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Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems is a premier provider of military aircraft, autonomous systems, aerospace structures and next-generation surveillance, strike and commercial solutions to assist our customers worldwide. Working closely with our customers and suppliers, these systems and technologies are used for a wide range of missions including intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance; protected communications; battle management; strike operations; electronic warfare; and missile defense.

We are looking for you to join our team as a Sr. Staff Systems / Training Architect Engineer based out of Beale AFB , CA. As a Training Architect Engineer at Northrop Grumman you will have a challenging and rewarding opportunity to be a part of our team. The successful candidate will be exceptionally meticulous, collaborative, open, transparent, and team-oriented with a focus on team empowerment & personal responsibility, flexibility, continuous learning, and a culture of seeking the best performance from each individual.

What You'll Get to Do:
Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems sector is seeking a Systems Engineer to join our diverse and talented team. The selected candidate will coordinate the Systems Engineering roles and responsibilities associated with a Core Program capability or set of capabilities.

The successful candidate must be capable of implementation of System requirements through system design, development, integration and verification. The position is expected to provide leadership to the Enterprise on developing, documenting, producing and sustaining networked training systems.

Candidate will contribute to highly visible activities and have opportunities to present capabilities and strategy to sector and customer leadership.

Essential Functions:

• Performs technical planning, system integration, verification and validation, cost and risk, and supportability and effectiveness analyses for total systems.
• Perform systems engineering analyses at all levels with a total system product approach to include: concept, design, fabrication, test, installation, operation, maintenance and disposal. Ensures the logical and systematic conversion of customer or product requirements into total systems solutions that acknowledge technical, schedule, and cost constraints.
• Performs functional analysis, timeline analysis, detail trade studies, requirements allocation and interface definition studies to translate customer requirements into hardware and software specifications.
• Perform system analysis, design optimization, system performance assessments, and operations analysis work in support of integrated mission analysis for current and potential customers.
• Understand and communicate operational mission requirements to engineering teams.
• Track Measures of Performance, Measures of Effectiveness and define other metrics to ensure capabilities meet customer objectives.
• Responsible for setting the vision for future capabilities and driving the execution of that vision.
• Direct customer and supplier interaction to include regular presentations and detailed analysis of issues.
• Be familiar with threat system analysis, system survivability, mission performance & effectiveness, and military requirements
• Flexibility to evolving program environments.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics discipline from an accredited university and at least 14 years of experience OR Master’s Degree in STEM and 12 years of experience
• Active DoD Top Secret
• The ability to obtain and maintain program access
• Experience in developing and managing distributed networks
• Experience in direct customer interaction
• Experience in project leadership

Preferred Qualifications:

• Prefer Engineering degree in Software or Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or Engineering Physics.
• Master’s Degree
• Experience in training systems
• Proven ability to brief technical presentations to stakeholders.

Northrop Grumman is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action 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/AA and Pay Transparency statement, please visit www.northropgrumman.com/EEO. U.S. Citizenship is required for most positions.

The health and safety of our employees and their families is a top priority. The company encourages employees to remain up-to-date on their COVID-19 vaccinations. U.S. Northrop Grumman employees may be required, in the future, to be vaccinated or have an approved disability/medical or religious accommodation, pursuant to future court decisions and/or government action on the currently stayed federal contractor vaccine mandate under Executive Order 14042 https://www.saferfederalworkforce.gov/contractors/.

Northrop Grumman is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action 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/AA and Pay Transparency statement, please visit http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO. U.S. Citizenship is required for most positions.