Sr Principal Engineer System Safety (26-372)

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—Missile Defense Integration offers an excellent opportunity for a Sr. Principal Engineer, System Safety (26-372), to join our team of skilled and diverse professionals. Based in Colorado Springs, CO, or Huntsville, AL, this role is essential to supporting the U.S. President, the Secretary of Defense, and combatant commanders at the strategic, regional, and operational levels. This position does not provide relocation assistance and requires on-site work with no remote options.

Overview: The C2BMC program is an essential element of the Missile Defense System, providing the operational framework that enables the U.S. President, the Secretary of Defense, and combatant commanders to plan ballistic missile defense operations, monitor the battlespace, and dynamically manage networked sensors and weapon systems to achieve global and regional mission objectives. Within this context, the Systems Safety Engineer provides systems safety engineering expertise and develops program safety plans that guide the engineering team in applying safety guidance and standards. The successful candidate will support Missile Defense Agency (MDA) and other program personnel and will perform additional systems engineering tasks as needed to ensure safe, effective, and reliable system performance. Essential Functions: In this role, you will: Lead and perform systems safety engineering activities for C2BMC capabilities, providing safety-focused guidance to multidisciplinary engineering teams Develop, implement, and maintain program system safety plans that ensure compliance with applicable safety standards, policies, and customer guidance Integrate system safety considerations across product lines and capabilities, ensuring safety is addressed from concept through design, integration, test, and fielding Generate and contribute to responsible sections of capability specifications, including safety-related requirements and criteria Train and mentor less-experienced personnel in systems engineering and system/software safety techniques, methods, and best practices Review the content and technical details of engineering products to ensure system safety requirements are appropriately addressed and documented Act as a technical interface to MDA working-level counterparts and other stakeholders on an as-required basis, representing C2BMC system safety positions and analyses Apply systems engineering and software systems engineering principles—particularly in the context of system safety assessment and impact analysis—to both new system developments and integration of existing systems Support hazard identification, hazard analysis, and risk assessments to identify safety-critical functions, potential hazards, and mitigation strategies Coordinate with systems engineering, software engineering, integration and test, and operations teams to ensure safety requirements are properly integrated and verified Support the development and maintenance of safety-related artifacts and documentation