Staff Spacecraft Payload Engineer - Secret Clearance Required (Space Systems)

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE TYPE: 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.

Northrop Grumman Space Systems is seeking a Staff Spacecraft Payload Engineer.

The specific responsibilities of the Spacecraft Payload Engineering Lead are to manage and lead the technical execution of the entire payload manifest associated with the mission. Tasking includes developing interface requirements, documenting designs through interface control documents (ICDs), leading interface working groups and design reviews, supervising payload technical design accommodations, developing interface verification and validation plans, and leading interface testing during integration & test campaigns.
 

Job Responsibilities:

• Drive payload technical execution in accordance with Northrop Grumman Systems Engineering processes and best practices

• Be self-directed while leveraging your technical and leadership skills to help bring payload and platform Interfaces together to produce a spacecraft meeting contractual and mission requirements

• Function as the primary payload interface for customers, program management, product line engineering leadership, mission assurance, subsystem engineering, and launch vehicle integration teams

• Develop payload specific Interface control documents governing all mechanical, electrical, and functional interfaces and interdependencies to the Spacecraft Bus.

• Recognize and mitigate payload related technical issues and risks

• Play a key role in major program milestone and readiness reviews

• Working with our customers, aid in the development of operational mission scenarios and payload concepts of operations

• Support the planning, design, and execution of testing strategies to exercise payload functionality, measure performance, and verify survivability in the extreme launch and space environments

• Directly support the Launch and On-orbit operations campaign for your designated mission at the launch site and Mission Operations Center

• Author and provide input to major program data products and other deliverables

• Assist process improvement initiatives, and incorporate lessons learned to continue to strengthen the product line

• Lead by example and be willing to mentor, coach, train, guide, direct and advise junior staff

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) discipline and 12+ years of engineering experience OR Master’s Degree in a STEM discipline and 10+ years of engineering experience OR PhD Degree in a STEM discipline and 8+ years of engineering experience

• Strong background in systems engineering to include architectural studies, technical baseline definition, requirements & interface management, hardware/software integration, test planning & execution, or operational support

• Prior experience in technical or project leadership positions

• Must have U.S. Citizenship with active or current Secret Clearance at time of application and must have the ability to obtain TS/SCI Clearance

Preferred Qualifications:

• Advanced degree in engineering, physics, or computer science

• Active Top Secret clearance with SCI/SSBI

• Recognized systems engineering subject matter expert (SME)

• Experience working on spacecraft systems

• Experience in system architecture, CONOPs development, or model-based system engineering

• Experience with various technical tools such as MATLAB, STK, CORE, DOORS, or CAMEO

• Experience in any of the following areas is also desired:  orbital mechanics, orbital debris modeling, spacecraft attitude control, power systems and modeling, avionics or digital electronics design, risk analysis, optics, communications, rocket propulsion,