Principal/Sr. Principal Systems Engineer - TS/SCI

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE TYPE: SCI

TRAVEL: Yes, 25% of the Time

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 Sector, Tactical Space Systems Division, seeks a qualified Principal Systems Engineer/Sr. Principal Systems Engineer to serve as a utility Systems Engineer for a Ground/Software program. This position will be located in Dulles, VA and will require some travel. Successful candidates for this position will work in a technical role for the Space Security business area. This position offers the opportunity to work on exciting, cutting-edge programs and new mission areas.

Duties include significant contributions to space vehicle ground segment systems engineering activities:

• Requirement analysis and functional decomposition

• System modeling and simulation

• Mission analysis

• Mission operations support

• Conceptual, preliminary and detailed system and space vehicle design

• Trade studies

• Systems integration and test

• System interface definition and management

• Requirements/V&V

• Business Development support

The candidate should be knowledgeable in system-of-systems engineering, ground segment design and integration, segment and subsystem interfaces, payloads, and/or mission operations. The role will include interface with clients, as well as regular interactions with internal engineering teammates and program management. The candidate may be called on to assist in new business activities such as conceptual design and analysis for proposals and funded studies.

#NOVASPACE

Basic Qualifications:

• Systems Engineer 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.

• Principal Systems Engineer Level (T4) - B.S. in STEM - Science, Technology, Engineering, Math or related area and 8 years of experience; M.S. in STEM or related area and 6 years of experience.

• Must have an active U.S. Government DoD Top Secret/SCI security clearance at time of application, current and within scope

• Experience working collaboratively across organizations

• Experience working on Enterprise Software Products

​

Preferred Qualifications:

• Ability to task and/or manage a group of diversified individuals with varying backgrounds to achieve mission success.

• 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

• Experience working in a SAFe Agile SW Development Environment

• Experience supporting multiple activities with competing priorities

• Experience working on ground software systems

Salary Range: $107,300.00 - $160,900.00Salary Range 2: $133,000.00 - $199,600.00

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.