Mission Planning Engineer - Secret Clearance (Onsite)

Northrop Grumman; Melbourne (FL); On-site; USD 153,000 - 229,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Health insurance

9/80 schedule

Job summary

Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems has an opening for a Staff Mission Planning Engineer in Melbourne, FL. The role sits on-site with a 9/80 schedule and no hybrid/remote work.

You will join an interdisciplinary team to develop a mission planning subsystem, defining architectures, requirements, interfaces, and testing with key suppliers. The position requires strong systems engineering, requirements management, and supplier coordination experience, plus an active Secret clearance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) from an accredited university with 12+ years of related experience OR Master’s in STEM with 10+ years OR Ph.D. in STEM with 8+ years.
• Experience with system modeling and requirements management tools (Cameo, DOORS).
• Familiar with Software Development/Management and Software Factories.
• Experience in supplier/subcontract management.
• Experience developing supplier documentation and statements of work.
• Experience with evaluating supplier performance and conducting technical evaluations.
• Active US Government Secret Clearance or eligibility; ability to obtain SAP clearance.

Responsibilities

• Support development and integration of mission planning subsystems to meet program objectives.
• Translate customer requirements into hardware and software specs.
• Perform performance and functional analyses.
• Conduct risk analysis and mitigation.
• Collaborate with engineers and program stakeholders.
• Maintain supplier documentation and statements of work.
• Provide technical leadership with partners and suppliers.
• Review supplier design documents and support design reviews.
• Plan and execute testing of subsystem requirements in lab.

Skills

System modeling

Requirements mgmt tools

Software development

Supplier management

Documentation development

Technical reviews

Education

Bachelor’s degree in STEM

Master’s degree in STEM

Ph.D. in STEM

Tools

Cameo

DOORS

SysML

Jira

Confluence

VMware

AWS

Azure

Google Cloud

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems has an opening for a Staff Mission Planning Engineer in Melbourne, FL. The role sits on-site with a 9/80 schedule and no hybrid/remote work.

You will join an interdisciplinary team to develop a mission planning subsystem, defining architectures, requirements, interfaces, and testing with key suppliers. The position requires strong systems engineering, requirements management, and supplier coordination experience, plus an active Secret clearance.