Principal / Sr. Principal Space Payload Systems Engineer jobs in United States
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Northrop Grumman · 1 hour ago

Principal / Sr. Principal Space Payload Systems Engineer

positionLinthicum Heights, MD
timeFull-time
remoteOnsite
senioritySenior Level, Lead/Staff
money$109K/yr - $163K/yr
date5+ years exp

Northrop Grumman is a leading technology company that offers revolutionary systems impacting lives globally. The role involves supporting and leading systems engineering tasks for space subsystems, payloads, and vehicles, focusing on requirements analysis, mission engineering, and system design.

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Growth OpportunitiesbadNo H1BnoteSecurity Clearance RequirednoteU.S. Citizen Onlynote

Responsibilities

Requirements analysis, derivation, and management
Mission Engineering, modeling, and analysis
Architecture and CONOPs development
Systems modeling and simulation
Functional analysis
Timeline analysis
Trade studies
Technical planning
Cost and risk analysis
Interface definition
System design
System integration and test
Verification and Validation planning and execution
Supportability and effectiveness analyses for total systems

Qualification

Systems engineeringMission engineeringModelingSimulationVerificationValidationSpace experienceSensor/payload experienceSpace vehicle experienceArchitecture developmentTechnical planningCostRisk analysisInterface definitionSystem designAssemblyIntegrationTestOn-Board ProcessingCameoRhapsodyMATLABPython

Required

Bachelor Degree in STEM curriculum with 5 years relevant experience; 3 years with MS Degree; or PhD with 0 years of experience for Principal Engineer
Bachelor Degree in STEM curriculum with 8 years relevant experience; 6 years with MS Degree; or PhD with 3 years of experience for Sr Principal Engineer
Must have an active U.S. Government DoD Top Secret security clearance at time of application, current and within scope, with the ability to obtain and maintain SCI approval/access
Systems engineering experience (i.e. requirements, mission engineering, architecture, modeling and simulation, integration and test, verification and validation)

Preferred

Space experience
Sensor/payload experience
Antennas
Radar
EO/IR
Communications
Processing, specifically On-Board Processing
Space vehicle experience
Space ground systems architecture and design experience
Mission engineering, modeling and simulation
Space Mission CONOPS
Assembly, Integration and Test (AI&T)

Benefits

Health insurance coverage
Life and disability insurance
Savings plan
Company paid holidays
Paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business

Company

Northrop Grumman

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Northrop Grumman is an aerospace, defense and security company that provides training and satellite ground network communications software.
dateFounded in 1994
location
Falls Church, Virginia, USA
people-size10001+ employees
web-link
https://www.northropgrumman.com

Funding

Current Stage
Public Company
Total Funding
$3.7B
Key Investors
U.S. Department of DefenseNASA
2025-05-27Post Ipo Debt· $1B
2024-01-29Post Ipo Debt· $2.5B
2023-12-20Grant· $72M

Leadership Team

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Tom Wilson
Corporate Vice President, Enterprise Business Development
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Jeffrey Worsham
Chief Product Owner - Advanced Technology Development
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