Systems Engineer - Level 3 - Space AHT

Northrop Grumman • Chandler, AZ

1d • $98,400 - $147,600 • Onsite

About The Position

Northrop Grumman’s Space Sector is hiring a Systems Engineer 3 to work in Chandler, Arizona. This hands-on engineering position involves technical planning, system integration, verification and validation, cost and risk analysis, and supportability and effectiveness analyses across the total system lifecycle. The engineer converts customer or product requirements into system solutions while accounting for technical, schedule, and cost constraints, and performs functional and timeline analyses, trade studies, requirements allocation, and interface definition work to translate customer requirements into hardware and software specifications. The role requires strong analytical skills, willingness to learn complex Department of Defense requirements, and the ability to work under senior engineer guidance. An active DoD security clearance is required. Relocation assistance may be available, and travel is approximately 10%.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree and 5 years of professional experience, or a master’s degree and 3 years of professional experience.
• U.S. citizenship.
• Active DoD Government security clearance; the posting specifies Secret clearance as the required clearance type.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively in team environments.

Nice To Haves

• Experience writing, validating, or verifying interface requirements.
• Knowledge of launch vehicles.
• Experience in solid rocket motor design or thrust vector control.

Responsibilities

• Implement and manage system requirement changes in requirements management databases under the direction of more experienced engineers.
• Revise and manage original and revised specification and interface definition documents, and expedite documents through the signature approval process.
• Manage the requirements verification database provided to the customer to ensure the system design and build satisfy each system requirement as they mature.
• Modify management tracking reports covering systems engineering performance parameters, resource metrics, and design margins.
• Support proposal-writing efforts for Systems Engineering, as required.
• Implement changes to functional, logical, and physical system architecture models, and support less experienced engineers with similar tasks.
• Support system design, analyses, interface verification, testing, failure or anomaly resolution, and mission operations.
• Support testing or evaluation and validation of system or subsystem analytical models or actual implementations.
• Attend and prepare materials for System Requirement Reviews, System Functional Reviews, Preliminary Design Reviews, Critical Design Reviews, and System Verification Reviews.
• Support trade studies, system sensitivity and design optimization studies, system performance and design assessments, mission analysis, timeline development, and CONOPS development.
• Analyze cost history for bidders from projects in which directly involved.

Benefits

• Comprehensive Total Rewards and benefits package.
• Health insurance coverage.
• Life insurance.
• Disability insurance.
• Savings plan.
• Company-paid holidays.
• Paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business.
• Potential eligibility for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus, depending on the position.
• Relocation assistance may be available.

What This Job Offers

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