Northrop Grumman is hiring a qualified Systems Engineer to support a National Security Space (NSS) Program in the Tactical Space Systems Division located in Dulles, VA. The job responsibilities will be as an individual-contributor and deliverable/product lead within a multi-disciplinary engineering team.

Duties/Responsibilities:

• Perform traditional Systems Engineering functions, including requirements synthesis and flow-down, verification/validation planning, system trades study support, systems analysis, coordination of design efforts, and management of technical budgets & interface definitions.

• The application of these systems engineering functions will be in the context of fault management, system autonomy.

• The candidate must be able to assist in the formulation of system design, definition of concept of operations, and systems analysis for failure modes and effects, including their identification and mitigation through autonomous or operational controls.

• Designing, implementing, and validating Fault Management and System Autonomy Flight Software using flight-like simulations and flight hardware.

• Must be knowledgeable in spacecraft subsystem design, spacecraft testing, flight software best practices, and mission operations.

• Candidate may be called on to assist in new business activities, such as conceptual design and analysis for proposals and funded studies and may include authoring sections for both.

• Presentation skills and the ability to communicate complex technical concepts to either technical or nontechnical audiences is required.

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Basic Qualifications:

• Principal Systems Engineer - Bachelors of Science degree in technical field + 5 years of experience, or Masters of Science degree in technical field + 3 years of experience

• Sr. Principal Systems Engineer - Bachelors of Science degree in technical field + 8 years of experience, or Masters of Science degree in technical field + 6 years of experience

• Experience in Systems Engineering for mission critical applications

• Mission and/or vehicle systems engineering experience

• Software coding or scripting experience

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

Preferred Qualifications:

• Failure analysis or fault management technical experience

• Experience defining requirements & interfaces

• Understanding of spacecraft integration & test, launch, and mission operations

• Experience developing verification documentation

• Experience with architecture development

• Experience with spacecraft mission operations

• Familiarity with electrical & computer systems

• Familiarity with command and telemetry databases

• Active U.S. Government DoD Top Secret/SCI security clearance