
Principal Systems Engineer
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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 sector is seeking a Systems Engineer for the Triton program in Rancho Bernardo, San Diego CA at the Autonomous Design Center of Excellence. The selected candidate must be from within a commutable distance from the site.
The selected candidate will be responsible for supporting diverse engineering design teams to provide imaginative, technical solutions to a wide range of difficult problems within the Core Systems Engineering team on the Triton Enterprise. This includes scope across the entire spectrum of the Systems Engineering V-Model. The candidate will be executing system integration tasking across the entire lifecycle of a system and integrating new capabilities on the MQ-4C Triton platform. The selected candidate should be able to support SE disciplines including requirements development, use case development, capability (hardware and software) development, integration planning, lab integration, test planning, formal test, verification and fielded test and mission support.
The selected candidate will also be expected to perform tasking in establishment and management of the technical baseline including Integrated Functional Capability (IFC) development and technical configuration and change management.
Essential Functions:
• Support cross-IPT development of system level requirements and use cases
• Implement requirements verification methodology and traceability
• Support development of interface definitions and integration plans
• Conduct formal integration and support capabilities based system level testing of fully integrated complex software and hardware subsystems
• Evaluate integration and test anomalies and assist disposition and correction of issues as found
• Perform requirements verification and selloff
• Provide support to flight test and fielded assets
• Manage configuration of developmental and production systems
• Development of capability roadmaps within specified capability areas
Basic Qualifications:
• BS degree in a STEM discipline with a minimum of 5 years of relevant engineering experience; Master’s degree in a STEM discipline with a minimum 3 years of relevant experience
• Ability to obtain and maintain DoD Secret clearance
• Ability to obtain and maintain Program Access (PAR) within a reasonable period of time, as determined by the company to meet its business needs
Preferred Qualifications:
• Active DoD Secret clearance
• Familiarity with Systems Engineering V model and Design processes
• Familiarity with TeamCenter PLC and JIRA/Confluence
• Demonstrated experience with IFC Development and Management
• Familiarity with requirements decomposition and verification campaigns
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We offer flexible work arrangements, 9/80 work schedule with every other Friday off, phenomenal learning opportunities, exposure to a wide variety of projects and customers, and a very friendly team environment. We are looking for self-motivated, proactive, and goal-oriented people to help us grow our services and become even better at what we do.
Educational assistance is available to employees who want to continue to learn and develop skills/knowledge.
Our educational assistance program supports employee development by providing resources such as:
Free Education Advice: Call 855-222-2398 to speak with an experienced advisor to tailor an educational program to your career goals and needs.
Tuition Savings at Accredited Schools: Access a network of accredited schools in a variety of locations (and online) to take advantage of reduced tuition costs and waived fees.
Our Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) provide benefits for the member, our leaders and the company. Our ERGs offer opportunities to be a friend, be active, be a volunteer, be a leader, to be recognized and to be yourself. Every ERG is inclusive of all employees
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Job Details
- Category
- Aerospace Engineering
- Employment Type
- Full time
- Location
- United States-California-San Diego, United States
- Posted
- Jan 14, 2026, 07:00 PM
- Listed
- Jan 15, 2026, 11:25 AM
- Compensation
- $114,000 - $171,000 per year
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