Senior Space Payload Systems Architect (Top Secret)

Northrop Grumman; Linthicum (MD); Hybrid; USD 105,000 - 197,000; Full time

Job summary

Northrop Grumman Space Systems in Maryland seeks a Principal or Sr Principal Systems Engineer to join the Eastern Region Systems Engineering team. You will support space subsystems, payloads, and vehicle development, leading requirements, architecture, modeling, and test efforts on-site in LINTHICUM, MD.

The role requires an active U.S. Government DoD Top Secret clearance, extensive systems engineering experience, and the ability to obtain SCI access.

Qualifications

• Active DoD Top Secret clearance required
• Experience in systems engineering lifecycle
• Ability to obtain SCI access

Responsibilities

• Lead systems engineering tasks for space subsystems, payloads, and vehicles
• Perform requirements analysis, architecture development, and CONOPs
• Modeling, simulation, integration and test activities
• Cost, risk, and interface analyses

Skills

Systems engineering

Mission engineering

Architecture

Modeling and simulation

Integration and test

Verification and validation

Cost and risk analysis

Interface definition

System design

System integration and test

Education

Bachelor degree in STEM

MS degree in STEM

PhD in STEM

Tools

DOORS

STK

Cameo

Rhapsody

MATLAB

Python

Job description

Northrop Grumman Space Systems in Maryland seeks a Principal or Sr Principal Systems Engineer to join the Eastern Region Systems Engineering team. You will support space subsystems, payloads, and vehicle development, leading requirements, architecture, modeling, and test efforts on-site in LINTHICUM, MD.

The role requires an active U.S. Government DoD Top Secret clearance, extensive systems engineering experience, and the ability to obtain SCI access.