Systems Engineer, Principal Systems Engineer

Northrop Grumman

Systems Engineer involved in systems engineering for propulsion systems at Northrop Grumman. Collaborating with teams to capture requirements and manage system architecture and verification.

Posted 4/14/2026full-timeCorinne • Utah • 🇺🇸 United StatesJuniorMid-Level💰 $77,200 - $115,800 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Support program systems engineering needs by capturing model-based digital architecture and requirements
Coordinate with customers and program team members to understand the intent and needs of the integrated system
Evaluate and manage customer requirements and derived flow down into subsystem and component specifications as appropriate
Analyze the needs of the system and translate into verifiable performance and design requirements
Support associated verification approach and work with engineering teams to develop analysis and test results to support stakeholder requirements
Integrate customer directed changes into the system and facilitate implementation of changes within a change management system
Coordinate and communicate between multiple cross-functional subsystem teams

Requirements

What you’ll need

Minimum of 2 years of experience working in Systems Engineering or in Integration Design or a related field in propulsion
Demonstrated experience in many aspects of aerospace design development processes including design, analysis, testing and integration
Exposure to and familiarity with MBSE approaches and tools (Cameo, Doors, etc.) and some exposure to MBSE languages (SysML or UML) are required
Familiarity with Model Based Engineering and integration of descriptive and analytical models
Candidate must be able to obtain and maintain secret clearance

Benefits

Comp & perks

Health insurance coverage
Life insurance
Disability insurance
Savings plan
Company paid holidays
Paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business

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Hard Skills & Tools

systems engineeringintegration designaerospace design developmentdesign analysistestingintegrationmodel-based systems engineering (MBSE)SysMLUML

Soft Skills

communicationcoordinationcollaboration

Certifications

secret clearance