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Systems Engineer (MBSE) or Principal Systems Engineer (MBSE)

Redondo Beach, CA

Job Description

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be availableCLEARANCE TYPE: PolygraphTRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the Time Description 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.[Northrop Grumman Microelectronics Center (NGMC)](https://www.northropgrumman.com/what-we-do/mission-solutions/microelectronics) is seeking Systems Engineer (MBSE) or Principal Systems Engineer (MBSE).
What You'll Get to Do: 
You will fill an IPT-Level Role within a large Program consisting of multiple IPTs. You'll be a member of the IPT SEIT Team and partner with program-level MBSE engineers. You'll be responsible for developing and managing the modeling environment for the IPT, which will represent the Segment being developed by the IPT. You'll lead adoption of MBSE practices for their IPT/on their technical segment of a large-scale, very complex system.  
You will: 

• Use MBSE to perform logical and systematic instantiation of Segment architecture requirements and decomposition (functional, logical, physical) into a total system definition 

• Generate Segment models that establish linkages and traceability across requirements and verification artifacts. 

• Develop and manage integration between MBSE environments and other SE tools and data sources to maintain Segment models. 

• Ensure that MBSE Segment models are compliant with standards and the system architecture development plan 

• Act as the focal point for Segment MBSE model configuration management 

• Integrate with other modeling teams/environments (other IPTs/Segments, Partners, and Customers) external to the Segment MBSE environment 

• Mentor junior system engineer team members to enhance MBSE tools skills 

• Collaborate and support cross-functionally to establish the Segment architecture and CONOPS, perform trade studies and analysis, flow-down the architecture and CONOPS into requirements and interfaces, and support verification planning 

• Support the preparation of system/software engineering materials during System Requirements Review, System Functional Review, Preliminary Design Review, Critical Design Review, System Verification Review, and Test Readiness Review 

This position will serve on-site in the Redondo Beach, CA area
This requisition may be filled as a Systems Engineer (MBSE) or Principal Systems Engineer (MBSE). 
This position is contingent upon acquiring and maintaining a US Government security clearance per customers' requirements.
Basic Qualifications for Systems Engineer (MBSE): 

• Bachelor's Degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) discipline from an accredited university with at least 2 years of experience; 0 years with Master's Degree.

• Demonstrated experience in applying systems engineering principles, methodologies, and best practices 

• Experience reviewing engineering specifications, schematics and/or drawings with the ability to translate customer driven requirements into specifications 

• Experience/exposure to DODAF modeling 

• Excellent written and oral communication skills for technical documentation, presentations, and stakeholder interactions 

• This position requires the applicant to be a U.S. citizen 

• Current Active DoD Secret Clearance with the ability to obtain and maintain a TS/SCI w. Polygraph prior to start.

  Basic Qualifications for Principal Systems Engineer (MBSE): 

• Bachelor's Degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) discipline from an accredited university with at least 5 years of experience; 3 years with Master's Degree; OR 1 year with a PhD

• Demonstrated experience in applying systems engineering principles, methodologies, and best practices 

• Experience reviewing engineering specifications, schematics and/or drawings with the ability to translate customer driven requirements into specifications 

• Experience/exposure to DODAF modeling 

• Excellent written and oral communication skills for technical documentation, presentations, and stakeholder interactions 

• This position requires the applicant to be a U.S. citizen

• Current Active DoD Secret Clearance with the ability to obtain and maintain a TS/SCI w. Polygraph prior to start.

Preferred Qualifications for Systems Engineer (MBSE) or Principal Systems Engineer (MBSE): 

• Current Active DoD TS/SCI with Polygraph

• Certificate or advanced degree in Systems Engineering 

• Certificate in SysML and/or DODAF

• Use of MBSE tools such as SysML, UML, Cameo  

• Demonstrated ability to create flexible, robust models of complex systems that can be adapted and iterated upon to satisfy and provide traceability of evolving requirements. 

• Multi-Disciplinary Engineering exposure (Software, Hardware, Electrical) and strong ability to communicate cross functionally. 

• DOORS experience including automation (DXL) and generating customer-delivered DODAF views 

• Familiarity with Project & Task Management tools: Jira or Confluence 

• Familiarity with some subset of specialty engineering tools, such as: MATLAB or COMSOL (MODSIM); Visual Studio, Python (SW Engineering); Elasticsearch, Grafana, Tableau (Data and visualization); or Cadence Virtuoso, Keysight ADWS, ANSYS HFSS (Hardware Design) 

Primary Level Salary Range: $91,800.00 - $137,600.00Secondary Level Salary Range: $114,000.00 - $171,000.00The 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.PDN-a070392c-0b7a-4f10-8a4e-ee729e52ed76
RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be availableCLEARANCE TYPE: PolygraphTRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the Time Description 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.[Northrop Grumman Microelectronics Center (NGMC)](https://www.northropgrumman.com/what-we-do/mission-solutions/microelectronics) is seeking Systems Engineer (MBSE) or Principal Systems Engineer (MBSE).
What You'll Get to Do: 
You will fill an IPT-Level Role within a large Program consisting of multiple IPTs. You'll be a member of the IPT SEIT Team and partner with program-level MBSE engineers. You'll be responsible for developing and managing the modeling environment for the IPT, which will represent the Segment being developed by the IPT. You'll lead adoption of MBSE practices for their IPT/on their technical segment of a large-scale, very complex system.  
You will: 

• Use MBSE to perform logical and systematic instantiation of Segment architecture requirements and decomposition (functional, logical, physical) into a total system definition 

• Generate Segment models that establish linkages and traceability across requirements and verification artifacts. 

• Develop and manage integration between MBSE environments and other SE tools and data sources to maintain Segment models. 

• Ensure that MBSE Segment models are compliant with standards and the system architecture development plan 

• Act as the focal point for Segment MBSE model configuration management 

• Integrate with other modeling teams/environments (other IPTs/Segments, Partners, and Customers) external to the Segment MBSE environment 

• Mentor junior system engineer team members to enhance MBSE tools skills 

• Collaborate and support cross-functionally to establish the Segment architecture and CONOPS, perform trade studies and analysis, flow-down the architecture and CONOPS into requirements and interfaces, and support verification planning 

• Support the preparation of system/software engineering materials during System Requirements Review, System Functional Review, Preliminary Design Review, Critical Design Review, System Verification Review, and Test Readiness Review 

This position will serve on-site in the Redondo Beach, CA area
This requisition may be filled as a Systems Engineer (MBSE) or Principal Systems Engineer (MBSE). 
This position is contingent upon acquiring and maintaining a US Government security clearance per customers' requirements.
Basic Qualifications for Systems Engineer (MBSE): 

• Bachelor's Degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) discipline from an accredited university with at least 2 years of experience; 0 years with Master's Degree.

• Demonstrated experience in applying systems engineering principles, methodologies, and best practices 

• Experience reviewing engineering specifications, schematics and/or drawings with the ability to translate customer driven requirements into specifications 

• Experience/exposure to DODAF modeling 

• Excellent written and oral communication skills for technical documentation, presentations, and stakeholder interactions 

• This position requires the applicant to be a U.S. citizen 

• Current Active DoD Secret Clearance with the ability to obtain and maintain a TS/SCI w. Polygraph prior to start.

  Basic Qualifications for Principal Systems Engineer (MBSE): 

• Bachelor's Degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) discipline from an accredited university with at least 5 years of experience; 3 years with Master's Degree; OR 1 year with a PhD

• Demonstrated experience in applying systems engineering principles, methodologies, and best practices 

• Experience reviewing engineering specifications, schematics and/or drawings with the ability to translate customer driven requirements into specifications 

• Experience/exposure to DODAF modeling 

• Excellent written and oral communication skills for technical documentation, presentations, and stakeholder interactions 

• This position requires the applicant to be a U.S. citizen

• Current Active DoD Secret Clearance with the ability to obtain and maintain a TS/SCI w. Polygraph prior to start.

Preferred Qualifications for Systems Engineer (MBSE) or Principal Systems Engineer (MBSE): 

• Current Active DoD TS/SCI with Polygraph

• Certificate or advanced degree in Systems Engineering 

• Certificate in SysML and/or DODAF

• Use of MBSE tools such as SysML, UML, Cameo  

• Demonstrated ability to create flexible, robust models of complex systems that can be adapted and iterated upon to satisfy and provide traceability of evolving requirements. 

• Multi-Disciplinary Engineering exposure (Software, Hardware, Electrical) and strong ability to communicate cross functionally. 

• DOORS experience including automation (DXL) and generating customer-delivered DODAF views 

• Familiarity with Project & Task Management tools: Jira or Confluence 

• Familiarity with some subset of specialty engineering tools, such as: MATLAB or COMSOL (MODSIM); Visual Studio, Python (SW Engineering); Elasticsearch, Grafana, Tableau (Data and visualization); or Cadence Virtuoso, Keysight ADWS, ANSYS HFSS (Hardware Design) 

Primary Level Salary Range: $91,800.00 - $137,600.00Secondary Level Salary Range: $114,000.00 - $171,000.00The 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.PDN-a070392c-0b7a-4f10-8a4e-ee729e52ed76

About Northrop Grumman

Northrop Grumman is a leading global aerospace and defense technology company. Our pioneering solutions equip out customers with the capabilities they need to connect and protect the world and push the boundaries of human exploration across the universe. Driven by a shared purpose to solve our customers’ toughest problems, our nearly 100,000 employees contribute to launching the technology of tomorrow, today.

© 2025 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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