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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Principal Systems Engineer - Requirements & Verification - **Company:** Northrop Grumman - **Location:** San Diego, CA, United States - **Salary:** $114,000.0 - $171,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Agile Methodology, Systems Engineering, Requirements Management, SAP (Applications), System Testing, Software Verification, System-level Testing, Atlassian Tools - **Published:** October 2, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.clearancejobs.com/jobs/9213562/principal-systems-engineer-requirements-verification ## About the Role * Must have a Bachelor of Science degree in a STEM field and 5 years of relevant military / professional experience, OR a Master of Science degree in a STEM field 3 years of relevant military / professional experience, OR a PhD and 1 yea r of relevant military / professional experience * Must have an active U.S. Government Top Secret Clearance or higher (with a background investigation completed within the last 6 years or currently enrolled into Continuous Evaluation) * Must have the ability to obtain and maintain Special Access Program (SAP) clearance, within a reasonable amount of time as determined by business needs., * Current SAP clearance to program * Demonstrated communication and technical writing skills. * Experience in ICD development and integration * Experience in System Test * Proven ability to brief technical presentations to stakeholders. * Experience with multiple disciplines across Systems Engineering, incl. requirements, integration, technical configuration management (CM or Technical Baseline), cyber * Experience in DOORS & Atlassian Tool Suite * Experience with Agile Design Methodology ## Description * Perform system definition activities for features and DRs, including by defining use cases, requirements, and feature acceptance criteria. * Supporting cross-IPT development of system and segment level requirements and use cases * Implementing requirements verification methodology and traceability * Supporting development of interface definitions and integration plans * Conducting formal integration and support capabilities-based system level testing of fully integrated complex software and hardware subsystems * Evaluating integration and test anomalies and assist disposition and correction of issues as found * Performing requirements verification and selloff * Providing support to flight test and fielded assets * Coordinate with REs and System Test to ensure integrated functions are ready for the test team to formally verify. * Leveraging your ability to work in a dynamic, fast paced environment, showing your action oriented, strong attention to detail, and effective communication skills. * Using your experience supporting Systems Engineering Milestones SRR, PDR and CDR. * Leveraging your knowledge of experience in full lifecycle of Systems Engineering, including requirements decomposition, test planning, requirements verification and requirements management. * You will be required to work full-time, on-site at our facility. There is no remote / hybrid / telework available for this position. Travel up to 25% may be required. We offer flexible work arrangements, 9/80 work schedule with every other Friday off, phenomenal learning opportunities, exposure to a wide variety of projects and customers, and a very friendly team environment. 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