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Requisition ID: R10169131

• Category: Engineering

• Location: Dulles, Virginia, United States of America

• Clearance Type: SCI

• Telecommute: No- Teleworking not available for this position

• Shift: 1st Shift (United States of America)

• Travel Required: Yes, 10% of the Time

• Relocation Assistance: Relocation assistance may be available

• Positions Available: 1

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 Sector, Tactical Space Systems Division (TSSD) is seeking a qualified Principal or Senior Principal Systems Engineer for the role of Mission Planning and Scheduling Thread Lead for a Mission Integration program. This position is located on-site in Dulles, VA. Successful candidates for this position will work in a technical thread lead role for the Space Security business area. This position offers the opportunity to work on exciting, cutting-edge programs and new mission areas.

Duties/Responsibilities:

• Develop and review requirements, verification plans, and architecture at all levels of the System

• Ensures the logical and systematic conversion of customer or product requirements into total systems solutions that acknowledge technical, schedule, and cost constraints

• Performs 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 design 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 on the Thread

• Engage in formal and informal mentoring to support knowledge transfer and talent development.

• The development and improvement of on-orbit system-test procedures

• Performing demonstrations and conducting briefings explaining test procedures and processes

• Providing on-console operational support and aiding in the investigation and diagnosis of unexpected system signatures

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Basic Qualifications:

• 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

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience coordinating the efforts of diverse stakeholders.

• Proficiency in any modeling and simulation tools: Cameo, STK, Matlab, AFSIM, Python

• Have an extensive knowledge of different astrodynamic coordinate frames such as ECI and RIC

Salary Range: $107,300 - $160,900

Salary Range 2: $133,000 - $199,600

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. U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.