preferred

Demonstrated experience modeling or simulating missile defense applications or similar domains (air combat, air defense, intercept of ballistic targets, intercept of non-ballistic targets, space vehicles, sub-orbital mechanics, etc.)

Knowledge of ballistic and advanced threat systems (e.g., aero-maneuvering, hypersonic, hyper-glide, countermeasures, etc.)

Modeling and analysis experience in aspects of the missile defense system (e.g., Aegis Weapons Systems, Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD), Glide Phase Intercept (GPI), Hypersonic and Ballistic Tracking Space Sensor (HBTSS), Fire Control, C2BMC, MDS sensors (EO/IR/RF), kill vehicles, interceptors, countermeasures, etc.)

Systems engineering experience with large, complex systems