Systems Engineer - Level 2

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: No relocation assistance available CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the Time Description At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact people's lives around the world today, and for generations to come. Our pioneering and inventive spirit has enabled us to be at the forefront of many technological advancements in our nation's history - from the first flight across the Atlantic Ocean, to stealth bombers, to landing on the moon. We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage and a pioneering spirit to join forces to invent the future, and have fun along the way. Our culture thrives on intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity and bringing your whole self to work — and we have an insatiable drive to do what others think is impossible. Our employees are not only part of history, they're making history. Northrop Grumman Space Systems, Multi-Domain Operations, and Missile Defense Integration Business Unit (BU) has an exciting career opportunity for a  Systems Engineer - Level 2 , to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals. This position supports Warfighter Simulation Services (WSS) which includes the Missile Defense Advanced Simulation (MDASim) and Missile Defense Space Tool (MDST) programs and will split time between the Northrop Grumman facility and Schriever Space Force Base (SSFB), in Colorado Springs, CO. This role requires candidates to be onsite daily with very limited remote/hybrid work available.

We are seeking a motivated and detail-oriented Systems Engineer to support the WSS team. The successful candidate will assist in the software development lifecycle through requirements derivation, process development and refinement, Model Based Systems Engineering model development, and contractual documentation. Collaborating with senior engineers, you will contribute to data-driven analysis and systems engineering workflows that ensure our simulation tools accurately represent current and future threat environments. This is an exceptional entry-to-junior level opportunity to grow your career in defense modeling and simulation. Essential Functions: Support capability elicitation and derivation of requirements to realize requested development. Collaborate in defining and developing processes and procedures. Research and gain experience with missile defense concepts, space-based sensor phenomenology, and threat model trajectories. Work in close coordination with senior engineers to develop systems engineering artifacts supporting development and testing. Participate in the development and update of technical documentation, system requirements, and user guides for simulation tools. Provide briefings to customer(s) and stakeholder(s) related to technical solutions, process development and updates, and system engineering artifacts. Support training and orientation of simulation tools. Seeking candidates who are eager to learn, find satisfaction in working on complex technical challenges, and thrive in a collaborative, team-centric environment.

(BQs): Bachelor’s Degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) discipline from an accredited university and 2 years of related work experience, or a Master's Degree in STEM with 0–2 years of related work experience. Practical experience executing or analyzing results from military modeling and simulation (M&S) frameworks. Familiarity with missile defense concepts, space-based tracking/sensors, or orbital mechanics. Basic understanding of Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) concepts. Must be self-motivated and capable of executing technical tasks with minimal supervision. Ability and willingness to travel up to 10% to support business needs. Applicants must have a current active in-scope Secret Clearance at the time of application which is required to start; with the ability to obtain