Sentinel Sr Principal Software Engineer - 14591

Senior Principal Software Engineer

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.

Join Northrop Grumman on our continued mission to push the boundaries of possible across land, sea, air, space, and cyberspace. Enjoy a culture where your voice is valued and start contributing to our team of passionate professionals providing real-life solutions to our world’s biggest challenges. We take pride in creating purposeful work and allowing our employees to grow and achieve their goals every day by Defining Possible. With our competitive pay and comprehensive benefits, we have the right opportunities to fit your life and launch your career today.

Northrop Grumman Defense Systems is seeking a passionate Senior Principal Software Engineer to join our team and support the Sentinel Program. This role will be based in Colorado Springs, CO or Huntsville, AL.

Candidates should be highly motivated engineers who can work both independently and in team environments. The selected candidate will get to use MBSE principles to model various processes, tools, and activities that span the Sentinel program. The successful candidate must be proficient in Cameo and DOORS and have an in-depth understanding of MBSE and be willing to support less experienced MBSE teammates through knowledge sharing and internal peer review of work products. As a Senior Principal Software Requirements Engineer, you will be a pivotal leader in the Command and Control (C2) team for the Sentinel program. This role demands a high level of accountability with responsibilities including:

• Execution and Collaboration: Drive technical execution in support of major program events, collaborating within and across the Division SDS program portfolio to deliver exceptional customer value.

• Systems Challenges: Focus on resolving high-level systems challenges, ensuring the execution of the overall technical plan within the Integrated Master Schedule.

• Strategic Initiatives: Support strategic SDS Division initiatives on tools, processes, and cross-segment technical reviews, driving technical rigor into technical interchange meetings with C2 partners.

• Model-Based Engineering: Utilize Model-Based Engineering to deliver a highly sustainable Weapon System, advising the C2 program office on program, schedule, and technical matters.

This position requires a leader who is accountable to the team, customer, program management, and executive leadership. The ideal candidate will embody servant leadership, putting the team’s needs first while maintaining focus on achieving program objectives.

Responsibilities includes but not limited to:

• Perform requirements analysis, review and document source data for requirements, generate requirements verification, and work with suppliers and internal teams to ensure products designed meet requirements.

• Interface with subject matter experts, analysts, architects, designers, system engineers and specialty engineers to capture Sentinel Node structure and behavior across UPDM/UAF/SysML/UML MBSE frameworks.

• Support requirement decomposition, derivation, and traceability.

• Support development of MBSE strategy and MBSE implementation.

• Coordinate with sub-contracted product teams to drive compliance to the SOW and established program model governance.

• Help develop technical content for presentations and present to internal and external stakeholders.

• Apply the principles of engineering to design components and systems using applicable standards and specifications.

• Maintain design documentation and follow configuration management requirements.

• Bachelor’s degree in Science with 8+ years of experience; or Master’s degree with 6 years of experience; or PhD with 4 years of experience; or 04 additional years in lieu of a degree.

• Must have an active U.S. Government DoD Secret security clearance at time of application, current and within scope, with an ability to obtain and maintain Special Access Program (SAP) approval within a reasonable period of time, as determined by the company to meet its business need.

• Current understanding of software engineering best practices.

Position Benefits:

As a full-time employee of Northrop Grumman Defense Systems, you are eligible for our robust benefits package including:

• Medical, Dental & Vision coverage
• 401k
• Educational Assistance
• Life Insurance
• Employee Assistance Programs & Work/Life Solutions
• Paid Time Off
• Health & Wellness Resources
• Employee Discounts

This position's standard work schedule is a 9/80. The 9/80 schedule allows employees who work a nine-hour day Monday through Thursday to take every other Friday off. This role may offer a competitive relocation assistance package.

Basic Qualifications:

• Sr. Principal Software Engineer: 8 Years with Bachelor’s in related field of study, 6 Years with Masters, 4 Years with PhD or 4 additional years in lieu of a degree.
• US Citizenship with Active DoD Secret clearance with a reinvestigation date occurring in the last 6 years.
• Ability to obtain Special Program Access (SAP).
• Ability to team plan, execute, and manage the technical scope, and support leadership planning.
• Current understanding of software engineering best practices
• Experience in software engineering, system design, software requirements, and test
• Experience with Agile and working in a cross-functional Scrum team.
• Experience performing Safety Critical Functional Thread Analysis (SCFTA)
• Experience designing for and writing requirements for Safety Critical Functions
• Experience with USAF Nuclear Surety (AFMAN91-119) and/or Cyber Certification
• Experience integrating multiple engineering specialties and stakeholders across multiple Integrated Product Teams and Suppliers
• Experience leading requirements, design, and integration of complex systems
• Minimum 2 years Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) experience
• Able to create plans and standards for architecture, requirements, and design that can address selection process that accounts for providing safe, fault tolerant, and deterministic operation for critical functions. Critical functions are those functions that perform/support SCF/Critical signal trace threads.
• Able to create system, hardware and software verification plans to address complete functional validation as described by the software requirements specification

Preferred Qualifications:

• Detailed knowledge of the Command and Launch system and mission objectives
• INCOSE ASEP or CSEP Certification
• OMG SysML Model Builder Fundamental Certification
• Experienced with verification planning and system buildup for Flight Tests
• Experienced using Model Based Product Line Engineering Concepts
• Current understanding of software engineering best practices
• Ability to team plan, execute, and manage the technical scope, and support leadership planning.
• Experience integrating multiple engineering specialties and stakeholders across multiple Integrated Product Teams and Suppliers
• Experience leading requirements, design, and integration of complex systems
• Experience leading the performance of technical tasks on schedule, at cost and achieving all requirements as technical lead