Lead Systems Engineer, Fault Management & Autonomy

0909 SP - Orbital Space Systems; United States; On-site; USD 114,000 - 171,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Life and disability insurance

Savings plan

Company paid holidays

Paid time off

Job summary

Northrop Grumman Space Systems in Dulles, VA seeks a Principal Systems Engineer to support Space Superiority missions. You will contribute as an individual contributor and lead deliverables within a multi-disciplinary team, focusing on Fault Management and System Autonomy in space systems.

The role requires strong systems engineering background, space domain knowledge, and SCI clearance, with responsibilities spanning design, analysis, and proposal support as needed.

Qualifications

• Bachelors in technical field with 5+ years experience or MS with 3+ years, or PhD in systems engineering for mission critical apps.
• Experience in mission/vehicle systems engineering.
• Software coding or scripting experience.
• Requires active SCI clearance at time of application.

Responsibilities

• Perform systems engineering functions: requirements synthesis, verification/validation planning, trades study, budgets and interfaces.
• Support fault management and system autonomy in space systems.
• Assist in design formulation, OPS concept definition, and failure-modes analysis.
• Design/implement/validate fault management flight software using simulations and flight hardware.
• Communicate complex technical concepts to technical or nontechnical audiences.

Skills

Systems engineering

Fault management

Spacecraft systems

Flight software

Scripting/automation

Education

Bachelor's degree in a technical field

Master's degree in a technical field

PhD

Tools

Flight software

Simulations

Job description

Northrop Grumman Space Systems in Dulles, VA seeks a Principal Systems Engineer to support Space Superiority missions. You will contribute as an individual contributor and lead deliverables within a multi-disciplinary team, focusing on Fault Management and System Autonomy in space systems.

The role requires strong systems engineering background, space domain knowledge, and SCI clearance, with responsibilities spanning design, analysis, and proposal support as needed.