Staff Systems Engineer MBSE (AHT)

Requisition ID : R10160644

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 Defense Systems Sector is seeking a Staff Systems Engineer MBSE to join our team in Huntsville, AL. The qualified applicant will become part of Northrop Grumman’s IBCS Systems Engineering and Integration team.

The candidate will support architecture and integration needs, to include designing, validating, and maintaining the architecture against requirements baselines.

He / she may lead trade studies, gap analyses, and other activities to assess proposed changes to the architecture. Candidate must have the ability to work effectively within a team environment, ability to interface with other groups within the project, well developed problem-solving skills, and ability to work within a dynamic environment.

Candidate should possess strong experience in developing modeling processes and procedures, developing training materials and training team members on the use of Cameo Enterprise Architecture and in model development techniques.

Candidate should have extensive experience with the Object-Oriented Systems Engineering process (OOSEM) and have the ability to developed system model models to be Level 1 compliant with the Unified Profile for Department of Defense Architecture Framework (DoDAF) and Ministry of Defense Architecture Framework (MODAF) (UPDM) using the System Modeling Language (SysML) as the primary language.

The qualified applicants must be able to develop logical and physical system architecture using DoDAF and SysML which included modeling of system domain and context, external and internal interfaces, behavior, and structure.

The individual shall also :

Derive mission threads and use cases.

define system functions and trace to requirements

Facilitate subject matter experts, stakeholders, and customers throughout the process of developing architectural specifications.

Identify proposed changes to technical baseline documents (i.e., interface documents, specifications documents, architecture products).

Prepare and present engineering analysis, gaps, and recommendations to senior leadership.

Basic Qualifications :

To be considered for this position, the candidate must minimally meet the knowledge, skills, and abilities listed below.

Current DoD Secret security clearance with an investigation within the past 6 years

Extensive Experience with Systems Modeling Language (SysML) and the Unified Profile for DoDAF and MoDAF (UPDM)

Extensive experience with Cameo Enterprise Architecture

Systems Engineering skills, including requirements definition / allocation, interface definition, verification & validation, and life-cycle management, and System Architecture

Proficiency with commercially available architecting tools such as Cameo EA / Magic Draw.

Ability to provide a wide variety of technical analyses and program management support to a government customer

Understanding of UML and SysML meta models

Proficiency in Microsoft Office tools

14 years of System or Software Engineering experience with a Bachelor’s of Science; 12 years of System or Software Engineering experience with Masters; 9 with a PhD

Preferred Qualifications :

IBCS Experience or experience in development of U.S. Army Air and Missile Defense systems

Degree in Software Engineering

Experience in drafting, reviewing and interpreting technical data, including drawings and interconnect diagrams

Technical writing / communications experience

Experience with APIs