Space Systems Engineer - Fault Management & Autonomy

Northrop Grumman; United States; On-site; USD 76,000 - 114,000; Full time

Job summary

Northrop Grumman in Dulles, VA seeks an Associate Electrical Engineer to contribute to fault management and system autonomy within Space Systems. You will work as an individual contributor in a multi-disciplinary engineering team on requirements synthesis, verification planning, and interface definitions.

Candidates should have a technical degree and 2+ years experience, TS/SCI clearance, and hands-on systems engineering, with scripting or software experience; the role includes design, testing,

Qualifications

• Bachelors of Science degree in a technical field with 2+ years of experience, or a Master's degree in a technical field.
• Active TS/SCI clearance required at time of application.
• Experience in Systems Engineering for mission-critical applications.
• Experience with mission or vehicle systems engineering and software coding or scripting.

Responsibilities

• Perform traditional Systems Engineering functions including requirements synthesis, flow-down, verification/validation planning, system trades study support, and budgets/interface definitions.
• Designing, implementing, and validating Fault Management and System Autonomy Flight Software using flight-like simulations and flight hardware.
• Must be knowledgeable in spacecraft subsystem design, spacecraft testing, flight software best practices, and mission operations.
• Assist in new business activities such as proposals and funded studies and may include authoring sections for both.
• Presentation skills and the ability to communicate complex technical concepts to either technical or nontechnical audiences is required.
• Support and deliver SE Products and other deliverables, with a focus on mission success.

Skills

Systems Engineering

Software scripting

TS/SCI clearance

Education

Bachelor's degree in technical field

Master's degree in technical field

Job description

Northrop Grumman in Dulles, VA seeks an Associate Electrical Engineer to contribute to fault management and system autonomy within Space Systems. You will work as an individual contributor in a multi-disciplinary engineering team on requirements synthesis, verification planning, and interface definitions.

Candidates should have a technical degree and 2+ years experience, TS/SCI clearance, and hands-on systems engineering, with scripting or software experience; the role includes design, testing,