Northrop Grumman Australia · 22 hours ago
2026 Associate Systems Engineer / Systems Engineering - TOP SECRET CLEARANCE REQUIRED - Dulles VA
United States-Virginia-Dulles
Full-time
Onsite
Entry, Mid Level
$76K/yr - $114K/yrNorthrop Grumman is a leader in technological advancements, seeking an Associate Systems Engineer / Systems Engineer to contribute to mission and space vehicle systems engineering activities. The role involves developing requirements, design, integration, and testing of air and space payloads and spacecraft systems.
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
Knowledgeable in aerospace systems, spacecraft subsystems design, or mission operations
Advanced modeling & analyses relating to mission and technical problems may be required in support of development or mission operations teams
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 from an accredited institution
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)
Be completing or has completed their Master's Degree from an accredited institution
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
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 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