Senior Principal Space Systems Engineer TS/SCI

Northrop Grumman; Chantilly (VA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Northrop Grumman's Space Sector is seeking a Senior Principal (Level 4) to join our team in Dulles, VA. The role focuses on systems engineering for space programs, with an emphasis on requirements management and interface control.

The position is 100% onsite with a 9/80 schedule and every other Friday off. Candidates should have a strong background in architecture studies, mission planning, and cross-disciplinary leadership, along with an active Top Secret/SCI clearance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree with 8 years of professional experience or Master’s with 6 years or PhD with 4 years of experience.
• Active Top-Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) clearance at time of application.
• Experience in systems engineering including architectural studies, requirements & interface management, hardware/software integration, and mission planning.
• Experience leading a cross-discipline engineering team.
• Experience with developing and presenting briefing slides to senior leaders and executives.

Responsibilities

• Support major program milestones and readiness reviews by developing technical content and summarizing them into presentations for key stakeholders.
• Author program data products and other vital deliverables.
• Work with mission partners to model mission-level elements with accuracy.
• Assess vehicle day-in-the-life and create design reference missions (DRMs).
• Produce analyses such as propellant budget analyses, on-orbit fuel requirements, RF link budgets, and mission lifetime estimates.
• Develop analysis tools as required.
• Manage requirements, decomposing from Mission to Subsystems.
• Develop Interface Control Documentation and manage interfaces.

Skills

Systems engineering

Architectural studies

Requirements & interface management

Hardware/software integration

Mission planning & execution

Cross-discipline team leadership

Briefing executive leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

PhD

Tools

Python

STOL

MATLAB

STK

Job description

Northrop Grumman's Space Sector is seeking a Senior Principal (Level 4) to join our team in Dulles, VA. The role focuses on systems engineering for space programs, with an emphasis on requirements management and interface control.

The position is 100% onsite with a 9/80 schedule and every other Friday off. Candidates should have a strong background in architecture studies, mission planning, and cross-disciplinary leadership, along with an active Top Secret/SCI clearance.