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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Systems Engineer (Level 2 or 3) - **Company:** Northrop Grumman - **Location:** Plymouth, MN, United States - **Salary:** $87,600.0 - $163,200.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Adobe InDesign, Systems Engineering, Cyber Security, Microsoft Office, Productivity Software, Systems Development Life Cycle, SC Clearance - **Published:** June 2, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=a4675ec4bd1eaa9b ## About the Role Do you have experience in Productivity software?, Do you have a Master's degree?, Please note this position may be filled as a Systems Engineer level 2 or 3, depending on the candidate's education and/or years of experience. Qualifications for Systems Engineer (Level 2) * Bachelor of Science Degree in Engineering discipline, plus 2 years of experience. Or a master's degree plus 0 years of additional experience. * Ability to obtain a DOD Secret clearance. * Strong interest to work closely with engineers from various engineering disciplines. These disciplines include: Systems, Mechanical, Electrical, Software, and Production Engineering. * Strong interest to learn a wide variety of skills across multiple engineering domains. These engineering domains include: Systems Safety, Reliability, Availability, Maintainability, Product Cybersecurity, Integrated Logistics Support, Product Support, Human Factors, and Unit Production Cost Modeling * Familiarity with standard Microsoft Office products and ability to learn new toolsets. * Strong verbal and written communication and interpersonal skills Qualifications for Principal Systems Engineer (Level 3) * Bachelor of Science Degree in Engineering discipline, plus 5 years of experience. Or master's degree plus 3 years of additional experience. * Ability to obtain a DOD Secret clearance. * Strong interest to work closely with engineers from various engineering disciplines. These disciplines include: Systems, Mechanical, Electrical, Software, and Production Engineering. * Strong interest to learn a wide variety of skills across multiple engineering domains. These engineering domains include: Systems Safety, Reliability, Availability, Maintainability, Product Cybersecurity, Integrated Logistics Support, Product Support, Human Factors, and Unit Production Cost Modeling * Familiarity with standard Microsoft Office products and ability to learn new toolsets. * Strong verbal and written communication and interpersonal skills, * Experience leading technical efforts * Experience mentoring others * Experience planning, executing, and on-time delivery of customer deliverables * Experience performing engineering analyses (e.g. Hazard Analysis, FMECA, FTA, etc.) * Aerospace and defense product experience * Experience with MIL-STD-882E System Safety, or equivalent system safety standard * Relevant Specialty Engineering domain experience (e.g. Safety, Maintainability, Reliability, Cybersecurity etc.) * Certification in a relevant engineering domain or discipline (e.g. CSP, CISSP, CSEP, CRE, etc.) * Experience presenting technical information to large audiences ## Description * Work with team members to plan and execute specialty engineering tasks from the Specialty Engineering domains to support a wide variety of programs. 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