Principal/Senior Principal Systems Engineer (PGS SDA)

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE TYPE: Top Secret

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.

The Payload and Ground Systems organization within the Northrop Grumman Space Systems pushes the boundaries of innovation, redefines engineering capabilities, and drives advances in various sciences. Our team is chartered with providing the skills, 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!

We offer phenomenal learning opportunities, exposure to a wide variety of projects and customers, and a very friendly collaborative workplace. We are looking for self-motivated, proactive, and goal-oriented people to help us grow our services and become even better at what we do. Does this sound like you?

Our diverse portfolio of programs means there are endless paths to cultivate your career. We are well-known for our inclusive environment, as well as our excellent work/life balance. We also offer exceptional benefits/healthcare, a 9/80 schedule, and a great 401K matching program.

We have an opening for a either a Principal Systems Engineer or a Senior Principal Systems Engineer to join our talented team. We are seeking a team member who wants to solve interesting, complex problems to help protect our nation. We are a trusted mission payload and ground system provider with extensive experience providing end-to-end mission solutions from concept through operations and support. The team you will support is located at our Space Park campus in Redondo Beach, CA.

What you’ll get to do?

As a Systems Engineer on this team, you will support a very fast-moving team to help design, model, and develop the ground system for the Space Development Agency’s (SDA) low earth orbit constellation for SDA’s Sorcerer constellation. SDA Sorcerer is part of an ambitious space architecture to bring next-generation communications capabilities to the warfighter around the globe. SDA’s vision is to deliver a minimum viable product on time, every two years to the warfighter by employing spiral development methods. This program builds upon existing SDA Transport Layer capabilities to provide greater coverage and new capabilities to the established SV network for the DoD. In this role, you will be interacting with the customer, other stakeholders, and leadership to define and maintain the technical baseline. Ultimately, it is your responsibility to drive the program through maturity and milestones to achieve the mission and overall vision. If you want to rapidly grow a broad spectrum of skills and experiences in space ground systems, come join us.

Core Responsibilities:

• Lead a small team of systems engineers to oversee the design and development of the ground system (Ground Software, Spacecraft Operations Center, and Ground Entry Points) to command and control the Sorcerer SVs.
• Drive/lead requirement decomposition, functional analysis, interface definition, and architecture for the ground system.
• Independently identify and analyze technical design gaps, pain points, and opportunities for improvement to ensure the proposed architecture and solution are complete and compliant.
• Participate and collaborate with internal and external stakeholders, and subject matter experts in various working group meetings to understand requirements/CONOPS and translate them into technical solutions.
• Serve as technical point of contact, influencing decisions by clearly communicating technical concepts, challenges, and trade-offs.
• Lead milestone reviews for the Ground System to include Kickoff and Design TEM.
• Ensure system technical compliance with the program Statement of Work (SOW) and system requirements.
• Manage risk and opportunity and the production of core systems engineering work products and track the work products and associated program dependencies in the program schedule.

This requisition may be filled at a higher grade based on qualifications listed below.

Basic Qualifications:

• Principal Systems Engineer: Bachelor's degree in STEM with 5 years of relevant experience; Master's degree in STEM with 3 years of relevant experience; PhD with 1 year of relevant experience
• Senior Principal Systems Engineer: Bachelor's degree in STEM with 8 years of relevant experience; Master's degree in STEM with 6 years of relevant experience; PhD with 4 years of relevant experience
• Active Top Secret Clearance required at the time of application
• Ability to communicate and present technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders to understand requirements and translate them into technical solutions
• Experience in designing ground systems (e.g., CONOPS, architecture, use case development)
• Experience in performing functional analysis, requirements allocation/decomposition and interface definition to translate and decompose customer requirements into ground software specifications, working closely with development teams to ensure successful implementation
• Ability to work autonomously and collaboratively in a dynamic, fast paced environment

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Agile development
• Active TS/SCI
• Demonstrated experience in left and right side of the “Systems Engineering V” (systems design, development, integration, and test)
• Experience developing ground system design/architecture in CAMEO
• Experience mission analysis/simulation tools (i.e. STK, GMAT, Freeflyer)
• On-orbit, real-time satellite operation experience

Salary Range: $110,300.00 - $165,500.00Salary Range 2: $137,400.00 - $206,000.00

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.

Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and 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.