Systems Engineer/ Product Owner 3

Company: Northrop Grumman
Location: Huntsville
Posted on: April 2, 2026

Job Description:

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: No relocation assistance available 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 – Launch and Missile Defense Systems has an exciting career opportunity for a Principal Systems Engineer / Product Owner to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals. This position will be located in Huntsville, AL. Position Overview: The selected Principal Systems Engineer / Product Owner will work on the Modeling and Simulation – Framework (MASC-F) program with a multidisciplinary team of engineers and developers. As an Agile Product Owner, the Systems Engineer will split efforts between technical contributions and responsibility of maximizing the value of the products created by a scrum development team. The product owner will serve as the customer proxy responsible for working with the Customer and other stakeholders—including other POs—to define and prioritize stories in the team backlog. This role holds the vision of what product or service needs to be developed and conveys that vision to the scrum team. Essential Functions: Analyzing requirements via Interface Design Documents and translating these into technical specifications. Designing, implementing, and maintaining systems or software to meet customer needs. Provide technical contributions towards software products, processes, and procedures. Collaborating with stakeholders to ensure system integration and performance. Defining and Communicating the vision: Serve as the point person on a product development team, using high-level perspective to define goals and create a vision for development projects. Communicate with stakeholders across the board, including customers, business area POCs, and the development team to make sure the goals are clear, and the vision is aligned with business objectives. Managing the product backlog: Responsible for managing the product backlog—the development team’s project to-do list. This includes: creating the list of backlog items and prioritize them on the overall strategy and business objectives; mapping out project dependencies to inform the necessary sequence of development. Prioritizing needs: Responsible for prioritizing needs base on scope, time, and objectives of stakeholders. Overseeing development stages: Responsible for overseeing the actual development of the product, playing a key role throughout each event, including planning, refinement, review, and sprint. Acting as primary liaison: This role will serve as the primary communicator and link between stakeholders and teams. Evaluating product progress at each iteration: Accountable for each stage of the development process and the final product. Play a primary role in inspecting and evaluating product progress through each iteration. The selected candidate should thrive in a fast-paced work environment with high expectations, significantly diverse assignments, collaborative/team settings across all levels. Basic Qualifications for a Principal Systems Engineer are: Bachelor’s Degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) discipline preferred from an accredited university and 5 years of related experience, or a Master's Degree and 3 years of related experience, or 0 years of experience with a PhD. Experience with Red Hat Enterprise Linux OS Python experience or similar technology. Have MDA system exposure experience. Experience with Jupyter Notes or similar technology. Proven communication skills (verbal and written) with a demonstrated ability to communicate at all levels (up/down/parallel) Proven ability to build collaboration across organizations Ability to interact effectively with and lead diverse teams Full time onsite A current active in-scope U.S. Government DoD Secret security clearance. Preferred Qualifications: Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS) domain experience (Long Range Discriminating Radar (LRDR), Aegis BMD, Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD), C2BMC, AN/TPY-2, SBX, THAAD, Patriot, SBIRS, etc.) Agile Product Owner experience Interface experience (knowledge of the phenomenology transferred to elements, at least GTISS knowledge) Able to do technical briefing at high levels Familiarity with BMD tech baseline products (E.g. BMD SDD, BMD SS), processes, and content Experience developing performance requirements Demonstrated project and team leadership experience Proficiency with DOORS Proficiency with an architecture modeling tool (e.g. System Architect, Rhapsody, Magic Draw) Agile certifications (e.g. Product Owner, Scrum Master, SAFe, etc.) Current active in-scope U.S. Government DoD Top Secret security clearance. Primary Level Salary Range: $108,800.00 - $163,200.00 The above salary range represents a general guideline; however, Northrop Grumman considers a number of factors when determining base salary offers such as the scope and responsibilities of the position and the candidate's experience, education, skills and current market conditions. Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and 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 application period for the job is estimated to be 20 days from the job posting date. However, this timeline may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates. Northrop Grumman is an Equal Opportunity 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 and pay transparency statement, please visit http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO. U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.

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