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Northrop Grumman Corp. (JP)

Principal / Sr. Principal MBSE Systems Engineer

Northrop Grumman Corp. (JP), California, Missouri, United States, 65018


Requisition ID: R10167378

Category:

Engineering

Location:

Woodland Hills, California, United States of America

Clearance Type:

Secret

Telecommute:

No - Teleworking not available for this position

Shift:

1st Shift (United States of America)

Travel Required:

Yes, 10% of the Time

Relocation Assistance:

Relocation assistance may be available

At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact people's lives around the world today, and for generations to come. Our pioneering and inventive spirit has enabled us to be at the forefront of many technological advancements in our nation's history. We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage, and a pioneering spirit to join forces to invent the future, and have fun along the way. Our culture thrives on intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity, and bringing your whole self to work — and we have an insatiable drive to do what others think is impossible.

We are looking for you to join our team as a MBSE Systems Engineer based out of Woodland Hills, CA. As a MBSE Systems Engineer at Northrop Grumman, you will have a challenging and rewarding opportunity to be a part of our Enterprise-wide digital transformation. Through the use of Model-based Engineering, DevSecOps, and Agile practices, we continue to evolve how we deliver critical national defense products and capabilities for the warfighter. The successful candidate will be collaborative, open, transparent, and team-oriented with a focus on team empowerment & shared responsibility, flexibility, continuous learning, and a culture of automation.

What You’ll get to Do:

The Future Positioning Navigation Timing Systems (FPNTS) team at Northrop Grumman Mission Systems (NGMS) is looking for an MBSE Systems Engineer to join our team. This candidate will provide technical support of our navigation research and development (R&D) portfolio for military applications and is based out of Woodland Hills, CA. This job opportunity is contingent upon the arrival of a large Software Defined GPS Receiver program expected September 2024.

In this role, you will be collaborating with cross-functional engineering teams to establish architecture content and develop solutions that achieve customer intent. It will require you to demonstrate good communication skills, systems thinking, and the ability to capture technical design in MBSE architecture products.

Essential Responsibilities:

Development and evaluation of GPS receiver architectures and requirements

Defining key capabilities and performance requirements for GPS receivers

Decomposing functionality

Defining interfaces in a Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) environment

Communication of status, issues, and results with program management and customers

Work in close collaboration with Government R&D organizations such as DARPA, AFRL, ONR, and Army labs

Work with a team of navigation and timing experts in a team-based collaborative environment

Work with leading-edge Software Defined Radio (SDR) systems for GPS, GNSS, and other cooperative signals along with advanced signal processing techniques

Work with leading-edge navigation warfare (NavWar) systems, techniques, algorithms, and software

Basic Qualifications for a Principal MBSE Systems Engineer:

Bachelor of Science degree in a STEM discipline AND 5 years of related professional/military experience in MBSE or Systems Engineering OR a Master's degree in a STEM discipline with 3 years of related professional/military experience in MBSE or Systems Engineering OR a Ph.D in a STEM discipline with 0 years of related professional/military experience in MBSE or Systems Engineering

Experience in Cameo, Rhapsody, Simulink, SCADE, or other MBSE Modeling applications

US Citizenship

Active DoD Secret clearance or higher clearance

Ability to work on site a minimum of 4 days a week

Basic Qualifications for a Sr. Principal MBSE Systems Engineer:

Bachelor of Science degree in a STEM discipline AND 9 years of related professional/military experience in MBSE or Systems Engineering OR a Master's degree in a STEM discipline with 7 years of related professional/military experience in MBSE or Systems Engineering OR a Ph.D in a STEM discipline with 4 years of related professional/military experience in MBSE or Systems Engineering

Experience in Cameo, Rhapsody, Simulink, SCADE, or other MBSE Modeling applications

US Citizenship

Active DoD Secret clearance or higher clearance

Ability to work on site a minimum of 4 days a week

Preferred Qualifications:

Exposure to requirements specification and interface control documents (ICD) for GPS-153/RS-232, etc.

Working knowledge of Power Management, Buffer/Memory Management, Precision timing interface

Familiarity with signals of opportunity and alternate navigation signals

Familiarity with open system architectures (ex: ASPN, CMOSS, PNTOS, JADC2)

Familiarity with anti-jam GPS processing techniques and analysis

Familiarity with military GPS modernization particularly M-code signal processing and capabilities

Familiarity with GPS satellite constellation simulator test equipment

Familiarity with inertial navigation systems (INS) mechanizations

Familiarity with integrated INS/GPS navigation systems involving exposure to Kalman filtering / estimation theory

Familiar with UML, SysML, and/or AADL

Familiar with DoDAF/UPDM, SysML, or UAF

Experience developing MBSE artifacts such as behavior diagrams and structure diagrams in SysML

Experience with Systems Engineering activities

Experience running CAMEO Simulation Tool Kit for SysML validation

Ability to analyze architectures and develop MBSE views in SysML

Experience with Magic Grid Framework

Experience with DOORs

Familiar with C/C++ and Software Design Patterns

Familiar with digital processing

Interfacing and presenting to customers

Salary Range:

$107,300 - $160,900

Salary Range 2:

$133,000 - $199,600

The above salary range represents a general guideline; however, Northrop Grumman considers a number of factors when determining base salary offers.

Northrop Grumman is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.

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