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Northrop Grumman · 8 hours ago

Sr Principal Engineer Systems – Sys Engineer Interface (26-018 & 26-019)

Huntsville, AL

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$129K/yr - $194K/yr

6+ years exp

Northrop Grumman is a leading aerospace and defense company, and they are seeking a Sr Principal Engineer Systems – Systems Engineer Interface to join their Missile Defense Integration team. This role is crucial for developing and updating Interface Control Documents and supporting the Command and Control, Battle Management, and Communications program, which is essential for ballistic missile defense operations.

AerospaceData IntegrationManufacturingRemote SensingSecurity

Growth Opportunities

No H1B

Security Clearance Required

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Development and updating of multiple Interface Control Documents (ICDs) and Interface Design Documents (IDDs)

Attend interface working group meetings with the MDA customer and representatives of the assigned external element engineering organization, as well as support program integration and test-related efforts for the associated interface

Successful candidate may also be assigned to support other interface engineers in: Developing ICDs for other BMDS Elements Support requirements engineering Use case development Logical architecture modeling tasks as SE department tasking requires

Successful candidate will support spiral leadership to ensure that interface artifacts and system assessment tasks required for the assigned sensor interface are completed as required

The Interface Engineer is a Systems Engineer and will, at times, be called upon to support non-interface systems engineering activities

Qualification

Systems EngineeringInterface Control DocumentsRequirements EngineeringBehavioral ModelingNetwork ProtocolsDOORSCSEP CertificationOCSMP CertificationAgile DevelopmentCommunication

Required

A Bachelor's Degree in STEM Computer Science, Systems Engineering, Software Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, or a related field from an accredited university, along with 8 years of experience; or a Master's degree (preferred) in a STEM-related field with 6 years of relevant work experience; or PhD in a related STEM discipline with 4 years of relevant work experience

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

Willingness to travel up to 10% for business needs

Must possess an understanding of systems engineering processes and principles

Demonstrated Systems Engineering skills and experience in interface engineering, including authoring Interface Control Documents (ICDS) and Interface Design Documents (IDDS), to include: Message definition and processing rules, Message formatting (e.g., XML, VMF, etc.), Physical/network specifications and models, to include the ISO OSI model, Physical/network topologies and devices, Network protocols (e.g., TCP/IP, UDP, et al) are a must

Requirements engineering and the development of behavioral models and diagrams, including use cases, sequence diagrams, and activity diagrams, are required