Northrop Grumman Australia · 19 hours ago
2026 Associate Systems Engineer - Rolling Meadows IL
United States-Illinois-Rolling Meadows
Full-time
Onsite
New Grad, Entry Level
$73K/yr - $109K/yrNorthrop Grumman is a leader in technological advancements and is seeking an Associate Systems Engineer to contribute to mission and space vehicle systems engineering activities. The role involves developing requirements, design, integration, and testing of various space systems, while fostering a culture of curiosity and collaboration.
Defense & Space
No H1B
Security Clearance RequiredU.S. Citizen Only
Responsibilities
Perform duties contributing to general mission and/or space vehicle systems engineering activities
Support and/or be responsible for developing requirements, design, integration, development or testing of air & space payloads, spacecraft buses, satellites, and manned or unmanned space systems
Developing requirements, design, integration, development or testing of space payloads, spacecraft buses, satellites, human-rated spacecraft, and satellite servicing vehicles
Generating and flowing down customer requirements to hardware and software designers
Developing innovative system architectures
Implementing advanced algorithms involving sophisticated signal processing and data processing techniques
Integrating and testing finished hardware and software products
Harness interface design
Mechanical systems support
Command& Telemetry database development
Space vehicle configuration modeling
Assist in new business activities, such as conceptual design and analysis for proposals and funded studies
Authoring sections for both
Qualification
Required
Be completing or has completed their Bachelor's Degree + relevant experience
Be majoring in or having majored in a science, technology, engineering, or related degree
Be able to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government security clearance (U.S. citizenship is a pre-requisite)
Preferred
Have an overall cumulative GPA of 3.7 out of 4.0 or higher
Company
Northrop Grumman Australia
Northrop Grumman Australia is the Australia-based arm of Northrop Grumman Corporation and committed to generating long-term prosperity, investing in advanced Research & Development, sovereign and exportable Intellectual Property, high-quality jobs and long-term technology leadership across the Commonwealth.
501-1000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageCompany data provided by crunchbase