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# Systems Engineer - Level 3 or Level 4 (AHT)

- **Company:** Northrop Grumman
- **Location:** Colorado Springs, CO, United States
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Algorithm Design, Systems Engineering, MATLAB, Systems Development Life Cycle, Signal Processing, Software Requirements Analysis, Systems Integration
- **Published:** August 11, 2026
- **Apply:** https://us.experteer.com/career/view-jobs/systems-engineer-level-3-or-level-4-aht-colorado-springs-co-usa-58894435

## About the Role

input from stakeholders, synthesize data, and communicate results to leadership * Conduct mission engineering activities ensuring operational capabilities align with delivered performance and assess architectures in operational environments * Guide the team through development and implementation activities Tasks * Active U.S. Government Top Secret clearance with ability to obtain SCI * Experience with Systems Engineering lifecycle for system development * Experience with signals processing and radar systems * MATLAB proficiency and code prototyping experience * Knowledge of radar concepts and radar performance analysis Key requirements * Total Rewards package * health insurance * life and disability insurance * savings plan * Company paid holidays * paid time off (PTO)

## Description

Experteer Overview As a Systems Engineer in Northrop Grumman's Space Sector, you will help develop and integrate radar algorithms to meet mission performance goals. You'll translate system requirements into algorithm designs and assess performance through mathematical analyses. You'll plan software integration to model real-time radar behavior and communicate results to leadership. You'll guide cross-functional teams through the Systems Engineering lifecycle to balance capabilities, cost, and mission needs, driving impactful space projects. Compensation / Benefits * Support development and integration of radar algorithms to meet system mission and mode performance objectives * Develop requirements, analysis, and implementation plans translating system requirements into algorithm design * Perform functional and performance analyses and develop mathematical algorithms for mode/sensor implementation * Plan software integration to model real-time behavior of radar-based systems * Solicit input from stakeholders, synthesize data, and communicate results to leadership * Conduct mission engineering activities ensuring operational capabilities align with delivered performance and assess architectures in operational environments * Guide the team through development and implementation activities Tasks * Active U.S. Government Top Secret clearance with ability to obtain SCI * Experience with Systems Engineering lifecycle for system development * Experience with signals processing and radar systems * MATLAB proficiency and code prototyping experience * Knowledge of radar concepts and radar performance analysis Key requirements * Total Rewards package * health insurance * life and disability insurance * savings plan * Company paid holidays * paid time off (PTO)


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