Principal/Sr. Principal Systems Engineer - Civil Space Systems

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: No relocation assistance 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.

Successful candidates for this position will be a Principal or Sr. Principal Systems Engineer within the Tactical Space Division at Northrop Grumman Space Systems located in Dulles, VA, Gilbert, AZ or Redondo Beach, CA.  This position offers the opportunity to work on exciting space flight programs designed to further Human Exploration and Operations (HEO) beyond Low Earth Orbit. 

The Principal or Sr. Principal Systems Engineer is responsible for supporting key Systems Engineering (SE) deliverables as part of an Embedded Systems Engineering Team at various program levels i.e. Mission-, Element-, and Segment-level.  The embedded systems team will incorporate the direction and results of a multi-disciplined engineering development of the space system architecture & elements.  The Principal or Sr. Principal Systems Engineer is expected to own key program deliverables as well as support and incorporate new company and industry driven technologies.  This description applies to a number of open positions within the HEO Systems Engineering group within Northrop Grumman Space Systems Tactical Space Division. 

The Principal or Sr. Principal Systems Engineer position is expected to complete tasks under only general direction, independently determine and develop approach to solutions.  Completed tasks are reviewed upon completion for adequacy in meeting objectives.  The Principal or Sr. Principal Systems Engineer is expected to interact frequently with inter-organizational and outside customer contacts and is expected to represent the organization in providing solutions to difficult technical issues associated with specific projects. 

Duties/Responsibilities: 

• Provide support to all or selected segments for the embedded SE team 

• Provide dedicated systems engineering support within subsystem engineering discipline (mechanical, thermal, environmental control and life support systems, software, avionics) 

• Support in development of space vehicle and/or ground segment design and analysis efforts  

• Conceive and develop solutions to complex analytical, design, and test problems  

• Technical management of major bus subcontracted program elements 

• Support contractual space segment technical reviews 

• Responsible to write monthly status and technical performance reviews and reports 

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Basic Qualifications: 

• Principal Systems Engineer: Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related technical field with at least 5 years of applicable experience, or Masters degree with 3 years of applicable experience.

• Sr. Principal Systems Engineer: Bachelor’s Degree in engineering or related technical field and 8+ years of experience, Master’s Degree and 6+ years of experience; or a PhD and 4+ years of experience

• Proficiency in related engineering programs, Microsoft Office or equivalent document generation programs, Microsoft SharePoint or equivalent collaboration tool, Matlab or equivalent computational tool

• Experience in mechanical, electrical, and logical interfaces

• Must have the ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government DoD security clearance

  

Preferred Qualifications: 

Either self-experience or experience interfacing with team members in any of the following fields: 

• Command and Data Handling design and development 

• Electrical design at a card, component or system level 

• FPGA / Processor design and development 

• Software design and development 

• Power distribution system design and development 

• Both High and Low Voltage Bus Design 

• Mechanical design and development 

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