Northrop Grumman · 1 day ago
Systems Engineer/ Product Owner 3 - R10218596
Northrop Grumman is a leader in technological advancements and is seeking a Principal Systems Engineer/Product Owner for their Space Systems – Launch and Missile Defense Systems division. The role involves working on the Modeling and Simulation – Framework program, where the selected candidate will act as an Agile Product Owner, managing the product backlog and ensuring alignment with stakeholder objectives while contributing technically to the development process.
AerospaceData IntegrationManufacturingRemote SensingSecurity
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
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
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
Northrop Grumman is an aerospace, defense and security company that provides training and satellite ground network communications software.
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$3.7BKey Investors
U.S. Department of DefenseNASA
2025-05-27Post Ipo Debt· $1B
2024-01-29Post Ipo Debt· $2.5B
2023-12-20Grant· $72M
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