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Do you want to work at an international company with endless opportunities for growth and advancement? Are you eager to join a trust-based, globally-connected team, where your contributions will define what’s possible? Embark on a career putting innovative, reliable, and agile products and ideas into orbit, and beyond. Northrop Grumman has opportunities waiting for you that play a vital role in human space exploration, national defense, and scientific discovery, supporting multiple programs across the universe. With us, you’ll discover a culture of curiosity and collaboration that will have you Defining Possible from the day you start. Our space systems connect and protect millions of people on earth every day, now and for the future. Explore your future and launch your career today!
We are looking for Space Systems Engineers who want to solve interesting, complex problems, which protect our nation. Your talents and passion are most important to us. If you don’t know satellite systems or are new to the space industry, we will teach you! Become a part of our enthusiastic teams where we have fun working together and take pride in our contributions to the nation’s safety. We are recruiting for junior, mid-level, and senior engineers with a background in Space engineering or space systems.
These positions will be located in our Dulles, VA offices.
The Northrop Grumman Tactical Space Division is a strategic partner specializing in commercial and classified partnerships with the design, delivery, operation and sustainment of satellites and human spacecraft. Our programs include technical roles at the mission, segment, subsystem, and component levels. Our work also spans the entire program life cycle from early concept studies, design development, system integration/test, launch and early ops, mission ops/sustainment, and system disposal. Recognized as an industry leader, we also develop highly specialized space and satellite components. Check out some of our work with the ESPAStar Platform at https://www.northropgrumman.com/space/espastar/.
We have opportunities in the follow Systems Engineering discipline Areas to include:
Space/Satellite Systems
Chief Systems Engineering
Requirements Engineering
Model-Based Systems Engineering
Mission Systems Architecture/Mission Engineering
Modeling and Simulation for On-Orbit Operations
Ground Systems Engineering
Satellite-Ground Communication Systems
In these roles you will be developing systems for a variety of spacecraft using current technologies and others yet to come! We are seeking team members who have a thirst for knowledge, approach each day with optimism, and have a relentless drive to solve complex problems. Creativity and innovation are imperative for this role, because at Northrop Grumman, many of the problems we work on are impossible… until they’re not.
What does success look like?
As a successful employee, you will:
Be an active and integral member of your team
Channel your enthusiasm to innovate
Be part of a supportive team that develops and deploys technologies that matter to our national security
Work with agility, flexibility, and collaboration to explore creative ideas
#NOVASPACE
Basic Qualifications:
Must have U.S. Citizenship with current or active Top Secret Clearance and the ability to obtain SCI level access
Bachelor's Degree in STEM Science Technology Engineering Math with 9 years experience or Master's Degree and 7 years experience
Knowledge of systems engineering principles such as, requirements, systems analysis and systems thinking, interface management, system integration, project management, risk analysis, high level systems testing, cost estimation, and/or customer interface
Preferred Qualifications:
Current or Active Top Secret/SCI level clearance
Experience supporting Space Satellite Systems
Experience in any of the following areas is highly preferred but not required
Chief Engineering Expertise
Requirements and Verification
DOORS
Cameo
RVTM or RTVM
Managing requirements
Modeling and Simulation
Matlab, Python, STK, Freeflyer or similar technologies
Analysis of alternatives
Architecture
Mathematics
Electrical Systems
Design and development of avionics components
Power
Electrical engineering
Electrical systems testing
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