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# Sr Principal Systems Engineer

- **Company:** Northrop Grumman
- **Location:** San Diego, CA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $142,200 - $213,400
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Systems Engineering, System Configuration, Formal Verification, SAP (Applications), System Testing, Software Verification
- **Published:** November 11, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.clearancejobs.com/jobs/9307677/sr-principal-systems-engineer

## About the Role

* Must have a Bachelors 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 an active US Government Secret or higher clearance (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.
 * Must have previous experience with Systems Engineering Technical Reviews (e.g. SRR, PDR, CDR)
 * Must have previous experience managing Technical Baselines (Functional and Allocated Baselines)
 * Must have requirements verification and validation experience including generating Requirements Verification Plans (RVPs), generating Requirements Verification Reports (RVRs), verification sell-off
 * Must have previous DOORS experience
 * Must have experience managing multiple level of requirements and collaborating across engineering disciplines
 * Must have Functional Configuration Audit (FCA) experience, * Experience with RQ-4 air vehicle, ground segment, sensor payloads, COMMS and support equipment
 * Experience with FMS customers
 * Experience with FMS operations
 * Experience with FMS architecture
 * Experience with Use Case generation
 * Experience as Segment-Level Systems Engineer
 * Experience with Interfaces ICDs
 * Experience with System Design
 * Experience maintaining requirements metrics and status
 * Active TS/SCI
 * MS degree in STEM field

## Description

* Lead cross-Integrated Product Team (IPT) development of system and segment level requirements
 * Lead Requirements and Verification efforts in support of Systems Engineering Technical Reviews (e.g. SRR, PDR, CDR)
 * Define and implement requirement verification methodology and traceability
 * Coordinate with cross-IPT Responsible Engineers and System Test Engineering to ensure integrated functions are ready for formal verification
 * Perform requirements verification and selloff
 * Capture and translate the intent of stakeholders' mission needs
 * Leverage experience supporting Fielded Aircraft Systems, UAV systems, and the full lifecycle of Systems Engineering, including design reviews, requirements decomposition, test planning, and requirements verification/management