
Staff Systems Engineer
Required skills
- STEM
- Secret Clearance
- U.S. Citizenship
Nice to have
- Secret clearance or higher
- background investigation
- Continuous Evaluation
- brief technical presentations
- requirement verification
Role summary
Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems is seeking a Staff Systems Engineer for their El Segundo, California location. This role requires a STEM degree with 10-12 years of experience and the ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government Secret or higher clearance, including Special Access Program (SAP) clearance. The position involves 25% travel and offers relocation assistance. Preferred qualifications include demonstrated communication, technical writing, and presentation skills, along with experience in requirement verification. The company emphasizes innovation, intellectual curiosity, and a culture of making history.
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 Aeronautics Systems is looking to add a Staff Systems Engineer to join our team in El Segundo, California.
Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelors Degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) discipline and 12 years of related engineering experience; OR a Master’s degree in a STEM discipline and 10 years of related engineering experience.
- Must have the ability to obtain or maintain a U.S. 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.
Preferred Qualifications:
- An active U.S. government Secret clearance or higher (with background investigation completed within the last 6 years or currently enrolled into Continuous Evaluation).
- Demonstrated communication and technical writing skills.
- Proven ability to brief technical presentations to stakeholders.
- Experience with requirement verification.
Sample Northrop Grumman interview questions
- 1
Can you discuss the role of reusability and scalability in UVM's verification approach?
technicalmedium - 2
Can you detail the function of a register table within embedded system design?
technicalmedium - 3
Could you outline how virtual memory is implemented in embedded systems and its advantages?
system designmedium - 4
Can you discuss the role and functionality of a watchdog timer?
system designmedium - 5
What is your understanding of polymorphism in SystemVerilog?
technicalmedium
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