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RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE TYPE: Top Secret

TRAVEL: No

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** 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

Salary Range: $105,400.00 - $158,000.00Salary Range 2: $131,100.00 - $196,700.00

The above salary range represents a general guideline; however, Northrop Grumman considers a number of factors when determining base salary offers such as the scope and responsibilities of the position and the candidate's experience, education, skills and current market conditions.

Employees may be eligible for a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay. Annual bonuses are designed to reward individual contributions as well as allow employees to share in company results. Employees in Vice President or Director positions may be eligible for Long Term Incentives. In addition, Northrop Grumman provides a variety of benefits including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, savings plan, Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business.

The application period for the job is estimated to be 20 days from the job posting date. However, this timeline may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates.

Northrop Grumman is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class. For our complete EEO/AA and Pay Transparency statement, please visit http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO. U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.