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Level 2/3 R&V Systems Engineer - AISR&T Contingent

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In-Office
San Diego, CA
92K-171K Annually
Senior level
In-Office
San Diego, CA
92K-171K Annually
Senior level
Develop and manage end-to-end system and subsystem requirements for airborne ISR and tactical systems. Responsibilities include requirements elicitation, decomposition, allocation, documentation, traceability, baselining, change control, verification, and validation. The engineer will create specifications and interface control documents, collaborate with customers and cross-functional technical teams, support architecture and design, and assess impacts on cost, schedule, and technical performance. The role requires an active Secret clearance and involves approximately 10% travel.
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RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: No relocation assistance available

CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes

CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret

TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the TimeDescription

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 - from the first flight across the Atlantic Ocean, to stealth bombers, to landing on the moon. 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. Our employees are not only part of history, they're making history.

Please note that this opportunity is contingent on program funding. Start dates are determined after funding confirmation.

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems has an opening for a Requirements Engineer to support the AISR&T program in Rancho Bernardo, CA. In this role, you will focus on end to end requirements engineering: eliciting, analyzing, documenting, and managing system and subsystem requirements for mission critical airborne ISR and tactical systems. This role is key to ensuring that stakeholder needs are clearly defined, traceable, and successfully verified. Your success critically relies on strong analytical, organizational, and communication skills, and the ability to work effectively on cross functional teams

Responsibilities

  • Lead and perform requirements engineering activities across the full lifecycle (decomposition, analysis, documentation, allocation, traceability, change management, verification, and validation).
  • Work directly with customers, program leadership, and technical teams to capture and clarify operational concepts, use cases, and stakeholder needs.
  • Develop and maintain system and subsystem requirements specifications, interface control documents (ICDs), and related engineering artifacts.
  • Establish and maintain bidirectional traceability between stakeholder requirements, system requirements, design elements, and test cases in the chosen requirements management tools.
  • Support architecture and design efforts by ensuring requirements are well structured, testable, and aligned to program constraints and objectives.
  • Drive requirements baselining and change control processes; assess the impact of requirement changes on cost, schedule, and technical performance.
  • Collaborate with test and integration teams to define verification methods (analysis, test, inspection, demonstration) and ensure requirements are fully verified and validated.

Basic Qualifications:

As a Level 2 Engineer:

  • Must have a Bachelors of Science degree in a STEM field and at least 2 years of relevant military / professional experience, OR a Master's Degree in a STEM field and at least some of relevant military / professional / academic experience

As a Level 3 Principal Engineer:

  • Must have a Bachelors of Science degree in a STEM field and at least 5 years of relevant military / professional experience, OR a Master's Degree in a STEM field and at least 3 years of relevant military / professional experience, OR a PhD and at least 1 year of relevant military / professional / academic experience

As an Engineer at Either Level:

  • Must have an active US Government Secret or higher clearance (with a background investigation completed within the last 6 years or currently enrolled into Continuous Evaluation).

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience on airborne ISR, mission systems, or tactical communications programs.
  • Hands on experience defining and managing requirements for complex, multi disciplinary systems (software, hardware, network, and integration).
  • Experience with Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) approaches and tools.
  • Familiarity with government or industry standards relevant to AISR&T (e.g., MIL STDs, interface standards, security/cyber requirements).
  • Familiarity with requirements management tools (e.g., DOORS, DOORS Next, Jama, Cameo/MBSE) and standard requirements practices.

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Primary Level Salary Range: $91,800.00 - $137,600.00Secondary Level Salary Range: $114,000.00 - $171,000.00

The above salary range represents a general guideline; however, Northrop Grumman considers a number of factors when determining base salary offers such as the scope and responsibilities of the position and the candidate's experience, education, skills and current market conditions.

Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay. Annual bonuses are designed to reward individual contributions as well as allow employees to share in company results. Employees in Vice President or Director positions may be eligible for Long Term Incentives. In addition, Northrop Grumman provides a variety of benefits including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, savings plan, Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business.

The application period for the job is estimated to be 20 days from the job posting date. However, this timeline may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates.

Northrop Grumman is an Equal Opportunity Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class. For our complete EEO and pay transparency statement, please visit http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO. U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.

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