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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Systems Engineer - R&V (Principal or Senior... - **Company:** Northrop Grumman - **Location:** San Diego, CA, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $114,000.0 - $171,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Systems Engineering, Confluence, JIRA, Software Requirements Analysis, Systems Integration, System-level Testing, Teamcenter (Software) - **Published:** August 7, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.juju.com/job/00000000glyhjv ## About the Role + Must have a Bachelors degree in a STEM field and at least 5 years of relevant military / professional experience, OR a Master's Degree in a STEM field and at least 3 years of relevant military / professional experience, OR a PhD and at least 1 year of relevant military / professional / academic experience At a Senior Principal Level: + Must have a Bachelors degree in a STEM field and at least 8 years of relevant military / professional experience, OR a Master's Degree in a STEM field and at least 6 years of relevant military / professional experience, OR a PhD and at least 4 years of relevant military / professional experience And at Both Levels: + Must have an active US Government Secret or higher clearance (with a background investigation completed within the last 6 years or currently enrolled into Continuous Evaluation). + Must have experience generating, evaluating and decomposing requirements Preferred Qualifications: + An active US Government Secret or higher clearance (with a background investigation completed within the last 6 years or currently enrolled into Continuous Evaluation). + Demonstrated experience with customer level requirements definition + Familiarity with Systems Engineering V model and Design processes + Familiarity with TeamCenter PLC and JIRA/Confluence + Demonstrated experience with IFC Development and Management + Familiarity with requirements decomposition and verification campaigns + Demonstrated experience performing lab integration ## Description Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems** sector has an opening for a **Systems Engineer (Principal or Senior Principal Level) - Requirements and Verification** to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals in our Systems Engineering organization. This position is located in **Rancho Bernardo, CA. In this role, you will be part of the Core Systems Engineering team and will primarily focus on Requirements & Verification. You will be part of the requirements development, analysis, decomposition and verification campaigns across the Triton Enterprise with a primary focus on Increment 2 development activities. You will perform use case analysis, system traces, architecture analysis and use the results of those analyses to ensure the Triton requirements baseline is rigorously defined and executable to the capabilities required of the platform. Additionally, you will support diverse engineering design teams to provide imaginative, technical solutions to a wide range of difficult problems within the Core Systems Engineering team on the Triton Enterprise. This includes scope across the entire spectrum of the Systems Engineering V-Model. You will be executing system integration tasking across the entire lifecycle of a system and integrating new capabilities on the MQ-4C Triton platform. Duties will include: + Support cross-IPT development of system level requirements and use cases + Implement requirements verification methodology and traceability + Support development of interface definitions and integration plans + Conduct formal integration and support capabilities based system level testing of fully integrated complex software and hardware subsystems + Evaluate integration and test anomalies and assist disposition and correction of issues as found + Perform requirements verification and selloff + Provide support to flight test and fielded assets ## Related Videos - [Improving quality with Agentic AI with Rovo Dev and Xray](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/2005-improving-quality-with-agentic-ai-with-rovo-dev-and-xray) - [Model Based Systems Engineering in an Agile Product Development Process](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/68-model-based-systems-engineering-in-an-agile-product-development-process) - [One Pipeline, Three Regulator - SBOM Compliance for the Developer](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100169-one-pipeline-three-regulator-sbom-compliance-for-the-developer) - [42 x 2 Canvases Later: Two Years, Two Minds, Many Lessons](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1458-42-x-2-canvases-later-two-years-two-minds-many-lessons) - [Designing UX for SRE Agents in High-Stakes Incidents](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100003-designing-ux-for-sre-agents-in-high-stakes-incidents) - [A Founder's Journey : From Startup Chaos to Purposeful Growth](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1926-a-founder-s-journey-from-startup-chaos-to-purposeful-growth) ## Related Articles - [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) - [What is Software Engineering?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/289-what-is-software-engineering) - [Where to Find Entry-Level Software Engineering Jobs](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/397-where-to-find-entry-level-software-engineering-jobs) - [The 12 Best Jobs for Software Engineers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/401-the-12-best-jobs-for-software-engineers) - [Is Software Engineering Over-Saturated?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/418-is-software-engineering-over-saturated) - [What Jobs Can You Get with a Software Engineering Degree?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/398-what-jobs-can-you-get-with-a-software-engineering-degree)