Graduate Systems Engineer

Joining Northrop Grumman means you will be part of a highly skilled, diverse team with a huge range of process and technical knowledge. You will enjoy the opportunity to collaborate across all our engineering disciplines and programmes to help solve the UK’s most pressing technical De-fence challenges.

With our support and training, you will ensure programme work is delivered on time, to budget and to required standards. You will help to drive diverse functions (Hardware, Mechanical, Soft-ware, ILS, IA, Safety, etc.) throughout the Project Lifecycle from Customer needs to Validation and closeout. Along the way, you will conduct and lead systems engineering activities including re-quirements management, verification testing and design assurance, and production and review of technical documentation to project schedule and key design reviews (PDR/CDR), involving the technical management of suppliers. 

Our Early Careers programmes are the lifeblood of our organisation, and we are committed to en-suring exposure to a variety of stimulating activities alongside training and development that will help you to shape your career. Our customers operate in unique environments which offer new and exciting challenges every day, creating a place where you can learn and thrive alongside the best minds in the industry. You may be sure we’ll give you the space to develop ideas that can shape the future of our business and the broader Defence sector.

• A degree in a relevant discipline such as systems engineering

• Knowledge of system engineering models and techniques, including requirements manage-ment tools

 UK Residency: Before you start with Northrop Grumman, you’ll need to complete BPSS clear-ance. We’ll then require you to attain Security Check (SC) clearance. Achieving SC clearance is a rigorous process. It means that we need applicants to have been resident in the UK for five years and not have travelled abroad for continuous periods of more than six months during this time. ‘The successful candidate must, by the start of their employment, have permission to work in the UK’.  – we are not able to support visa applications

Simply submit your application online to our UK Talent Hub Team, a partnership with Talent Solu-tions, which will manage the process on our behalf. You will be directed to an online application where you will need to create an account, tell us a bit about yourself and complete three personal statements. Our team will then be in touch to update you regarding the outcome and the next steps for successful candidates.

If you would like to talk to us or require any help, support or assistance during the process please email us at: earlycareers@uk.ngc.com and one of the team will be in touch. 

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.