Mission Systems Engineer (Principal/Sr Principal) - Signatures Limitations and Constraints Management Lead
Northrop Grumman · Linthicum Heights, MD · 3 days ago
On-siteInformation Technology$109k–$163k/yrFull-time
Responsibilities
- Cook up with Payload Assembly Integration and Test (PL AI&T), Space Vehicle (SV) AI&T, and Ops teams for development and maintenance SLCs throughout program life cycles from initial design through on-orbit ops
- Support MSEIT System I&T team in the planning and execution of space-to-ground testing activities
- Ground Test Cases + Ground (dev. env.) - Vehicle Sim
- On-Orbit Check-Out Test Cases + Ground (test env.) + Vehicle Sim
- End-to-End Testing (Select On-Orbit Test Cases + Ground (production env.) + Vehicle (launch site))
- Coordinate with PL and SV AI&T teams for production, set-up, and coordination of vehicle sim asset
- Vehicle sim planning, set-up, and execution for Speargun Protoflight
- Coordinate with other elements/segments (e.g. Ground, Payload) for baseline availability (e.g. ground SW, PL FSW), root cause determination, and discrepancy report (DR) resolution
Requirements
- Coordinate with Payload Assembly Integration and Test (PL AI&T), Space Vehicle (SV) AI&T, and Ops teams for development and maintenance SLCs throughout program life cycles from initial design through on-orbit ops
- Support MSEIT System I&T team in the planning and execution of space-to-ground testing activities
- Ground Test Cases + Ground (dev. env.) - Vehicle Sim
- On-Orbit Check-Out Test Cases + Ground (test env.) + Vehicle Sim
- End-to-Orbit Testing (Select On-Orbit Test Cases + Ground (production env.) + Vehicle (launch site))
- Coordinate with PL and SV AI&T teams for production, set-up, and coordination of vehicle sim asset
- Vehicle sim planning, set-up, and execution for Speargun Protoflight
- Coordinate with other elements/segments (e.g. Ground, Payload) for baseline availability (e.g. ground SW, PL FSW), root cause determination, and discrepancy report (DR) resolution
Qualifications
- BS in STEM with 5 years relevant experience or 3 years with MSSr Principal Engineer: BS in STEM with 8 years relevant experience or 6 years with MS
Skills
- On-Orbit Ops experience
- Experience coordinating between program elements
- Experience identifying, documenting, and using SLCs
- Experience with the Atlassian tool suite (Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket)
- Experience with Space Vehicle tasking and I&T
- Experience with Radar tasking and I&T
- BS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or Aerospace Engineering
Benefits
- Active TS clearance and SCI eligibility required at time of application
- Hardware/Software I&T Experience
Pay
- Primary Level Salary Range: $108,800.00 - $163,200.00
- Secondary Level Salary Range: $135,800.00 - $203,600.00
Schedule
- No travel required