Principal Systems / Sr Principal Systems Engineer

The Payload and Ground Systems, a division within Northrop Grumman’s Space Systems Sector is known for pushing the boundaries of innovation, redefining engineering capabilities, and driving advances in various sciences through cutting edge technology.  Our team is chartered with providing the skills, and innovative technologies to develop, design, produce, and sustain optimized product lines across the sector while providing a decisive advantage to the warfighter. Come be a part of our mission.

Northrop Grumman Space Systems is seeking a Principal or Senior Principal Systems Engineer to join our team supporting our RUSHMORE program.  This position would be based in the Aurora, Colorado area at Buckley Space Force Base. 

This role performs functional analysis, timeline analysis, detail trade studies, requirements allocation, and interface definition studies to translate customer requirements into hardware and software specifications.

Job responsibilities will include, but not be limited to, the following:

• Performs technical planning, system integration, verification and validation, cost and risk, and supportability and effectiveness analyses for total systems.

• Analyses are performed at all levels of the total system product to include: concept, design, fabrication, test, installation, operation, maintenance, and disposal.

• Ensures the logical and systematic conversion of customer or product requirements into total systems solutions that acknowledge technical, schedule, and cost constraints.

This position requires being onsite and does not support remote or hybrid work. 

This requisition may be filled at either a level 3 or a level 4, depending on the candidate’s experience as laid out in the basic qualifications detailed below as well as the interview assessment.

Basic Qualifications

• Level 3 (Principal level): 5 Years of relevant experience with a completed Bachelor's-STEM degree; 3 Years of relevant experience with a completed Masters's-STEM degree; 0 Years of relevant experience with a completed PhD-STEM degree; [completed STEM degree is required to be considered for this role]

• Level 4 (Sr Principal level): 9 Years of relevant experience with a completed Bachelor's-STEM degree; 7 Years of relevant experience with a completed Masters's-STEM degree; 4 Years of relevant experience with a completed PhD-STEM degree; [completed STEM degree is required to be considered for this role]

• Must be able to obtain and maintain a Top Secret DoD security clearance with SCI access

• Must be able to successfully complete a Counterintelligence polygraph

• Willingness to work a non-traditional work week that will include occasional 12-hour shifts and weekends

• Experience in Linux

• Experience with scripting languages such as Perl or MATLAB

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior operations and/or systems engineering experience

• Experience working in a geographically diverse team and matrix organization

• Experience with Atlassian tool suite (e.g. Confluence, JIRA, etc.)

• Experience with Linux OS and scripting tools

To better support our employee’s work/life balance, most NG worksites support a 9/80 work schedule. The 9/80 schedule allows employees to work a nine-hour day Monday through Thursday and take every other Friday off.  This schedule or other work-hour flexibility options can be determined upon hire.

With us, you’ll discover a culture of curiosity and collaboration that will have you Defining Possible from the day you start. Our space systems connect and protect millions of people on Earth every day, now and for the future. Explore your future and launch your career today. #definingpossible