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Northrop Grumman - Dulles, VA
posted 2 months ago
About the position
The Principal/Sr. Principal Systems Engineer - Mission Thread Lead at Northrop Grumman is responsible for leading the Mission Planning and Scheduling Thread for a Mission Integration program within the Space Security business area. This role involves developing and reviewing system requirements, ensuring comprehensive system design, and providing subject matter expertise. The position requires a strong technical background and offers the opportunity to work on cutting-edge programs in a collaborative environment.
Responsibilities
- Develop and review requirements, verification plans, and architecture at all levels of the System
- Ensure the logical and systematic conversion of customer or product requirements into total systems solutions that acknowledge technical, schedule, and cost constraints
- Perform functional analysis, timeline analysis, detail trade studies, requirements allocation, and interface definition studies to translate customer requirements into lower level specifications
- Integrate complex design elements across multiple teams and vendors of the Phoenix program
- Coordinate with all levels of the program to ensure a comprehensive system design
- Ensure ground system software teams are developing and designing their content that meet the system requirements
- Provide subject matter expertise for the Thread to the program
- Brief program leadership, customers, and stakeholders on the Thread
- Engage in formal and informal mentoring to support knowledge transfer and talent development
- Develop and improve on-orbit system-test procedures
- Perform demonstrations and conduct briefings explaining test procedures and processes
- Provide on-console operational support and aid in the investigation and diagnosis of unexpected system signatures
Requirements
- 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
- Principal Engineer Systems: BS degree in Engineering or related technical field and 5 years of applicable experience, or an MS Degree and 3 years of applicable experience
- Senior Principal Engineer Systems: Bachelors in Engineering, Physics, or related STEM Degree with 9 years of experience in a related engineering field such as mechanical, electrical, aerospace and/or operations
- Strong technical background in orbital mechanics/astrodynamics
- Experience in requirements management, system architecture development, and CONOPs
- Experience in RPO mission design and satellite ground software
Nice-to-haves
- Experience coordinating the efforts of diverse stakeholders
- Proficiency in any modeling and simulation tools: Cameo, STK, Matlab, AFSIM, Python
- Extensive knowledge of different astrodynamic coordinate frames such as ECI and RIC
Benefits
- Health insurance coverage
- Life and disability insurance
- Savings plan
- Company paid holidays
- Paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business
