Pr./Sr. Principal Systems Engineer (Space Systems)

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.

Join the Tactical Space Systems Division in a challenging and rewarding role as a Principal Systems Engineer/Senior Principal Systems Engineer located in Gilbert, Arizona. Successful candidates for this position will work as a Principal Systems Engineer/Senior Principal Systems Engineer on a national security space program. Spacecraft Systems Engineers are key members of a cross-disciplinary team helping drive the design, development, integration & test, launch, and on-orbit operations of space vehicles. As a Spacecraft Systems Engineer, you will have unique opportunities to witness and take part in the entire engineering lifecycle culminating in the on-orbit delivery of fully mission capable space vehicles to our customers!

This Principal Systems Engineer/Senior Principal Systems Engineer position is for an individual contributor within a multi-disciplinary engineering team. Responsibilities include design, integration, development and testing of space payloads, spacecraft buses, and satellites. Come join our team and help us keep pushing the boundaries of what is possible.

Job Responsibilities:

• Provide on-floor support of integration, testing, and operational readiness of spacecraft and payloads. This includes working with the I&T team to ensure the safe, effective, and efficient testing of the spacecraft, reviewing test data logs, and supporting Non-Conformance Reports (NCRs) troubleshooting and regression testing, Failure Review Boards (FRBs), and test script changes.

• Perform requirements development, allocation, verification/validation planning and manage interface definition efforts.

• Write complex specifications, interface control documents, and engineering reports.

• Support interface/communication with program, functional and subsystem leads. 

• Assist with trade studies, system sensitivity studies, design optimization studies, system performance assessments, mission analysis and timelines, and CONOPS development.

• Support execution activities including engineering review board and configuration control board

• Prepare review/briefing material for working group meetings, reviews and program status

• Other tasks may include electrical harness interface design, integration and test development and support, mechanical systems support, Command & Telemetry database development, and space vehicle configuration modeling.

• Ability to capture core concepts and instructional needs from a large amount of technical data (ground and space hardware) and communicate technical concepts to peers

Basic Qualifications:

• Principal Systems Engineer 3 - BS Engineering degree and 5+ years of experience or master’s degree at 3+ years of experience

• Sr. Principal Systems Engineer 4 - BS Engineering degree and 8+ years of experience or master’s degree and 6+ years of experience.

• Self-starter with strong technical problem-solving skills, an aptitude for understanding system and subsystem interactions and initiative to drive product development to closure

• Previous engineering experience, preferably on space programs or satellite operations

• Understanding of Systems Engineering functions

• Must have U.S. Citizenship and ability to obtain TS/SCI Clearance

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in space systems, spacecraft design, or mission operations

• Experience in requirements development, decomposition and allocation

• Experience in spacecraft/space system integration & test, launch, and/or mission operations 

• Experience in requirements management, system architecture, and CONOPs develop