Principal​/Sr Principal Engineer Software Systems; Software Architecture

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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.

One of our most challenging new fields is Microelectronics Design and Applications (MDA), which combines the unique properties of superconductivity and quantum mechanics to develop radical new energy‑efficient computing systems. MDA is seeking a Principal/Sr Principal Software Systems Engineer with demonstrated ability to lead systems engineers in the development of new technologies to support our innovative MDA team in support of emerging supercomputing technologies.

• Creating and refining mathematical and computer‑based models to simulate the behavior of complex systems, often in areas like aerospace, defense, advanced computing, or telecommunications.

• Analyzing simulation results to assess system performance, identify areas for improvement, and optimize designs.

• Running simulations, managing data, and ensuring the accuracy and reliability of the simulation environment.
• Troubleshooting and diagnosing technical issues with a strong analytical and problem‑solving skills to identify the root cause of problems and implement effective solutions.

• Using simulation results to inform system design decisions and optimize performance parameters.
• Providing systems test and integration support in the implementation of new systems or new baseline deployments.

• Working with engineers, scientists, and stakeholders to translate requirements into simulation models and effectively communicate findings.
• Support system technical performance measurement definition and tracking.
• Collaborate cross‑functionally to ensure system/software designs align with system requirements.

• Creating and maintaining technical documentation, reports, and presentations to support the simulation process and its results.
• Developing and implementing test plans to verify that each embedded software function performs as intended.
• Capture customer needs translating them into System‑Level requirements and Technical Performance Measures (TPMs).
• Assist with the generation of well‑defined and executable system, subsystem, and software requirements documents, interface documents, and test and verification documents.

• Experience with software design patterns, requirements gathering, and version control is required.
• Define systems and demonstrations that combine technologies created by other MDA efforts into products that solve critical customer mission needs.
• Drive the development and integration plan leading to the successful demonstration of cutting‑edge capabilities.
• Develop system level roadmaps capturing the advancement of MDA and other relevant technologies.
• Work with the customer, partner, and supplier communities to develop the system conceptual systems leading to major program milestones / reviews (e.g., SRR, SFR, SDR, PDR, CDR).
• Analyzing system requirements and developing an implementation plan complete with functional definitions and reasoned allocation of those functions between hardware and software components.

This position will serve on‑site in Linthicum / Annapolis Junction, MD.

This position can be filled as a…