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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Sentinel - Systems States & Controls Capability Lead Staff Syste - **Company:** Northrop Grumman - **Location:** Bellevue, NE, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $152,900.0 - $229,300.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Systems Engineering, Cyber Security, Distributed Systems, Network Interface Controllers, Object-Oriented Software Development, Systems Development Life Cycle, Rhapsody, Requirements Management, SAP (Applications), Software Requirements Analysis, Systems Modeling Language, MagicDraw, State Machines - **Published:** July 22, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.clearancejobs.com/jobs/9047995/sentinel-systems-states-controls-capability-lead-staff-syste ## About the Role * Bachelor's degree in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) with 12 years of experience; or master's degree with 10 years of experience; or PhD with 8 years of experience * Must be a US Citizen with an active DoD Secret Clearance, at time of application, current and within scope, with an investigation date within the last 6 years. * Must have the ability to obtain Special Access Program (SAP) approval within a reasonable period, as determined by the company to meet its business needs. * 4 years of experience with requirements management/analysis/allocations * 3 years of experience with Model-Based Engineering / Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBE/MBSE) practices, languages and/or tools such as Cameo, Rhapsody or MagicDraw * 5 years of experience with one or more of the following: Command & Control (C2), physical security, cybersecurity, Nuclear Command, Control, and Communications (NC3) systems/processes, communications systems, facility design, military aerospace development (e.g. Sentinel, Minute Man III, B-2, B-21 delivery systems) * Active DoD Top Secret Clearance * Demonstrated understanding of the Systems Engineering Vee Model * 3+ years of experience in model-based systems engineering; thread-based system decomposition, requirements engineering, system modeling in SysML * Experience in documenting Interface Control Documents, Interface Requirement Specifications, and Interface Description Documents * Understanding of Object-Oriented Systems Engineering Methodology and systems thinking * Excellent collaboration skills and experience working across product, design, and systems engineering teams with various stakeholder communities * Proven technical leadership in designing, modeling, and verifying complex, hierarchical State Machines for distributed, real-time command and control architectures. This includes defining clear, deterministic state transitions for critical mission sequences (e.g., Power-On, Daily Monitoring, Targeting/Planning, Countdown, Launch, Abort, and Shutdown) * Extensive experience developing automated FDIR frameworks and Built-In Test (BIT) strategies (Periodic, Initiated, and Continuous) for high-consequence systems. This includes leveraging fault-tree analysis to design algorithms that isolate anomalous behavior down to the specific LRU or software. * Demonstrated understanding of the systematic challenges of distributed system synchronization - specifically how a network of geographically separated ground nodes initially coordinates clocks, shares state telemetry, loads cryptographic keys, and handles simultaneous, secure shutdowns * Experience with ICBM weapon system engineering and integration * Experience with complex system development on large programs ## Description Specific duties to include, but are not limited to the following: * Lead a small team of systems engineers to develop systems engineering artifacts across wing-wide maintenance, operations, initialize, fault detection, and shutdown capabilities * Work with both technical teams and stakeholders to develop and mature off-nominal system use cases and states deriving full-scope functionality for the wing and preliminary product selection and development * Help develop and incorporate the appropriate requirements for the system and ensure that they are properly represented in the model. * Develop systems architecture using Cameo Enterprise Architecture (behavioral, structural, analytical). * Contribute to system requirements development, management, and analysis. * Develop unifying model techniques, procedures, and processes (for model development, tool integration, and team integration). ## Related Videos - [Thinking Differently - How to Make Money from Cyber Attacks & Cheats](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/745-thinking-differently-how-to-make-money-from-cyber-attacks-cheats) - [Security Pitfalls for Software Engineers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/726-security-pitfalls-for-software-engineers) - [One Pipeline, Three Regulator - SBOM Compliance for the Developer](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100169-one-pipeline-three-regulator-sbom-compliance-for-the-developer) - [Cyber Security: Small, and Large!](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/259-cyber-security-small-and-large) - [Less Is More: How Lagom and Agile Can Create Harmonious Workflows](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1993-less-is-more-how-lagom-and-agile-can-create-harmonious-workflows) - [Remote Driving on Plant Grounds with State-of-the-Art Cloud Technologies](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/251-remote-driving-on-plant-grounds-with-state-of-the-art-cloud-technologies) ## Related Articles - [How We Built a Worry-Free System That Runs for 10+ Years – And What We’d Do Again](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/751-how-we-built-a-worry-free-system-that-runs-for-10-years-and-what-we-d-do-again) - [Is Software Engineering Over-Saturated?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/418-is-software-engineering-over-saturated) - [Dev Digest 134 - Where pixels sing?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/477-dev-digest-134-where-pixels-sing) - [What’s the Difference between a Junior, Mid, and Senior Developer?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/238-what-s-the-difference-between-a-junior-mid-and-senior-developer) - [Highest Paying Tech Companies for Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/220-highest-paying-tech-companies-for-developers) - [What is Software Engineering?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/289-what-is-software-engineering)