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Northrop Grumman · 4 days ago

Space Vehicle Test Conductor - Principal or Sr. Principal Engineer Systems - R10217583

Baltimore, MD

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$109K/yr - $163K/yr

5+ years exp

Northrop Grumman is a leader in technological advancements and innovation in space-based systems. They are seeking a Test Conductor to support Space Vehicle Assembly, Integration and Test (SV AI&T) for a Space RADAR Payload, requiring strong leadership and collaboration with multiple engineering disciplines.

AerospaceData IntegrationManufacturingRemote SensingSecurity

Growth Opportunities

No H1B

Security Clearance Required

U.S. Citizen Only

Hiring Manager

Victoria Powers, CIR

Responsibilities

Test Conductor for one of three daily shifts

Near term training by running test scripts on Payload and Bus Simulators on "day" shift (9 AM - 5 PM) initially, ramping up to 3 shifts in the summer of 2026

Troubleshooting test scripts

Understand data output, analysis, and archiving

Review requirements and generate validation artifacts

Longer term focus on automation of results and Systems Engineering (SE) deliverables

This position would be focused on requirement verification and test reporting

Qualification

Test script editingPerformance analysisSpace System I&TSpace Vehicle I&TSoftware I&TTclPythonMATLABRADAR I&TESA I&T

Required

Bachelor of Science degree in STEM curriculum with 5 years relevant experience; 3 years with MS degree for Principal Engineer

Bachelor of Science degree in STEM curriculum with 8 years relevant experience; 6 years with MS degree for Sr. Principal Engineer

Willingness to work shifts: 5 AM – 1 PM for 1st shift; 1 PM – 9 PM for 2nd; and 9 PM to 5 AM for 3rd; and to rotate shifts periodically as needed by the team and/or the program; and to work some weekends as needed, e.g., for the summer 2026 campaign

Test script editing in Tcl, Python, MATLAB, etc

Test execution experience

Performance analysis and trending in MATLAB

Space System I&T experience

United States Citizenship is required

No clearance required to start, but must have the ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government DoD Top Secret security clearance and SCI approval/access