Senior Space Payload Systems Engineer: Mission-Critical

Northrop Grumman Corp.; Linthicum (MD); On-site; USD 105,000 - 197,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Life and disability insurance

Savings plan

Paid holidays

PTO

Job summary

Northrop Grumman Space Systems in Linthicum, MD, is seeking a Principal or Sr Principal Systems Engineer to join the Eastern Region SEIT team, supporting space subsystems and payloads from requirements through verification.

This role requires active DoD Top Secret clearance and offers comprehensive benefits, generous salary ranges, and possible overtime. You will work on architecture, mission engineering, modeling, and test planning across diverse space programs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor degree in STEM with required years depending on level.
• MS degree provides advantage.
• PhD suitable for advanced research roles.

Responsibilities

• Support and lead systems engineering tasks for space subsystems, payloads, and vehicles.
• Conduct requirements analysis, architecture development, and system modeling and simulation.
• Plan and execute verification and validation activities; manage interfaces.

Skills

Systems engineering

Requirements analysis

Mission engineering

Modeling & simulation

Architecture

Verification & validation

DOORS

STK

Cameo

Rhapsody

MATLAB

Python

Education

Bachelor's degree in STEM

MS degree

PhD

Tools

DOORS

STK

Cameo

Rhapsody

MATLAB

Python

Job description

Northrop Grumman Space Systems in Linthicum, MD, is seeking a Principal or Sr Principal Systems Engineer to join the Eastern Region SEIT team, supporting space subsystems and payloads from requirements through verification.

This role requires active DoD Top Secret clearance and offers comprehensive benefits, generous salary ranges, and possible overtime. You will work on architecture, mission engineering, modeling, and test planning across diverse space programs.