Ground Systems Engineer Level 2 or 3

Northrop Grumman • Dulles, VA

3d • $91,800 - $171,000 • Onsite

About The Position

Northrop Grumman Space Systems is seeking a Level 2 or Level 3 Systems Engineer to support a program from its Dulles, Virginia, or Fairfax, Virginia, offices. The position is onsite and does not support remote or hybrid work. The role performs system integration, verification, and validation across total systems, including activities spanning concept, design, test, installation, operation, and maintenance. It converts customer or product requirements into complete systems solutions while accounting for technical and schedule constraints, maintains and develops operations procedures, incorporates lessons learned from real-time performance, and interfaces with program and customer personnel.

The engineer decomposes and allocates requirements across system architecture levels and functional engineering groups; develops and releases systems engineering artifacts; collaborates on requirements, capabilities, technology integration, and design; supports engineering development, production, and deployment milestones; reviews engineering drawings and documentation; and identifies process improvements and technologies for potential implementation. An active U.S. Government DoD Top Secret/SCI clearance is required at application, with the ability to obtain a CI polygraph. The position may be filled at Level 2 or Level 3, based on qualifications. Travel is 10% of the time, and relocation assistance may be available.

Requirements

• Active U.S. Government DoD Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) security clearance at the time of application, with the ability to obtain a Counter-Intelligence (CI) polygraph.
• Level 2: Bachelor's degree in STEM and 2 years of systems engineering experience, or a master's degree in STEM and 0 years of experience.
• Level 3: Bachelor's degree in STEM and 5 years of systems engineering experience, or a master's degree in STEM and 3 years of relevant experience.
• Previous work as a systems engineer, system integrator, or software engineer.
• Experience with requirements engineering or model-based systems engineering (MBSE).
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Ability to work onsite; the position does not support remote or hybrid work.

Nice To Haves

• Experience using Jira and Confluence to collaborate on team tasking and work instructions.
• Experience using DOORS and/or Cameo for requirements management.
• Experience creating interface description documents.

Responsibilities

• Perform system integration, verification, and validation for total systems across concept, design, test, installation, operation, and maintenance.
• Convert customer or product requirements into total systems solutions while accounting for technical and schedule constraints.
• Maintain existing operations procedures, incorporating lessons learned from real-time performance, and develop new procedures as required.
• Interface with program and customer personnel as required.
• Decompose and allocate requirements to different levels of system architecture, including hardware, firmware, and software, and to functional engineering groups.
• Develop and release systems engineering artifacts, including specifications, technical document architectures, concept of operations, algorithm and architecture design documents, interconnect diagrams, interface control documents, test plans, test procedures, test reports, system analysis plans, system inspection plans, configured items lists, deployment plans, and procedures.
• Collaborate with functional engineering groups to synthesize requirements, capability statements, new technology integration, and high-level design into implementable low-level design.
• Participate in and support internal and external engineering development, production, and deployment milestones.
• Review engineering drawings and documentation and provide feedback.
• Document and communicate process improvements and new technologies for consideration.

Benefits

• Health insurance coverage.
• Life and disability insurance.
• Savings plan.
• Company-paid holidays.
• Paid time off for vacation and/or personal business.
• Potential eligibility for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus, depending on the position.

What This Job Offers

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