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# Systems Engineer - Integrator (Principal or Senior Principal Level)

- **Company:** Northrop Grumman
- **Location:** San Diego, CA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $114,000.0 - $171,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Systems Engineering, SAP (Applications), Software Requirements Analysis, Verification and Validation (Software), Systems Integration
- **Published:** September 6, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.beyondsandiego.com/job.asp?id=3380050178&tx=IT9285TTD&pt=1&aff=0B19D771-A501-4A5E-8338-2A822B784D54&utm_source=Job%20Feed&utm_medium=textkernel&utm_campaign=DE&utm_term=0B19D771-A501-4A5E-8338-2A822B784D54

## About the Role

* 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, * Must have a Bachelors of Science 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, * Must have the ability to obtain and maintain US Government Secret or higher clearance.
 * Must have the ability to obtain and maintain Special Access Program (SAP) clearance within a reasonable amount of time as determined by business needs.
 * Must have previous experience managing Technical Baselines (Functional and Allocated Baselines)
 * Must have previous experience conducting end to end system integration, verification and validation
 * Must have experience with integration and interfaces ICDs/IDDs

Preferred Qualifications for Both Levels:

 * Experience with RQ-4 air vehicle, ground segment, sensor payloads, COMMS and support equipment
 * Experience with USAF customers
 * Active Secret/Top Secret Level Clearance
 * MS degree in STEM field

## Description

In this role, you will fill the role of Global Hawk Integration System Engineer for the United States Air Force (USAF) Business Area. You will be responsible for leading a diverse engineering team to provide imaginative, technical solutions to a wide range of difficult problems across the USAF customers' Global Hawk portfolio. 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 requirements, design, risks, and limitations are understood, communicated, and accepted

 * Execute systems engineering functions to maintain the technical baseline, and to ensure the baseline reflects a cohesive system solution
 * Support the development and validation of system level models used for concept development, design, verification, and validation
 * Leverage your experience supporting Fielded Aircraft Systems, UAV systems, and the full lifecycle of Systems Engineering, including design reviews, requirements decomposition, test planning, and requirements verification
 * Ability to plan, execute a schedule and lead a team towards those goals
 * Clearly define end user needs and desired capabilities
 * Provide support and deliverables for successful milestone reviews (e.g. SRR, SFR, PDR, CDR, FCA)
 * Presentation skills to effectively provide status to internal executive management and customers


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