United States-Virginia-Dulles, United States
$107-200k
Full Time
a month ago
Job description
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 ā 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 Sector, Tactical Space Systems Division, seeks a qualified Principal or Senior Principal Systems Engineer for the role of Mission Architect Engineer for a Space/Satellite program. This position is for a full-time technical role in Dulles, VA (100% on site).Ā
The successful candidate will be expected to:
Develop Test Plans, Procedures, and Scripts for On-Orbit validation and characterization test events
Collaborate with wide variety of stakeholders, including Spacecraft and Ground SMEs, and Government POCs to define and finalize test plans
Support preparations and execution of training exercises in preparation for test events
Support on-console for On Orbit Test activities as Test Specialist and/or Test Director
Conduct testing using simulators and resolve discrepancies
Work with systems engineers to conduct anomaly review board investigations as necessary
Support operations readiness activities including configuration control board and other customer meetings
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Basic Qualifications:
This position can be filled at Principal or Senior Principal level and include the following qualifications:
Principal Level (T3) - B.S. in STEM - Science, Technology, Engineering, Math or related area and 5 years of experience; M.S. in STEM or related area and 3 years of experience.
Senior Principal Level (T4) - B.S. in STEM - Science, Technology, Engineering, Math or related area and 9 years of experience; M.S. in STEM or related area and 7 years of experience; or a PhD in STEM or related area with systems engineering experience and 5 years of experience.
Must have U.S. citizenship with active or current DoD Top Secret Clearance with SCI eligibility
Experience writing technical documents for external customers
Knowledge and experience in satellite operations engineering disciplines to include attitude control, power management, thermal control, propulsion, command and data handling, flight and ground software, and anomaly determination and resolution
Experience with developing and presenting briefing slides to senior leaders and executive level personnel
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Preferred Qualifications:
Active or current Top Secret/SCI Clearance
Leadership experience within a diverse team of engineers/operators
āAbility to troubleshoot and correct problems in a dynamic environment
Ability to task and manage a group of diversified individuals with varying backgrounds to achieve mission success.
Ability to develop and maintain operational procedures, products, and training materials
Previous experience with troubleshooting, anomaly resolution and performing analysis on operational systems
Support mission simulation, scripting, and verification activities.
Proficiency with one or more of the following programming languages/tools: MATLAB, Python, SIMULINK, Fortran, Java, C/ C++
Have an extensive comprehension of different astrodynamics coordinate frames such as ECI and RIC
Experience with optimization techniques and their application to trajectory optimization and/or multi-objective optimization
Prior aerospace-related work experience for a U.S Government Agency or Contractor
Background/fundamental understand of performing statistical analysis
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