Northrop Grumman Australia · 1 month ago
Systems Engineer - Level 2
United States-Alabama-Huntsville
Full-time
Onsite
Entry, Mid Level
$88K/yr - $131K/yr
2+ years expNorthrop Grumman is a leading aerospace and defense technology company, and they are seeking a Systems Engineer – Level 2 to join their Systems Engineering & Integration Team. The role involves developing systems engineering products to support the Missile Defense System Specification for the Missile Defense Agency, including functional analysis and leading small teams of engineers.
Defense & Space
No H1B
Security Clearance RequiredU.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
The position is in Huntsville, AL and is located on a customer site at the Boeing Jetplex facility
Qualification
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
Benefits
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 Australia
Northrop Grumman Australia is the Australia-based arm of Northrop Grumman Corporation and committed to generating long-term prosperity, investing in advanced Research & Development, sovereign and exportable Intellectual Property, high-quality jobs and long-term technology leadership across the Commonwealth.
501-1000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageCompany data provided by crunchbase