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# Sentinel - Systems/Principal Systems Engineer

- **Company:** Northrop Grumman
- **Location:** Roy, UT, United States
- **Salary:** $79,300.0 - $118,900.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Systems Engineering, Systems Development Life Cycle, Requirements Management, SAP (Applications), Software Verification
- **Published:** August 23, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.juju.com/job/00000000gon63f

## About the Role

+ **Systems Engineer - Supplier Management Support:** Bachelor's degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) discipline with 2 years of experience or Masters degree in STEM discipline

 + **Principal Systems Engineer - Supplier Management Support:** Bachelor's Degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics discipline from an accredited university with 5 years of related experience, 3 years with Masters, 1 year with PhD.

Basic Qualifications for both levels:

 + Must have an active **U.S. Government DoD Secret** security clearance at time of application, current and within scope, with an ability to obtain and maintain **Special Access Program (SAP)** approval within a reasonable period of time, as determined by the company to meet its business need.

 + Experience in core systems engineering including at least one of the following (with minimum of 1 year for Principal Systems Engineer Level):

 + Requirements management /analysis/allocations using DOORS

 + Interfaces analysis and interface requirements development

 + Technical project management

 + Specification writing and traceability analysis

 + Development of requirements verification planning

 + Development of interface requirements verification planning

Preferred Qualifications

 + Experience in more than one phases of the Systems Engineering V-Model (requirements, design, analysis, integration, testing, verification, and validation)

 + Experience with requirements management in DOORS

 + Experience with ICBM weapons systems

 + Prior work experience with complex system development supporting major aerospace and/or defense programs

 + Experience with Project and Program Management

 + Control Account Management

 + Experience with formal business correspondence and/or contractual requirements writing and interpretation

 + Understanding and experience with DFARS is a plus

 + Experience working with specialties engineering disciplines: nuclear surety, cybersecurity

 + Experience with deliverables verification

 + Experience with suppliers' risk and performance management

## Description

Northrop Grumman Defense Systems is seeking a **Systems Engineer / Principal Systems Engineer - Supplier Management Support and Requirements Management** . This position is located in **Roy, UT** and supports the Sentinel program. The successful candidate will support the Aerospace Vehicle Equipment Team across the full systems-engineering life cycle, from early development through verification.

Specific duties to include, but are not limited to the following:

 + Collaborate with the program Integrated Product Teams (IPTs) stakeholders to analyze, develop, and decompose the suppliers' statements of work (SSOW) into DOORS requirements

 + Manage and maintain SSOWs in DOORS

 + Work with both technical teams and non-technical teams including business, supply chain and supporting functions to ensure correctness and completeness of suppliers' contractual requirements

 + Support Aerospace Vehicle Equipment (AVE) Supplier Technical Managers (SMT's) in technical negotiating the SSOWs with suppliers

 + Support AVE Requirements and Verification Team by completing assignments to ensure alignment between SSOW and program allocated baseline.

 + Analyze, develop and decompose requirements to mature allocated baseline, support verification planning, including defining verification objectives.

 + Key reviewer of supplier deliverables


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