2027 Associate Systems Engineer – Annapolis MD

Northrop Grumman • Annapolis, MD

1d • $72,700 - $131,400 • Onsite

About The Position

Northrop Grumman Mission Systems is a trusted provider of mission-enabling solutions for global security. They offer a wide portfolio of secure, affordable, integrated, and multi-domain systems and technologies. Their differentiated battle management and cyber solutions deliver timely, mission-enabling information and provide superior situational awareness and understanding to protect the U.S. and its global allies. This entry-level opportunity is unique for individuals interested in boosting their knowledge through experience and exposure while supporting a mission that seeks to protect our nation and its allies. The company focuses on investing back into employees through enriching professional experiences and high-quality learning and development opportunities. The qualified candidate will become part of Northrop Grumman’s Naval & Oceanic Systems business unit headquartered in Annapolis, MD, supporting the development, test, and sustainment of state-of-the-art subsea systems. This role will provide exposure to a wide range of advanced technologies, including uncrewed undersea vehicles (UUVs), remotely operated vehicles (ROVs), undersea payloads, acoustic and non-acoustic sensors, sensor processing, navigation, platform integration, subsea and maritime-surface communication technologies, advanced algorithms, digital engineering, and more.

Requirements

• Be completing or has completed their Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution
• Be majoring in Math, Physics, Systems Engineering, Optical Engineering, or a closely related STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Math) degree.
• Be able to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government security clearance (U.S. citizenship is a pre-requisite) as well as Program Special access within a reasonable period of time, as determined by the company to meet its business needs (U.S. citizenship is a pre-requisite)

Nice To Haves

• Have an overall cumulative GPA of 3.00/4.0 or higher
• A current/active US Government Secret clearance

Responsibilities

• Establishing mission vignettes and sensor/platform performance models to assess probability of detection and probability of engagement in mission engineering studies
• Interpret top level requirements to create system requirements and decompose into subsystem requirements in support of product design and verification planning
• Support system architecture development to address known customer needs through efficient and novel solutioning and generation of associated design artifacts including Concept of Operations (CONOPs), trade studies / analysis of alternatives, and definition and management of interfaces
• Establish and integrate components of a digital design thread
• Plan and execute integration, test, verification and validation
• Support the preparation of technical and programmatic data packages for presentation to program, company, and customer stakeholders for internal and external informal and milestone reviews
• Develop content and present during milestone reviews including Systems Requirement Review (SRR), Preliminary Design Review (PDR), Critical Design Review (CDR), Test Readiness Review (TRR), Consent to Ship Review (CSR).

Benefits

• Relocation assistance may be available
• health insurance coverage
• life and disability insurance
• savings plan
• Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business
• overtime
• shift differential
• discretionary bonus

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level