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Northrop Grumman Space Systems is seeking a System-Theoretic Process Analysis (STPA) Engineer in support of the Sentinel program. Northrop Grumman supports the Air Force's sustainment, development, production and deployment of hardware and system modifications for Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) Ground and Airborne Launch Control Systems, Launch Facilities, and associated infrastructure. This position is in Roy, Utah. This role may offer a competitive relocation assistance package. This position may also require occasional travel to Northrop Grumman and Government locations within the United States.
What You'll Get To Do
The Mission Defense Team (MDT) is seeking a highly motivated and qualified system engineer to serve as a System-Theoretic Process Analysis (STPA) Engineer. You will be responsible for system analysis efforts and generation of structured requirements, decomposition strategies, and mitigations within STPA principles.
Specific duties to include, but are not limited to the following:
Perform combined traditional Systems Engineering principles, with a holistic system analyses approach to uncover any potential safety, security, or availability features using the existing STPA handbook guidelines, and Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) workspace.
Ability to understand and decompose systems to identify causal scenarios; aptitude to construct control structures and identify unsafe control actions.
Assessment and analysis of threats, vulnerabilities, and risk for identified mission-critical functions and critical components.
Execute completion Statement of Work requirements, Program Milestone Exit Criteria, and program maturity commitments.
Self-starters compelled to act in the workplace without requiring prompting from supervisors.
Support MDT with other duties as assigned.
Travel: 10%
In addition to technical skills, you will be a self-starter with strong time management skills. Your organizational skills and ability to anticipate future challenges will serve you well.
Position Benefits
As a full-time employee of Northrop Grumman Space Systems, you are eligible for our robust benefits package including:
Medical, Dental & Vision coverage
401k
Educational Assistance
Life Insurance
Employee Assistance Programs & Work/Life Solutions
Paid Time Off
Health & Wellness Resources
Employee Discounts
This position's standard work schedule is a 9/80. The 9/80 schedule allows employees who work a nine-hour day Monday through Thursday to take every other Friday off.
Job Qualifications
You'll Bring These Qualifications:
Bachelor's degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) discipline from an accredited university and 2 years of experience with Bachelor's degree, 0 years of experience with Master's degree
Must be a U.S. Citizen with an active DoD Secret clearance with investigation within the last 5 years or in Continuous Evaluation (CE) and ability to obtain & maintain Top Secret clearance and Special Access Program (SAP) access.
Minimum 1 years of applying and understanding Systems Security Engineering principles applicable to US Government Defense Programs.
Minimum 1 years in showing the ability to communicate effectively and clearly present technical approaches and findings.
Ability to show self as team player, able to multi-task, able to generate quality work products independently, able to make excellent judgement and show interpersonal skills.
These Qualifications Would be Nice to Have:
A solid understanding of Program Protection applicable to US Government Defense Programs and applied knowledge in the application of SSE principles across a broad spectrum of security measures (Cybersecurity, Counterfeit Awareness, Anti-Tamper, HW/SW Assurance, OPSEC, etc.) to protect critical program information (CPI).
Experience in applying safety thinking to a complex system in a rapidly changing product or technology.
Capacity to think critically and apply analytical methodologies to raw data to present clear and precise recommendations.
Active Top-Secret clearance adjudicated within the last 5 years and ability to obtain SAP access.
Salary Range: $73,400 - $110,000
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/ .
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