Sr Principal Systems Engineer / Staff Systems Engineer - Execution Lead
Northrop Grumman
- Location
- United States Oklahoma Tinker AFB
- Work model
- On-Site
- Level
- Principal
- Posted
- Sep 1, 2026
About this role
RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be 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 Aeronautics Systems is seeking Sr Principal / Staff Systems Engineer as an execution lead within a multi-disciplinary engineering team. This position can be filled in either Oklahoma City, OK or San Diego, CA. This position can be filled either as a Level 4 Sr. Principal Systems Engineer OR a Level 5 Staff Systems Engineering Job Responsibilities: Perform requirements development, allocation, verification/validation planning and manage interface definition efforts. Write complex specifications, interface control documents, and engineering reports. Support interface/communication with program, functional and subsystem leads. Maintain Systems Engineering artifacts following proper configuration management procedures. Coordinate with key stakeholders to ensure proper verification and validation of Systems Engineering artifacts. Possess strong interpersonal and leadership skills with excellent communications skills to support coordination across IPTs and with external customers. Solicit input from various stakeholders and team members to synthesize data and communicate findings and recommendations clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences. Manage Control Accounts as the Control Account Manager (CAM) for scope assigned, delivering all team deliverables on time and within cost, while meeting contractual programmatic and technical requirements and stakeholder expectations, and measure and report Earned Value (EV) performance. Ensure technical quality, performance, cost and schedule for product team content on the program, in alignment with Engineering and Division processes, program policies, and industry best standards. Adhere to the IPT Statement of Work (SOW) and perform rigorous change management in coordination with program leadership. Identification of resources, including staffing, required to complete product team deliverables, and communicate the need in a timely manner to enable onboarding of the resources early enough to meet program objectives. Coordinate with Functional Management to staff the IPT. Coordinate technical, cost, and schedule integration across NG programs and other inter-program groups. Conduct thorough risk & opportunity management practices including identification, mitigation and realization. Identify and proactively address organizational and program impacts through a systematic, proactive, approach to issue and problem resolution that identifies, communicates, monitors, and promptly resolves conflicts across all levels of the organization. Manage communications with stakeholders through organized processes to ensure that department and program information is defined, collected, shared, understood, stored and retrieved in a manner that effectively meets stakeholder needs Identify, orchestrate, coordinate and control the management activities and processes that integrate program interdependencies throughout their life cycle to achieve successful program completion.
Basic Qualifications
Senior Principal Systems Engineer 4 - Bachelor’s