2027 Associate Systems Engineer (AHT) - Dulles VA
About The Position
This is an individual-contributor Systems Engineering role within Fault Management and System Autonomy in Eastern Engineering at Northrop Grumman Space Systems in Dulles, Virginia. The engineer will work on a multidisciplinary team applying systems engineering principles to spacecraft fault management and system autonomy, and will support spacecraft integration, testing, and operational readiness. The role includes requirements synthesis and flow-down, verification and validation planning, support for system trade studies and analysis, coordination of design activities, and management of technical budgets and interface definitions. The engineer will help formulate system designs and concepts of operations, analyze failure modes and effects, and identify mitigations through autonomous or operational controls. The position also involves designing, implementing, and validating fault management and system autonomy flight software using flight-like simulations and flight hardware. The engineer will develop and assess design concepts, make design modifications within program constraints, and may develop and coordinate test programs. The role includes interaction with program, functional, and customer leadership; delivering systems engineering products and other mission-focused deliverables; preparing status updates, technical performance reviews, analyses, and reports; and potentially supporting proposal and funded-study activities, including authoring proposal sections. Travel is 10% of the time. An active TS/SCI clearance is required at application, and U.S. citizenship is required for positions requiring a government clearance.
Requirements
- Bachelor of Science degree in a technical field and 2 or more years of experience, or a Master of Science degree in a technical field.
- Active TS/SCI security clearance at the time of application.
- Experience in systems engineering for mission-critical applications.
- Mission and/or vehicle systems engineering experience.
- Software coding or scripting experience.
- Knowledge of aerospace systems, spacecraft subsystems design, or mission operations.
- Knowledge of spacecraft subsystem design, spacecraft testing, flight software best practices, and mission operations.
- Presentation skills and ability to communicate complex technical concepts to technical or nontechnical audiences.
Nice To Haves
- Failure analysis or fault management technical experience.
- Experience with systems engineering processes.
- Experience defining requirements and interfaces.
- Understanding of spacecraft integration and test, launch, and mission operations.
- Experience with human spaceflight vehicle development, including integration and test.
- Experience developing verification documentation.
- Experience with architecture development.
- Familiarity with electrical and computer systems.
- Familiarity with command and telemetry databases.
- Strong Visual Basic for Applications (VBA), Python, and MATLAB scripting skills.
Responsibilities
- Perform systems engineering activities, including requirements synthesis and flow-down, verification and validation planning, system trade study support, systems analysis, design coordination, and management of technical budgets and interface definitions in the fault management domain.
- Design, implement, and validate fault management and system autonomy flight software using flight-like simulations and flight hardware.
- Assist with system design, concept-of-operations definition, and failure-mode-and-effects analysis; identify failure modes and mitigations through autonomous or operational controls.
- Support spacecraft integration, testing, and operational readiness.
- Develop original ideas and preliminary design concepts, evaluate completed designs with program, functional, and technical groups, and make design modifications within program constraints.
- Develop and coordinate test programs to evaluate design work, as needed.
- Interact with program, functional, and customer leadership.
- Support and deliver systems engineering products and other deliverables, with a focus on mission success.
- Write status updates, technical performance reviews, analyses, and reports.
- Potentially support new business activities, including conceptual design and analysis for proposals and funded studies, and author sections for those activities.
- Communicate complex technical concepts to technical and nontechnical audiences.
Benefits
- Relocation assistance may be available.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
