2027 Associate Systems Engineer - San Diego CA

0090 CORP-Corporate Office; United States; On-site; USD 76,000 - 114,000; Full time

Job summary

Northrop Grumman is seeking an Associate Systems Engineer for the Mission Systems Sector in San Diego, CA. The role involves working in a multi-disciplinary team to create next-generation communications and signal processing systems, with opportunities to contribute from concept through delivery.

The candidate must have a STEM bachelor’s degree, be a U.S. citizen, and be able to obtain the necessary security clearances.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in STEM field is required.
• U.S. citizenship required to obtain security clearance.
• Ability to obtain DoD/NSA type clearance within a reasonable period.

Responsibilities

• Work in a multi-discipline team to design network and communication systems.
• Develop and test subsystems, including hardware/software interfaces.
• Support system integration, verification, validation, and risk analyses across lifecycle.

Education

Bachelor's degree in STEM field

Tools

Linux administration

Windows administration

Cameo (Model Based Systems Engineering)

Job description

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: No relocation assistance available CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: No CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the Time

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 Mission Systems is a trusted provider of mission-enabling solutions for global security. We have a wide portfolio of secure, affordable, integrated, and multi-domain systems and technologies. Our differentiated battle management and cyber solutions deliver timely, mission-enabling information and provide superior situational awareness and understanding to protect the U.S. and its global allies.

Entry Level opportunities at Northrop Grumman are unique. Are you interested in boosting your knowledge through experience and exposure, while supporting a mission that seeks to protect our nation and its allies? If so, then Northrop Grumman is the place you!

Our professionals live and breathe different perspectives; we are curious about the world, accepting each other, and aware that the more ideas, backgrounds, opinions and experiences we bring to our work, the stronger that work will be. Just as you would invest your time and hard work into our company, we focus on investing back into you through enriching professional experiences and high-quality learning and development opportunities. We want you to bring your whole self to work, and for you to have meaningful connections with your coworkers, customers and communities, while providing the best products, systems and technologies to protect our world.

Northrop Grumman is seeking Associate Systems Engineers. This position will be located at our Mission Systems Sector in San Diego, CA. The qualified candidate will become part of Northrop Grumman’s Navigation Intelligence & Connectivity Division. At the Northrop Grumman San Diego campus our Communication/Network Solutions Business Units create the next generation of communications and signal processing systems. We take ideas from concept to working systems aboard the world’s most advanced platforms right here in always-sunny San Diego. We design in our campus of labs and on-site advanced manufacturing just minutes from the beach and everything for which Southern California is famous. It’s work that matters and a career that can takes you places. The selected candidate will work in a dynamic people-focused environment where he/she will interact with users, customers and other developers.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Working within a multi-discipline (Hardware, Software, Cyber, Systems) team to ensure the complete, overall design and implementation of cutting-edge network and communication systems
• Taking responsibility for a sub-system or feature that may include algorithm development, digital modeling, or hands‑on integration and test in a laboratory environment
• Supporting technical planning, system integration, verification and validation, cost and risk, and supportability and effectiveness analyses for total systems. Analyses may be performed at all levels of total system product to include: concept, design, fabrication, test, installation, operation, maintenance and disposal. Ensuring the logical and systematic conversion of customer or product requirements into total systems solutions that acknowledge technical, schedule, and cost constraints. Performing functional analysis, timeline analysis, detailed trade studies, requirements allocation and interface definition studies to translate customer requirements into hardware and software specifications.
• Applying your Systems, RF, Comms, and/or Network Modeling experience to cutting edge pursuits
• Participating in architecture definition and complex system problem solving in support of advanced software defined multifunction mission systems
• Creating innovative concepts of operation and employment of the advanced mission system solutions
• Development of detailed design requirements suitable for efficient hardware/software/firmware implementation and network deployment
• Having a strong work ethic and the ability to work in an integrated product team (IPT) environment

Basic Qualifications

• A candidate must meet ALL of the below criteria. The candidate must:
• Be completing or has completed their Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution
• Be majoring in or having majored in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, or Math) degree
• Be able to obtain a U.S. Government security clearance (U.S. citizenship is a pre-requisite)
• The ability to obtain Special Access Program clearance within a reasonable period of time, as determined by the company to meet its business needs

Preferred Qualifications

• Have an overall cumulative GPA of 3.70/4.0 or higher
• Previous internship/co‑op or other work experience, leadership & teamwork capabilities, interpersonal communication skills, and activities (professional/community/extracurricular)
• Experience in working in an autonomous work environment on complex projects.
• Experience in working on business or engineering full life-cycle projects from project inception through launch.
• Experience in developing and delivering presentations and leading small groups
• Experience with emerging technologies
• High proficiency with tools required for communication system and network modeling and simulation
• Agile development experience, including use of Atlassian products
• Background in digital communications theory and commercial and military wireless networking technologies
• Development of communication waveform processing techniques and architectures in support of Northrop Grumman’s advanced software defined multifunction mission systems
• Demonstrated depth and breadth in the physical through application layers and how the aggregation of these partitioned capabilities accomplish required missions
• Demonstrated skills in bridging the gap between theoretical and practical and in performing associated trade off analysis
• Model Based System Engineering experience, especially using Cameo
• Experience with Linux & Windows system administration
• Experience with the Risk Management Framework (NIST SP 800-53) and/or Committee for National Security Systems Instruction (CNSSI 1253)
• Current DoD 8570/8140 IA Certification (Security+CE or similar) OR must have the ability to obtain, and maintain, the certification within 6 months of start date
• Knowledge and/or experience in one or more of the following technologies: AD/DNS, Patch Management, PKI, HBSS, ACAS, VMware products, Splunk

Salary Level: $76,200 – 114,400 campusjobs

Northrop Grumman is an Equal Opportunity 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 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.

We are a pioneering company. With careers across all areas: air, cyber, land, sea and space – our 90,000 employees work as one to defend and define the future. Northrop Grumman careers and internships are as varied as your interests, with a lifetime of potential that will give you every opportunity to do your best work. Working together with people from many backgrounds, personal passions and disciplines, we share a drive to push the boundaries of science, technology and engineering to meet the ever evolving needs of our customers worldwide.