Posted June 12, 2026
Sr Principal Systems Engineer - R10235639
RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be availableCLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: YesCLEARANCE TYPE: SecretTRAVEL: 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 Aeronautics Systems has an opening for a Sr Principal Systems Engineer Requirements and Verification (R&V) Lead to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals within our Systems Engineering organization. This role is located in Rancho Bernardo, CA.
In this role, you will fill the role of Global Hawk SEI Long Term Comms (LTC) Requirements and Verification (R&V) Lead for the Foreign Military Sales (FMS) Business Area. You'll be working across the entire spectrum of the Systems Engineering V-Model, and will provide dedicated support in the area of requirements development, verification, and selloff.
Essential Functions:
- Lead cross-Integrated Product Team (IPT) development of system and segment level requirements
- Lead Requirements and Verification efforts in support of Systems Engineering Technical Reviews (e.g. SRR, PDR, CDR)
- Define and implement requirement verification methodology and traceability
- Coordinate with cross-IPT Responsible Engineers and System Test Engineering to ensure integrated functions are ready for formal verification
- Perform requirements verification and selloff
- Capture and translate the intent of stakeholders’ mission needs
- Leverage experience supporting Fielded Aircraft Systems, UAV systems, and the full lifecycle of Systems Engineering, including design reviews, requirements decomposition, test planning, and requirements verification/management
Basic Qualifications:
- Must have a Bachelors degree in a STEM field and at least 8 years of relevant military / professional experience, OR a Master's Degree in a STEM field and at least 6 years of relevant military / professional experience, OR a PhD and at least 4 years of relevant military / professional experience
- 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).
- Must have the ability to obtain and maintain Special Access Program (SAP) clearance within a reasonable amount of time as determined by business needs.
- Must have previous experience with Systems Engineering Technical Reviews (e.g. SRR, PDR, CDR)
- Must have previous experience managing Technical Baselines (Functional and Allocated Baselines)
- Must have requirements verification and validation experience including generating Requirements Verification Plans (RVPs), generating Requirements Verification Reports (RVRs), verification sell-off
- Must have previous DOORS experience
- Must have experience managing multiple level of requirements and collaborating across engineering disciplines
- Must have Functional Configuration Audit (FCA) experience
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience with RQ-4 air vehicle, ground segment, sensor payloads, COMMS and support equipment
- Experience with FMS customers
- Experience with FMS operations
- Experience with FMS architecture
- Experience with Use Case generation
- Experience as Segment-Level Systems Engineer
- Experience with Interfaces ICDs
- Experience with System Design
- Experience maintaining requirements metrics and status
- Active TS/SCI
- MS degree in STEM field
