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Northrop Grumman is hiring a Sentinel - Principal / Sr Principal Systems Engineer - 18977 in Roy, UT. It is a full-time role in Software & IT, asking for at least 5 years of experience, first listed on November 5. The advertised pay is $98,400–$147,600 a year. The description mentions SAP, SQL, Azure, Power BI, Python and C++. Northrop Grumman has 149 other openings in the US, 19 of them in Roy, UT. Across all employers on USA Jobs 24 there are 14 Software & IT openings in Roy, UT today; the typical one asks for 6 years and advertises about $123,000 a year at the midpoint.
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Northrop Grumman advertises $98,400 to $147,600 a year, a midpoint of $123,000 a year. Where an offer lands in a range usually depends on experience and on the exact location. That is lower than about 55% of the 47 software & IT jobs in Utah that publish a yearly rate on USA Jobs 24, where the typical midpoint is $130,000 a year. To see roughly what this leaves after federal and Utah tax, try our take-home pay calculator.
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Northrop Grumman has 150 openings on USA Jobs 24 today across 19 states. Most are in software & IT (82), operations (14) and engineering & mfg (10). The biggest locations are Roy, UT (20), Redondo Beach, CA (11) and Dulles, VA (10). 2% of them are remote, 12% are open to entry-level candidates and 99% show pay. We collect Northrop Grumman's jobs every day straight from its own careers system (Workday), never from job boards or agencies.
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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.Join Northrop Grumman on our continued mission to push the boundaries of possible across land, sea, air, space, and cyberspace. Enjoy a culture where your voice is valued and start contributing to our team of passionate professionals providing real-life solutions to our world’s biggest challenges. We take pride in creating purposeful work and allowing our employees to grow and achieve their goals every day by Defining Possible. With our competitive pay and comprehensive benefits, we have the right opportunities to fit your life and launch your career today.
Northrop Grumman Defense Systems is seeking a Principal / Sr Principal Systems Engineer. This opening is in Roy, UT and will support the Sentinel Program. Northrop Grumman supports the Air Force’s sustainment, development, production and deployment of hardware and system modifications for Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) Ground and Airborne Launch Control Systems, Launch Facilities, and associated infrastructure.
The selected candidate will join a team modeling high level Reliability, Availability, Maintainability, Cost (RAM-C) processes across multiple campuses. This role will focus Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM) modeling and strategy selection for a large missile system with opportunity to support other reliability related modeling and analysis efforts. The RCM team focuses on using failure modes to model potential maintenance strategies and select the best strategy for the overall weapon system. An ideal candidate will have experience modeling large systems and experience finding useful data and trends in large data sets. A candidate with maintenance or logistical background will be able to more easily communicate with stakeholders. Experience with Air Force or military maintenance operations is preferred.
What You'll Get To Do:
- Performs technical planning, system integration, verification and validation, cost and risk, and supportability and effectiveness analyses for total systems.
- Analyses are performed at all levels of total system product 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, detailed trade studies, requirements allocation and interface definition studies to translate customer requirements into hardware and software specifications.
Basic Qualifications:
- Principal Systems Engineer (T03): Bachelor's degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) discipline from an accredited university and 5 years of experience, 3 years of experience with Master's degree or 1 year of experience with a PhD.
- Sr Principal Systems Engineer (T04): Bachelor's degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) discipline from an accredited university and 8 Years of related experience; 6 Years with Masters; 4 years of experience with a PhD.
Required for both levels:
- Must be a US Citizen with an active U.S. Government DoD Secret security clearance at time of application with an investigation completed within the last 6 years
- Must have the ability to obtain and maintain Special Access Program (SAP) approval within a reasonable period of time, as determined by the company to meet its business needs
- Proficiency with Reliability Engineering tools (ReliaSoft, MADe, Opus, or similar) - 1 year of experience
- Proficiency with data handling scripting (SQL, Azure, PowerBI or similar) - 1 year of experience
- Proficiency with engineering scripting (Python, C++/C#, Matlab, VBA or similar) - 3 years of experience
- Demonstrated technical expertise in the areas of modeling, simulation, and analysis (MS&A) or Reliability, Availability, Maintainability, Cost (RAM-C) - 3 years of experience
- Demonstrated technical expertise with Systems Engineering (SE) (Systems engineering V, systems integration, RvsC analysis, VV&A, or similar) - 3 years experience
- Knowledge of Agile development practices
- Capable of working with minimal direction, independently determining and developing technical objectives of assignments, and presenting work upon completion for high level review.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Must be a US Citizen with an active U.S. Government DoD Top Secret security clearance at time of application with an investigation completed within the last 6 years
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering or a related technical discipline (STEM)
- Experience with Agile Release Train (ART) or Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)
- Experience with the Atlassian Tool Suite (Jira / Confluence)
- Advanced use of standard Microsoft Office products to include development tools
- Strong interest to interact with a wide variety of skills across multiple engineering domains. These engineering domains include: Systems Safety, Reliability, Availability, Maintainability, Integrated Logistics Support, Product Support, Digital Integration, and Sustainment Cost Modeling
- Experience with pathfinding / blank page development efforts
- INCOSE certifications
- Knowledge of MIL-HBK-882E, MIL-STD-3034A, NAVAIR 00-25-403, DoDM 4151.25.
- Excellent interpersonal, communication, and organizational skills
As a full-time employee of Northrop Grumman Space Systems, you are eligible for our robust benefits package including:
- Medical, Dental & Vision coverage
- 401k
- Educational Assistance
- Life Insurance
- Employee Assistance Programs & Work/Life Solutions
- Paid Time Off
- Health & Wellness Resources
- Employee Discounts
This position's standard work schedule is 9/80. The 9/80 schedule allows employees who work a nine-hour day Monday through Thursday to take every other Friday off.
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