Senior Space Mission Architect & Systems Integrator

0909 SP - Orbital Space Systems; United States; On-site; USD 114,000 - 213,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

$10,000 sign-on bonus (external hires)

Job summary

Northrop Grumman Space Systems in Chantilly, Virginia seeks an experienced Mission Architect to join a cross-disciplinary team delivering advanced spacecraft and mission systems for space security missions. You will fuse ground systems with spacecraft hardware, tackle design tradeoffs, and ensure readiness from concept to on‑orbit operations.

The role emphasizes mission engineering, CONOPs development, interface management, and collaboration with partners across payloads, software, and ground

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree with 5+ years of professional experience, or Master’s with 3+ years, or PhD with 1+ year (Level 3)
• Level 4 requires more experience: Bachelor’s with 8+ yrs or Master’s with 6+ yrs or PhD with 4+ yrs
• Active Top-Secret SCI clearance at time of application
• Demonstrated experience supporting development of space or ground system
• Demonstrated Systems Engineering experience (requirements, architecture, CONOPs, modeling & simulation)

Responsibilities

• Develop spacecraft and mission architectures and concepts of operations (CONOPS)
• Perform mission-level analyses and technical trade studies
• Define mission sequences for launch, on-orbit operations, and contingencies
• Collaborate across engineering disciplines to deliver integrated spacecraft and mission solutions
• Support mission integration, test, readiness reviews and customer briefings
• Author mission-engineering products and technical reports

Skills

Mission architecture

Systems engineering

Cross-functional collaboration

Technical briefing

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Master’s degree

PhD

Tools

Cameo

STK

MATLAB

AFSIM

Python

Job description

Northrop Grumman Space Systems in Chantilly, Virginia seeks an experienced Mission Architect to join a cross-disciplinary team delivering advanced spacecraft and mission systems for space security missions. You will fuse ground systems with spacecraft hardware, tackle design tradeoffs, and ensure readiness from concept to on‑orbit operations.

The role emphasizes mission engineering, CONOPs development, interface management, and collaboration with partners across payloads, software, and ground