Systems Engineer - Level 4

United States-Colorado-Boulder$142k–$213kPosted Jul 22, 2026
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, Multi-Domain Operations, and Missile Defense Integration Business Unit (BU) has an exciting career opportunity for a Systems Engineer (Level 4) to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals. Our domain provides rewarding work that contributes to the latest advancements being made in the industry. The position is located on-site in Boulder, CO. Boulder is nestled in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains, and only 25 miles from downtown Denver. Position Overview: The selected Systems Engineer will support the BOA program as an individual contributor on the Systems Engineering team. In this role, you will develop systems engineering products that directly support the design, development, and scaling of BOA software capabilities. Essential Functions: * Technical Planning: Lead technical planning, support design reviews, and manage tools to communicate and track action items internally and with customers. * Cross-Functional Collaboration: Collaborate with Integrated Product Team (IPT) counterparts, technical teams, and stakeholders to mature systems architecture content for large program designs. * Design Readiness: Conduct pre-review assessments to ensure system readiness prior to formal design reviews. * Agile Software Modeling: Create conceptual data models, data flows, and architectural views specifically tailored for software systems and software system-of-systems. * Requirements Ownership: Manage the end-to-end requirements lifecycle, including decomposition, allocation, verification, validation, and cross-compatibility reviews for system modifications. * Technical Mentorship: Coach and mentor engineering team members on developing requirements, architecture, design, and SysML implementation. * Model Integration: Develop unifying model techniques, procedures, and processes to optimize tool integration, configuration management, and multi-team collaboration. The selected candidate should thrive in a fast-paced work environment with high expectations, significantly diverse assignments, and collaborative/teams comprised of all experience levels. Basic Qualifications: * Education: Bachelor’s Degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) discipline from an accredited university and 8 years of related experience; a Master’s Degree in a STEM discipline and 6 years of related experience; or a PhD with 4 years of related experience. * Requirements Engineering: 4+ years of experience leading requirements engineering, thread-based system decomposition, allocation, and analysis, with hands-on experience utilizing IBM DOORS for requirements traceability and management. * Architecture & Software Frameworks: Proven experience applying systems engineering and modeling practices to software architectures, software environments, or agile software frameworks. * Security Clearance: Applicants must possess an active in-scope U.S. Government issued Secret (or higher) clearance at the time of application and is required to start....

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