Systems Engineer - Level 3 - Space AHT

Northrop Grumman; United States; On-site; USD 98,000 - 148,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Life and disability insurance

Savings plan

Company paid holidays and PTO

Job summary

Northrop Grumman in Chandler, AZ is seeking a Systems Engineer 3 to join our team. The role emphasizes technical planning, system integration, verification, and validation to support complex DoD programs.

Relocation assistance may be available; a Secret clearance is required. Travel up to 10% is expected, with a competitive salary range and comprehensive benefits.

Qualifications

• Technical planning and system integration knowledge.
• Ability to perform verification and validation activities.
• Experience with requirements allocation and interface definitions.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills; teamwork abilities.

Responsibilities

• Implements and manages system requirement changes in the requirements management databases.
• Revises and expedites specification/interface documents through approval.
• Manages the requirements verification database to ensure satisfaction of system requirements.
• Supports system design, analyses, interface verification and testing.
• Participates in system requirement reviews and design reviews.
• Works with senior engineers on proposal writing and modeling tasks.

Skills

Technical planning

System integration

Verification & validation

Cost & risk analysis

Supportability analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree (5+ yrs)

Master's degree (3+ yrs)

Job description

Northrop Grumman’s Space Sector is seeking a Systems Engineer 3 to join our team in Chandler, AZ.

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the Time

At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact people's lives around the world today, and for generations to come. Our pioneering and inventive spirit has enabled us to be at the forefront of many technological advancements in our nation's history - from the first flight across the Atlantic Ocean, to stealth bombers, to landing on the moon. We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage and a pioneering spirit to join forces to invent the future, and have fun along the way. Our culture thrives on intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity and bringing your whole self to work — and we have an insatiable drive to do what others think is impossible. Our employees are not only part of history, they're making history.

Job Description

The Systems Engineer 3 will perform technical planning, system integration, verification and validation, cost and risk, and supportability and effectiveness analyses for total systems. Analyses are performed at all levels of total system product to include: concept, design, fabrication, test, installation, operation, maintenance and disposal. Ensures the logical and systematic conversion of customer or product requirements into total systems solutions that acknowledge technical, schedule, and cost constraints. Performs functional analysis, timeline analysis, detailed trade studies, requirements allocation and interface definition studies to translate customer requirements into hardware and software specifications. This is a hands‑on engineering position requiring strong analytical skills, a willingness to learn complex DoD requirements, and the ability to operate under senior engineer guidance.

Essential Functions/Key Responsibilities

• Implements and manages system requirement changes in the Requirements Management databases under direction of more experienced engineers.
• Revises and manages both original and revised specification/interface definition document and expedites documents through signature approval process.
• Manages the requirements verification database provided to the customer, to ensure, as the system design/build matures, that it satisfies each system requirement.
• Modifies management tracking reports for a variety of systems engineering performance parameters, resource metrics and design margins.
• May also be required to support proposal-writing efforts for Systems Engineering.
• Implements changes to Functional/Logical/Physical Model of System Architecture and support less experienced engineers with similar tasking.
• Supports system design, analyses, interface verification, testing, failure/anomaly resolution or mission operations.
• Supports the testing and/or evaluation/validation of one or more components of a system or subsystem analytical model or actual system implementation.
• Attends and prepares materials to supports system engineers during System Requirement Review, System Functional Review, Preliminary Design Review, Critical Design Review and System Verification Review.
• Supports trade studies, system sensitivity studies, design optimization studies, system performance assessments, system design assessments, Operations Analysis work such as mission analysis and timelines and CONOPS development.
• Analyzes cost history for bidders from projects where directly involved.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree with 5 years of professional experience or Master’s Degree with 3 years of professional experience.
• U.S. citizenship.
• Must have active DoD Government Security clearance.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills; ability to work collaboratively in team environments.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience writing, validating or verifying interface requirements.
• Knowledge of launch vehicles.
• Experience in solid rocket motor design or thrust vector control.
• Curious about all the exciting developments with the Northrop Grumman Space Sector?

Primary Level Salary Range: $98,400.00 - $147,600.00

We offer a comprehensive Total Rewards and benefits package designed to help you thrive at work and in life. For more information on our Total Rewards package, please visit our Total Rewards site.

In addition, Northrop Grumman provides a variety of benefits including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, savings plan, Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business.

The application period for the job is estimated to be 20 days from the job posting date. However, this timeline may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates.

Northrop Grumman is an Equal Opportunity Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class. For our complete EEO and pay transparency statement, please visit http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO.

U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.

We are a pioneering company. With careers across all areas: air, cyber, land, sea and space – our 90,000 employees work as one to defend and define the future. Northrop Grumman careers and internships are as varied as your interests, with a lifetime of potential that will give you every opportunity to do your best work.

Working together with people from many backgrounds, personal passions and disciplines, we share a drive to push the boundaries of science, technology and engineering to meet the ever evolving needs of our customers worldwide.