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 presents an excellent opportunity for a Sr Principal Engineer Human Factors (25-341) to join our team of skilled and diverse professionals. This position, based in Colorado Springs, CO, plays a crucial role in supporting the U.S. President, the Secretary of Defense, and combatant commanders at strategic, regional, and operational levels.
Relocation assistance is unavailable for this position, and the role requires on-site work with no remote options.

POSITION OVERVIEW:

The Command and Control, Battle Management, and Communications (C2BMC) program is a vital component of the Missile Defense System. It provides a crucial operational platform that allows the U.S. president, the secretary of defense, and combatant commanders at strategic, regional, and tactical levels to systematically plan ballistic missile defense operations, monitor battle progress, and actively manage networked sensors and weapon systems to achieve global and regional mission goals. C2BMC offers a layered missile defense capability that delivers an optimized response to threats across all ranges and flight phases. It acts as a force multiplier by connecting, integrating, and synchronizing autonomous sensor and weapon systems and operations both worldwide and locally to enhance overall performance. Moreover, C2BMC is an essential part of all ground and flight tests that verify and demonstrate the missile defense system’s current and future capabilities.
As a Human Factors Engineer, the successful candidate will be responsible for supporting the HFE Program while working as a member of the User Interface software development team. They will recommend innovative solutions to both existing and new problems and ensure that the system’s requirements are understood and implemented in a human-usable manner. The candidate must be familiar with Integrated Battle Management functions related to the Command and Control of Air and Missile Defense Systems. Additionally, they must be able to serve as a technical interface to current and future system operators on Human Machine Interface (HMI) issues and regularly collaborate with MDA working-level counterparts.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:

Please include your current security clearance and IAT or relevant certifications on your resume, if applicable.

• A Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Human Factors Engineering, Software Engineering, Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, or a related field from an accredited university is preferred, along with 8 years of experience; or a Master’s degree in a related field with 6 years of relevant work experience; or 12 years of relevant experience may be considered as an alternative to a degree
• Applicants must possess a current, active in-scope DoD-issued Secret security clearance at the time of application, which is required to start
• Ability and willingness to travel up to 30% internationally to support business needs are required
• Developing and validating analysis tools for wargames and exercises
• Performing data analysis
• Preparing and presenting reports based on findings
• Communicating designs to software developers and verifying that the developed product matches the intent
• Experience in requirements engineering, use case development, and logical architecture modeling of the Missile Defense System’s Command and Control Battle Management and Communications (C2BMC) Element
• Experience participating in Missile Defense System verification and validation tests
• Ability to independently and collaboratively develop test objectives, concepts, and architecture within the Missile Defense System
• Experience with Agile Development Methods, team leadership, task tracking, issue resolution, and coordination

• Support Warfighter involvement activities, including planning and executing Warfighter Round-Table meetings, participating in the C2BMC Regional Applications (RA) Agile Release Train (ART), liaising with the C2BMC SEIT, and applying military standards (e.g., MIL-STD-1472 and MIL-STD-2525) to meet the needs of the C2BMC end users
• Participate in ground and flight tests of the missile defense system or other user-in-the-loop activities, like military exercises or wargames, to evaluate the usability of the C2BMC component within the missile defense system
• Assist with systems engineering, event execution, testing, and analysis tasks as needed to validate high-quality UI products
• Prepare test objectives, review event execution, and analyze plans and procedures. Develop data collection plans and materials, and conduct testing of the C2BMC UI during system testing
• Experience in developing and implementing a Human Factors Engineering (HFE) program based on MIL-STD-46855A guidelines, with a focus on User Interface (UI)/User Experience (UX) design, software-related objectives, and user processes and procedures
• Understanding of Systems Engineering and Human Factors engineering practices, and their application in DoD acquisition programs
• Experience with UI development for military systems and the acquisition and integration of feedback from military operational users (warfighters) for application to system development
• Experience applying military standards and industry best practices to the development of user interfaces
• Experience with UX design
• Knowledge of large-scale software development environments, software architecture, systems engineering activities, and experience working in that type of environment
• Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to communicate technically across a broad spectrum of audiences, including high-level MDA, DoD, and National Team staff, as well as end users (Warfighters) and other C2BMC stakeholders
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications