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Northrop Grumman · 1 day ago

Principal Engineer Systems

Northrop Grumman is a leader in technological advancements and is seeking a Principal Engineer Systems to join their Specialty Engineering team in Plymouth, MN. The role involves planning and executing specialty engineering tasks, performing detailed analyses, and leading safety programs throughout weapon system development.

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Responsibilities

Work with team members to plan and execute specialty engineering tasks from the Specialty Engineering domains to support a wide variety of programs. Specialty Engineering domains include: Systems Safety, Reliability, Availability, Maintainability, Product Cybersecurity, Integrated Logistics Support, Product Support, Human Factors, and Unit Production Cost Modeling
Perform detailed Specialty Engineering analyses in close collaboration with design engineering throughout weapon system development programs. Examples are: Failure Mode Effects and Criticality Analysis (FMECA), Fault Tree Analysis (FTA), and System Hazard Analysis (SHA)
Lead Safety Programs from planning to successful safety acceptance with Safety Review Boards
Perform as a lead Specialty Engineer in design reviews, failure investigations, and customer working group meetings
Support bidding and proposal work in collaboration with Specialty Engineering Manager
Work with Systems Design Engineering team to define, track, and verify requirements that support system development objectives tied to specialty engineering domains
Work with Test Engineering and Environmental Health & Safety (EH&S) to define processes and procedures that permit safe conduct and execution of test events and manufacturing of systems

Qualification

Systems EngineeringSafety EngineeringReliability EngineeringCybersecurityEngineering AnalysisAerospace ExperienceMIL-STD-882EEngineering CertificationCommunication SkillsInterpersonal Skills

Required

Bachelor of Science Degree in Engineering discipline, plus 5 years of experience. Or master's degree plus 3 years of additional experience
Ability to obtain a DOD Secret clearance
Strong interest to work closely with engineers from various engineering disciplines. These disciplines include: Systems, Mechanical, Electrical, Software, and Production Engineering
Strong interest to learn a wide variety of skills across multiple engineering domains. These engineering domains include: Systems Safety, Reliability, Availability, Maintainability, Product Cybersecurity, Integrated Logistics Support, Product Support, Human Factors, and Unit Production Cost Modeling
Familiarity with standard Microsoft Office products and ability to learn new toolsets
Strong verbal and written communication and interpersonal skills

Preferred

Experience leading technical efforts
Experience performing engineering analyses (e.g. Hazard Analysis, FMECA, FTA, etc.)
Aerospace and defense product experience
Experience with MIL-STD-882E System Safety, or equivalent system safety standard
Relevant Specialty Engineering domain experience (e.g. Safety, Maintainability, Reliability, Cybersecurity etc.)
Certification in a relevant engineering domain or discipline (e.g. CSP, CISSP, CSEP, CRE, etc.)
Experience presenting technical information to large audiences

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

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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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Kenneth Crews
Corporate Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
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Tom Wilson
Corporate Vice President, Enterprise Business Development
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