Staff Systems Engineer

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE TYPE: None

TRAVEL: Yes, 10% 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 Mission Enabling Products has an opening for a Staff Systems Engineer to join our qualified, diverse team at our Integrated Thermal Systems Operating Unit in Beltsville, MD. Our products have enabled global communication, advanced human understanding of the universe and provided for the defense of the nation.

Our business is growing. We currently operate out of a stand-alone facility in Beltsville Maryland with plans to move to a new state of the art facility (currently under construction) in Hanover, Maryland in 2025.   

The Systems Engineer role supports the design, development, integration and test of integrated thermal systems such as heat pipes, loop heat pipes and thermal structures. The Systems Engineer will perform technical planning, requirements management, system integration, verification and validation, and analyses for a total thermal systems solution. The Systems Engineer may also support other operating units with subsystems such as optics, deployables, structures, propulsion, power management and control, and lasers. Work is performed at all levels of total system product including concept, design, fabrication, test, installation, in-orbit deployment, and operation.

The successful candidate will perform the following job functions in a team environment:

• Requirements Development & Management: Organize and define system level requirements, derive and allocate requirements to subsystems (performing or coordinating analyses as required), manage the requirements baseline in a relational database such as DOORS, write clear requirement specifications, create Requirements Traceability and Verification Matrices (RTVMs), and collect the objective quality evidence (OQE) that verifies requirements are met.

• Modeling, Simulation & Analysis: Develop system modeling, simulation, analysis and trade study activities, system capability analysis, thermal systems performance/effectiveness analysis to ensure performance capabilities are consistent with mission requirements.

• Interface Management: Identify external and internal interfaces, define parameters that characterize those interfaces performing or coordinating analyses as required, develop interface control documents & deliverables, and participate in system architecture & design development to resolve interface issues and ensure interface compliance.

The successful candidate will ensure the logical and systematic conversion of customer or product requirements into total systems solutions that acknowledge technical, schedule, and cost constraints. The Systems Engineer will also perform functional analysis, timeline analysis, detailed trade studies, requirements allocation, change management, and interface definition studies to translate customer requirements into hardware specifications along with reviewing and overseeing design tailoring to meet specification requirements.

The successful candidate will be able to communicate the required inputs and resulting outputs along with the associated context to team members, individual contributors, program management senior leadership and the customer.

Basic Qualifications for a Staff Systems Engineer:

Bachelor's degree in a STEM discipline with 12 years of Aerospace/Defense engineering experience;

Master's Degree in a STEM discipline with 10 years of Aerospace/Defense engineering experience;

PhD in STEM with 8 years years of Aerospace/Defense engineering experience.

• Expertise of Systems Engineering discipline, tools, processes, and products

• Experience with Engineering Requirements Management Database; DOORS or similar

• Experience with design development for aerospace domain and technologies

• Knowledge of industrial and military specifications for materials and components

• Demonstrated communication skills with program management, senior leadership and customers.

• Proficiency with desktop productivity tools such as MS Office suite, MS Project & Adobe Acrobat

Preferred Qualifications:

• Familiarity with drawing and design standard such as ASME Y14.5-2009

• Experience with Thermal Systems Engineering tools and processes

• Experience with Model Based Systems Engineering tools and processes

• Experience with design development for space domain and technologies

• Experience in integration and test of complex systems

• Experience preparing work products associated with the system engineering lifecycle milestones such as SRR, PDR, CDR, TRR and PSR

• Experience reviewing part and assembly drawings

• Experience of familiarity with Computer Aided Design (CAD) tools such as Creo Parametric, Solid Works, NX or CATIA

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.