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Northrop Grumman · 1 day ago

Systems Engineer/ Product Owner 3

Huntsville, AL

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$109K/yr - $163K/yr

3+ years exp

Northrop Grumman is a leading aerospace and defense technology company, and they are seeking a Principal Systems Engineer / Product Owner to join their Launch and Missile Defense Systems team. The role involves working on the MASC-F program, where the candidate will be responsible for maximizing product value through managing the product backlog and serving as a liaison between stakeholders and the development team.

AerospaceData IntegrationManufacturingRemote SensingSecurity

Growth Opportunities

No H1B

Security Clearance Required

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Analyzing requirements via Interface Design Documents and translating these into technical specifications

Designing, implementing, and maintaining systems or software to meet customer needs

Provide technical contributions towards software products, processes, and procedures

Collaborating with stakeholders to ensure system integration and performance

Defining and Communicating the vision: Serve as the point person on a product development team, using high-level perspective to define goals and create a vision for development projects. Communicate with stakeholders across the board, including customers, business area POCs, and the development team to make sure the goals are clear, and the vision is aligned with business objectives

Managing the product backlog: Responsible for managing the product backlog—the development team’s project to-do list. This includes: creating the list of backlog items and prioritize them on the overall strategy and business objectives; mapping out project dependencies to inform the necessary sequence of development

Prioritizing needs: Responsible for prioritizing needs base on scope, time, and objectives of stakeholders

Overseeing development stages: Responsible for overseeing the actual development of the product, playing a key role throughout each event, including planning, refinement, review, and sprint

Acting as primary liaison: This role will serve as the primary communicator and link between stakeholders and teams

Evaluating product progress at each iteration: Accountable for each stage of the development process and the final product. Play a primary role in inspecting and evaluating product progress through each iteration

Qualification

Red Hat Enterprise LinuxPythonAgile Product OwnerBallistic Missile Defense SystemProficiency with DOORSArchitecture modeling toolTechnical briefingPerformance requirementsMDA system exposureJupyter NotesAgile certificationsCommunication skillsCollaboration skillsTeam leadership

Required

Bachelor's Degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) discipline preferred from an accredited university and 5 years of related experience, or a Master's Degree and 3 years of related experience, or 0 years of experience with a PhD

Experience with Red Hat Enterprise Linux OS

Python experience or similar technology

Have MDA system exposure experience

Experience with Jupyter Notes or similar technology

Proven communication skills (verbal and written) with a demonstrated ability to communicate at all levels (up/down/parallel)

Proven ability to build collaboration across organizations

Ability to interact effectively with and lead diverse teams

Full time onsite

A current active in-scope U.S. Government DoD Secret security clearance

Preferred

Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS) domain experience (Long Range Discriminating Radar (LRDR), Aegis BMD, Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD), C2BMC, AN/TPY-2, SBX, THAAD, Patriot, SBIRS, etc.)

Agile Product Owner experience

Interface experience (knowledge of the phenomenology transferred to elements, at least GTISS knowledge)

Able to do technical briefing at high levels

Familiarity with BMD tech baseline products (E.g. BMD SDD, BMD SS), processes, and content

Experience developing performance requirements

Demonstrated project and team leadership experience

Proficiency with DOORS

Proficiency with an architecture modeling tool (e.g. System Architect, Rhapsody, Magic Draw)

Agile certifications (e.g. Product Owner, Scrum Master, SAFe, etc.)

Current active in-scope U.S. Government DoD Top Secret security clearance