Space Systems Engineer (TS/SCI) – Onsite in VA

Northrop Grumman; Virginia (MN); On-site; USD 92,000 - 138,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Competitive benefits

Job summary

Northrop Grumman’s Space Sector is seeking an Engineer (Level 2) to join our team in Dulles or Chantilly, VA. This 100% onsite role supports the Space Superiority and Warfighting Division with major program milestones and technical deliverables.

You will develop analyses, model mission elements, and produce briefs for senior leaders, while collaborating with cross-disciplinary teams and ensuring requirement traceability across subsystems.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree with 2 years of professional experience or Master’s degree with 0 years of professional experience.
• Requires an active U.S. Government TS/SCI clearance at time of application, current and within scope.
• Experience in systems engineering to include architectural studies, technical baseline definition, requirements & interface management, hardware/software integration, and mission planning & execution.

Responsibilities

• Supporting major program milestones and readiness reviews by developing technical content and summarizing them into presentations for key stakeholders.
• Authoring and providing input to program data products and other vital deliverables.
• Working with mission partners to accurately model mission-level elements.
• Assessment of a vehicle’s day-in-the-life and creation of design reference missions (DRMs).
• Producing miscellaneous analysis, such as propellant budget analyses, on-orbit fuel requirements, RF link budgets, and mission lifetime estimates.
• Development of analysis tools as required.
• Requirements Management, including the decomposition of requirements from the Mission down to Subsystems.
• Interface Management, including the development of Interface Control Documentation.

Skills

Systems engineering

Requirements management

Interface management

Hardware/software integration

Mission planning & execution

Python scripting

STK

MATLAB

Orbital mechanics

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related field

Master’s degree

Tools

STK

MATLAB

Python scripting

Job description

Northrop Grumman’s Space Sector is seeking an Engineer (Level 2) to join our team in Dulles or Chantilly, VA. This 100% onsite role supports the Space Superiority and Warfighting Division with major program milestones and technical deliverables.

You will develop analyses, model mission elements, and produce briefs for senior leaders, while collaborating with cross-disciplinary teams and ensuring requirement traceability across subsystems.