Northrop Grumman Space Systems in Linthicum, MD is seeking a Principal or Sr Principal Systems Engineer to join our Mission Systems Engineering Integration and Test (MSEIT) team.  As a member of this team, you will have the opportunity to support efforts on both concept and product development to deliver key solutions to our customers. We cover a wide variety expertise within the systems engineering domain. This includes mission engineering, requirements, architecture, modeling and simulation, integration and test, verification and validation, and on-orbit operations and support.

Primary Responsibilities

• Work across multiple Space RADAR Payload programs as MSEIT team member supporting requirements, verification, and other Systems Engineering CDRL deliveries.

• Help coordinate larger MSEIT team inputs to specifications, verification documents, CONOPS document, and technical description documents.

• Engage with Mission Partner to maintain system level specification and verification artifacts.

• Maintain segment level, e.g., ground and on-orbit segment, specification and associated verification artifacts.

• Work with lower-level SE organizations, e.g., payload and ground, to maintain element level specifications and verification artifacts.

• Maintain R&V management process and configuration management of MSEIT external deliveries and internal artifacts.

• Work with Configuration Management (CM) to establish, implement, and maintain engineering controls across the larger program.

• Work to establish and maintain lower-level IPT processes (ground/payload SE teams) that integrate into program processing.

Basic Qualifications:

• Principal Engineer: Bachelor Degree in STEM curriculum with 5 years relevant experience; 3 years with MS Degree; or PhD with 0 years of experience.

• Sr Principal Engineer: Bachelor Degree in STEM curriculum with 8 years relevant experience; 6 years with MS Degree; or PhD with 3 years of experience.

• Must have an active U.S. Government DoD Top Secret security clearance at time of application, current and within scope, with the ability to obtain and maintain SCI approval/access.

• Systems engineering experience (e.g., requirements, mission engineering, architecture, modeling and simulation, integration and test, verification and validation)

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with R&V teams for Space programs.

• Proponent of process and configuration management.

• Can champion change and improvement.

• Capable of indirect leadership.

• Experience with DOORS, STK, Cameo, MATLAB, Python