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# NATO System Architecture/Integration (Systems Engineer or Princi

- **Company:** Northrop Grumman
- **Location:** San Diego, CA, United States
- **Salary:** $91,800.0 - $137,600.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Systems Engineering, Verification and Validation (Software), Systems Architecture, Systems Integration
- **Published:** September 10, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.clearancejobs.com/jobs/9155219/nato-system-architectureintegration-systems-engineer-or-princi

## About the Role

At an Engineer Level

 * Must have a Bachelors of Science degree in a STEM field and at least 2 years of relevant military / professional experience, OR a Master's Degree in a STEM field and at least some of relevant military / professional / academic experience

At a Principal Level

 * Must have a Bachelors of Science 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

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).

Preferred Qualifications for Both Levels:

 * Experience with RQ-4 air vehicle, ground segment, sensor payloads, COMMS and support equipment
 * Experience with International Customers
 * Experience managing Technical Baselines (Functional and Allocated Baselines)
 * Experience conducting end to end system integration, verification and validation

## Description

You will fill the role of Systems Engineer for the NATO Business Area and will be responsible for leading a diverse engineering team to provide imaginative, technical solutions to a wide range of difficult problems. You will be working across the entire spectrum of the Systems Engineering V-Model, and will support SE disciplines including requirements development, use case development, capability (hardware and software) development, integration planning, lab integration, test planning, formal test, and verification., * Work closely with customers and end users to ensure system design, risks, and limitations are understood, communicated, and accepted

 * Execute systems engineering integration functions to maintain the technical baseline, and to ensure the baseline reflects a cohesive system solution
 * Leverage your experience supporting Fielded Aircraft Systems, UAV Systems and lab environment integration activities for test planning and requirements verification
 * Perform technical troubleshooting and requirement defect tracing within a system integration lab
 * Support field facing investigations with strong system knowledge to develop technical recommendations
 * Ability to perform detailed planning and deliver upon commitments
 * Provide support and deliverables for successful milestone reviews
 * Presentation skills to effectively provide status to internal executive management and customers
 * Manage Technical Baselines (Functional and Allocated Baselines)
 * Conduct end to end system integration, verification and validation
 * Perform integration and interfaces ICDs/IDDs updates


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