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.

Job Description

The Payload and Ground Systems organization within the Northrop Grumman Space Systems pushes the boundaries of innovation, redefines engineering capabilities, and drives advances in various sciences. Our team is chartered with providing the skills, innovative technologies to develop, design, produce and sustain optimized product lines across the sector while providing a decisive advantage to the warfighter. Come be a part of our mission!

We offer phenomenal learning opportunities, exposure to a wide variety of projects and customers, and a very friendly collaborative workplace. We are looking for self-motivated, proactive, and goal-oriented people to help us grow our services and become even better at what we do. Does this sound like you?

Our Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) provide benefits for the member, our leaders and the company. Our ERGs offer opportunities to be a friend, be active, be a volunteer, be a leader, to be recognized and to be yourself! Every ERG is inclusive of all employees!

Our diverse portfolio of programs means there are endless paths to cultivate your career. We are well-known for our inclusive environment, as well as our excellent work/life balance. We also offer exceptional benefits/healthcare, a 9/80 schedule, and a great 401K matching program.

We have an opening for a Principal Digital Architecture Lead or a Senior Principal Digital Architecture Lead to join our qualified, diverse team in Redondo Beach, CA.

What you’ll get to do?

The individual will support the Digital Architecture Lead and will be used to analyze the system design and enable technical trades to be performed at various levels. Generate Digital Engineering artifacts to inform, define, and run engineering processes and to present data for technical cost, schedule, and performance. This project will heavily emphasize state-of-the-art Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE), maintaining all requirements, descriptive models, analytical models, cost models, and management and support functions in one common, integrated suite of MBSE tools.

Job duties include: refining MBSE standards, style guides, and conventions; coordinating MBSE infrastructure development; assisting MBSE change management and version control; communicating MBSE processes among teams, organizations, and management; creating and maintaining SysML models in Cameo EA; liaising with subject matter experts, analysts, architects, designers, system engineers, specialty engineers, and management to capture structure and behavior using accurate SysML representations according to OMG standards.

Basic Qualifications:

• 5 Years with BS STEM Degree; 3 Years with Masters; 0 Years with PhD
• Experience with Model Based System Engineering (MBSE)
• Active DoD Secret security clearance
• Ability to travel 10%

Basic Qualifications:

• 9 Years with BS STEM Degree; 3 Years with Masters; 0 Years with PhD
• Experience with Model Based System Engineering (MBSE)
• Active DoD Secret security clearance
• Ability to travel 10%

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with Cameo
• Experience with UPDM/DODAF and SysML
• Experience with MilSatCom, and Ground C2 systems.
• Experience with MBSE on System of Systems
• Experience with cross-functional teams and MBSE in an Agile environment
• Active DoD Top Secret security clearance

Salary Range: $104,600 USD - $157,000 USD

Salary Range 2: $129,700 USD - $194,500 USD

Employees may be eligible for a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay. Annual bonuses are designed to reward individual contributions as well as allow employees to share in company results. Employees in Vice President or Director positions may be eligible for Long Term Incentives. In addition, Northrop Grumman provides a variety of benefits including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, savings plan, Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business.

The health and safety of our employees and their families is a top priority. The company encourages employees to remain up-to-date on their COVID-19 vaccinations. U.S. Northrop Grumman employees may be required, in the future, to be vaccinated or have an approved disability/medical or religious accommodation, pursuant to future court decisions and/or government action on the currently stayed federal contractor vaccine mandate under Executive Order 14042 https://www.saferfederalworkforce.gov/contractors/.

Northrop Grumman is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class. For our complete EEO/AA and Pay Transparency statement, please visit http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO. U.S. Citizenship is required for most positions.