Sentinel - Sr. Principal STPA-Systems Security Engineer

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE:
Relocation assistance may be available
CLEARANCE TYPE:
Secret
TRAVEL:
Yes, 10% of the Time

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.

The Sentinel Mission Defense Team (MDT) is seeking a highly motivated and qualified system engineer to serve as a System-Theoretic Process Analysis for Security (STPA-Sec) Engineer, Level 4. You will be combining traditional Systems Engineering skills, with a holistic system analyses approach in order to uncover any potential security, safety, or availability features using the existing STPA handbook guidelines, industry security frameworks (NIST, ISO, NISPOM), and Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) workspace.

You will be generating structured requirements, decomposition strategies, and mitigations within STPA principles. This position will be located in Huntsville, Alabama and may offer a competitive relocation package.

• Execute combined traditional Systems Engineering principles, with a holistic system analyses approach in order to uncover any potential safety, security, or availability features using the existing STPA handbook guidelines, and Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) workspace
• Ability to understand and decompose systems to identify causal scenarios; aptitude to construct control structures and identify unsafe control actions
• Assessment and analysis of threats, vulnerabilities, and risk for identified mission‑critical functions and critical components
• Lead and execute completion Statement of Work requirements, Program Milestone Exit Criteria, and program maturity commitments
• Lead in a variety of working groups and customer meetings; ensure communication of risk environment with stakeholders
• Self‑stators compelled to take action in the workplace without requiring prompting from supervisors
• Support MDT with other duties as assigned

• Must be a US Citizen with an active DoD Secret Clearance with an investigation date within the last 6 years
• Must be able to be successfully screened for Enhanced Security Clearances, within a reasonable amount of time as determined by the company to meet its business needs
• Bachelor’s degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) discipline from an accredited university and 8 years of related experience, or a Master’s degree in a STEM discipline and 6 years of related experience, or a PhD in a STEM discipline and 4 year of related experience.
• Minimum 2 years of applying and understanding Systems Security Engineering principles applicable to US Government Defense Programs.
• Minimum 2 years’ experience demonstrating the ability to communicate effectively and clearly present technical approaches and findings.
• Minimum 2 years’ experience in applying safety thinking to a complex system in a rapidly changing product or technology.
• Minimum 2 years’ experience in applying analytical methodologies to raw data in order to determine and present clear and precise findings and recommendations.
• Minimum 2 years’ experience performing against schedule.

• Active Top-Secret clearance with SAP Access.
• Direct experience with ICBM Systems
• Experience applying Program Protection principles to US Government Defense Programs and applied knowledge in the application of SSE principles across a broad spectrum of security measures (Cybersecurity, Counterfeit Awareness, Anti‑Tamper, HW/SW Assurance,…