The Payload and Ground Systems organization within the Northrop Grumman Space Systems pushes the boundaries of innovation, redefines engineering capabilities, and drives advances in various sciences. Our team is chartered with providing the skills, innovative technologies to develop, design, produce and sustain optimized product lines across the sector while providing a decisive advantage to the warfighter. Come be a part of our mission.

Northrop Grumman Space Systems (NGSP) is looking for you to join our team as a Staff Systems Engineer based out of Aurora, CO. This role will serve as the MAC-D SEIT Lead.

What You’ll get to Do:

• Lead technical management and execution of the SE team.

• Plan, execute, and close out program reviews and milestones (e.g., SRR, PDR, CDR, TRR, etc.)

• Ensure system technical compliance with the program Statement of Work (SOW), system requirements, and manage scope control of technical team.

• Synthesize system architecture’s

• Oversee configuration management of the overall Program Baseline

• Collect, manage, and report the program metrics and Technical Performance Measures (TPMs)

• Oversee the establishment and execution of the program lifecycle and work products

• Coordinate between the technical leads, program manager, and customer to ensure the integrity and executability of the program technical baseline.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in a STEM discipline with 12 years of relevant experience; 10 years with a Master’s degree; 8 years with a PhD
• Active Top Secret/SCI clearance at time of application
• Experience leading technical teams.
• Experience in systems development, integration, and test.
• Experience in model-based systems engineering

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with Mission Engineering for space and ground based communication systems 
• Understanding of cyber security principles in relation to spacecraft design
• Ability to perform link analysis for communication interfaces