Principal​/Sr. Principal Systems Engineer - R10217882

Principal / Sr. Principal Systems Engineer – R

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The Engineering & Sciences organization supporting the Advanced Navigation business area at Northrop Grumman Mission Systems (NGMS) is looking for you to join our team as a Staff Systems Engineer based out of Woodland Hills, CA.

The Principal / Senior Principal Systems Engineer plays an important role in technical planning, system integration, and the verification and validation of embedded software systems. Their primary responsibility is the development, integration, and verification of the state‑of‑the‑art M-code capable Embedded GPS/Inertial Navigation System (EGI‑M). The Principal / Senior Principal Systems Engineer collaborates closely with the engineering team, integration & test teams, and software development teams to maintain high standards and deliver reliable solutions.

The Principal / Senior Principal Engineer ensures the logical and systematic conversion of customer or product requirements into complete systems solutions that acknowledge technical, schedule, and cost constraints. The Principal / Senior Principal Systems Engineer performs functional analysis, timeline analysis, detailed trade studies, requirements allocation, and interface definition studies to translate customer requirements into hardware and software specifications.

This position can be filled as a Principal Systems Engineer or a Senior Principal Systems Engineer.

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE:
Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE TYPE:
Secret

TRAVEL:
Yes, 10% of the Time

• Bachelor’s degree in a STEM discipline with 5 years of hands‑on System Engineering experience; 3 years of experience with Master’s; 0 Years with a PhD.
• Demonstrated capability to define system and software requirements for an INS/GPS system.
• Experience in INS/GPS Kalman filter design, requirements definition, and system testing.
• Demonstrated use of MATLAB for simulation and INS/GPS system performance evaluation.
• Experience with IMU calibration and sensor error models.
• Proven ability to design and test new system capabilities to add new features.
• Experience integrating INS/GPS hardware and software in a lab environment.
• Ability to troubleshoot and debug INS/GPS hardware and software issues and provide feedback to hardware/software team.
• Experience with open hardware/software/system architecture solutions.
• Demonstrated ability to work in a collaborative development environment.
• Willingness and ability to work on site at our Woodland Hills, CA facility.
• Experience in the development and performance of system tests.
• US Citizenship is required to obtain and maintain security clearance.

• Bachelor’s degree in a STEM discipline with 8 years of hands‑on System Engineering experience; 5 years of experience with Master’s; 3 Years with a PhD.
• Demonstrated capability to define system and software requirements for an INS/GPS system.
• Experience in INS/GPS Kalman filter design, requirements definition, and system testing.
• Demonstrated use of MATLAB for simulation and INS/GPS system performance evaluation.
• Experience with IMU calibration and sensor error models.
• Proven ability to design and test new system capabilities to add new features.
• Experience integrating INS/GPS hardware and software in a lab environment.
• Ability to troubleshoot and debug INS/GPS…