Staff Mission Architect - TS/SCI Required (Space Systems)

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE TYPE: SCI

TRAVEL: No

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 in Dulles, VA, is looking for an experienced mission architect who can be the subject matter expert and key customer interface for space security missions. This expert will have advanced knowledge and practical expertise in Rendezvous Proximity and Operations (RPO). This candidate will closely work with business development, business directors, external customers, and external subject matter experts to shape the feasibility of new missions and architect existing missions.

*This position requires up to 100% on-site work due security constraints and an ability to pass an enhanced security review.

You will be responsible for:

• Ability to capture core concepts and instructional needs from a large amount of technical data (ground and space hardware) and communicate technical concepts to an audience of non-subject matter experts with varying levels of domain experience
• Be self-directed and able to envision the end state of the product and take initiative to drive product development to closure
• Educate leads, customers, and engineers on mission capability, analysis, and CONOPS
• Understanding various missions of heterogenous satellites with maturing automation for commanding & telemetry and mission planning
• Leads demonstration and delivery of mission effects during operations and provides long term sustainment and mission augmentation support over the life of the mission.
• Performs system-of-system trades, modeling, simulation and analysis to assess space mission architecture alternatives for delivering a customer mission effect, data or capability as it fits within a broader campaign
• Performs analysis-of-alternatives and synthesizes mission elements to lead to a cohesive space mission solution. Space mission architecture trades may include orbits, launch vehicles, space vehicles, payloads, ground segment, mission planning, Concepts of Operations (CONOPS), Design Reference Missions (DRM), system security and external interfaces
• Ensure the logical and systematic conversion of customer or product requirements into total systems solutions that acknowledge technical, schedule, and cost constraints
• Support capture activities, including RFI/RFP preparation, customer presentations and demonstrations, and competitor analysis
• Brief and lead technical meetings for senior leaders across the space community

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or other STEM related degree with 12 years of experience in a related engineering field such as mechanical, electrical, aerospace and/or operations; 10 years with a Master's; 8 years with a PhD
• Must have U.S. Citizenship with active or current TS/SCI Clearance at time of application
• Understanding of Systems Engineering principles and practices
• Experience with developing and presenting briefing slides to senior leaders and executive level personnel

Preferred Qualifications:

• Direct, practical experience with RPO missions and the underpinning algorithms with knowledge of operations and planning
• Experience in mission design, satellite ground software, distributed modeling & simulation
• Understanding of system of system architecture designs the interplay between various national security customers and products
• Prior aerospace-related work experience for a U.S Government Agency or Contractor
• Special Access Program (SAP) Current
• Previous experience with flight hardware on operational systems
• Previous experience with Class C / demonstration programs
• Experience in scripting languages and modeling tools (e.g. STK, Python, VBA, STOL, etc

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Salary Range: $165,000.00 - $247,600.00

The above salary range represents a general guideline; however, Northrop Grumman considers a number of factors when determining base salary offers such as the scope and responsibilities of the position and the candidate's experience, education, skills and current market conditions.

Employees may be eligible for a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay. Annual bonuses are designed to reward individual contributions as well as allow employees to share in company results. Employees in Vice President or Director positions may be eligible for Long Term Incentives. In addition, Northrop Grumman provides a variety of benefits including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, savings plan, Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business.

The application period for the job is estimated to be 20 days from the job posting date. However, this timeline may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates.

Northrop Grumman is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class. For our complete EEO/AA and Pay Transparency statement, please visit http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO. U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.