Associate Systems Engineer
Quick Summary
Work with team members to plan and execute specialty engineering tasks from the Specialty Engineering domains to support a wide variety of programs.
Northrop Grumman is seeking a Systems Engineer to join the Specialty Engineering team based in Plymouth, MN. The Specialty Engineering team supports munition, fuzing, and weapon system development programs.
Members of the Specialty Engineering team are Systems Engineers who support multiple engineering domains including: Systems Safety, Reliability, Availability, Maintainability, Product Cybersecurity, Integrated Logistics Support, Product Support, Human Factors, and Unit Production Cost Modeling.
Responsibilities
~1 min read- →Work with team members to plan and execute specialty engineering tasks from the Specialty Engineering domains to support a wide variety of programs. Specialty Engineering domains include: Systems Safety, Reliability, Availability, Maintainability, Product Cybersecurity, Integrated Logistics Support, Product Support, Human Factors, and Unit Production Cost Modeling.
- →Perform detailed Specialty Engineering analyses in close collaboration with design engineering throughout weapon system development programs. Examples are: Failure Mode Effects and Criticality Analysis (FMECA), Fault Tree Analysis (FTA), and System Hazard Analysis (SHA).
- →Lead Safety Programs from planning to successful safety acceptance with Safety Review Boards.
- →Perform as a lead Specialty Engineer in design reviews, failure investigations, and customer working group meetings.
- →Support bidding and proposal work in collaboration with Specialty Engineering Manager.
- →Work with Systems Design Engineering team to define, track, and verify requirements that support system development objectives tied to specialty engineering domains.
- →Work with Test Engineering and Environmental Health & Safety (EH&S) to define processes and procedures that permit safe conduct and execution of test events and manufacturing of systems.
Requirements
~2 min read- Bachelor of Science Degree in Engineering discipline or relevant STEM field
1-2 years of Engineering experience highly desired - US Citizenship
- Ability to obtain a DOD Secret clearance.
- Strong interest to work closely with engineers from various engineering disciplines. These disciplines include Systems, Mechanical, Electrical, Software, and Production Engineering.
- Strong interest to learn a wide variety of skills across multiple engineering domains. These engineering domains include: Systems Safety, Reliability, Availability, Maintainability, Product Cybersecurity, Integrated Logistics Support, Product Support, Human Factors, and Unit Production Cost Modeling
- Familiarity with standard Microsoft Office products and ability to learn new toolsets.
- Strong verbal and written communication and interpersonal skills
- Experience leading technical efforts
- Experience mentoring others
- Experience planning, executing, and on-time delivery of customer deliverables
- Experience performing engineering analyses (e.g. Hazard Analysis, FMECA, FTA, etc.)
- Aerospace and defense product experience
- Experience with MIL-STD-882E System Safety, or equivalent system safety standard
- Relevant Specialty Engineering domain experience (e.g. Safety, Maintainability, Reliability, Cybersecurity etc.)
- Certification in a relevant engineering domain or discipline (e.g. CSP, CISSP, CSEP, CRE, etc.)
- Experience presenting technical information to large audiences
Location & Eligibility
Listing Details
- Posted
- September 17, 2026
- First seen
- October 5, 2026
- Last seen
- October 5, 2026
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- Trust Level
- 17%
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- October 5, 2026
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