Staff Systems Engineer - (Alice Springs Australia)

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE TYPE: Polygraph

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.

Strategic Space Systems Division (SSSD) is an industry-leading provider for space systems capabilities serving national security, military, and civil customers. We are built on a heritage of providing innovative, affordable, and reliable aerospace and defense products that our customers rely on to achieve mission success. Join the Space revolution and make the impossible, possible.

Northrop Grumman Space Systems is seeking a highly qualified mission-oriented Staff Systems Engineer to join our program team located at an overseas site in Alice Springs, Australia.

This role requires a two (2) year commitment and the ability to successfully pass a physical and psychological exam. Ability to work odd and/or extended hours covering a 24/7 period and periodic rotating 12-hour shifts. A comprehensive overseas compensation package is offered with this position including relocation assistance.

The successful candidate will provide system operations support, system optimization and advanced concept / CONOPS development, and mission engineering support. This is a highly visible role that requires the ability to function both autonomously and collaboratively in support of on-going and future development activities of a complex end-to-end system.

Duties and responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Perform analyses, modeling and simulation as required, development and demonstration of new algorithms/techniques for maximizing system capabilities

• Serve as a focal point and Subject Matter Expert (SME) for end-to-end system performance investigations

• Collaborate with customers and other industry partners to improve overall mission performance

• Develop recommendations for addressing operational shortfalls and/or recommend potential operational improvements

• Provide feedback to factory engineering on operational priorities and mission shortfalls, to influence system designs

• Strong interpersonal and communication skills

• Capability to provide technical expertise and leadership in one or more of the following areas: mission system engineering, operations engineering, communication systems or digital signal processing

• Ability to perform with a high level of attention to detail and minimum supervision

• Ability to interact with various levels within the engineering community including government contractors

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor of Science degree in (Science / Technology / Engineering / Math) (STEM) plus 12 years of related experience in engineering OR Masters of Science degree in (Science / Technology / Engineering / Math) (STEM) plus 10 years of related experience in engineering

• Experience in the Aerospace and Defense Industry.

• Proven leadership experience on a project and/or team.

• Ability to collaborate with other SMEs and deliver technical presentations to high-level customer audiences and other stakeholders

• ​Ability to obtain and maintain a DoD Top Secret clearance, SCI Access and complete a counterintelligence polygraph examination prior to start date

Preferred Qualifications:

• Previous Site or Mission 1 experience

• Active SCI with recent SSBI and counter intelligence polygraph

• Background in Xmidas, Matlab, Python, Kubernetes, Docker and/or C++ programming desirable

Salary Range: $155,400.00 - $233,200.00

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 an Equal Opportunity 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 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.