Systems Engineer - Level 3/4
About The Position
Northrop Grumman Space Systems Sector's Western Region Engineering is hiring a Systems Engineer for its Space Park location in Redondo Beach, California. The role supports development of the Ground Segment of a spacecraft system, including ground element specifications for the Bus, Mission-Unique, and Payload elements. The engineer will define, decompose, analyze, allocate, verify, and validate requirements; perform system performance and functional analyses; define interfaces; identify and mitigate risks; and support system integration and compatibility analysis. The role also maintains the technical baseline and documentation and helps advance the program through milestones, including SRR, SDR, and PDR. The Ground Software System Engineer will own one or more ground element specifications and lead requirements definition and flow-down, interface management, architecture and implementation trades, and software qualification in a model-based systems engineering (MBSE) environment. Employment is contingent on obtaining final clearances and program access within a reasonable period, and continued employment is subject to maintaining required clearance and access.
Requirements
- T03: 5 years of relevant experience with a Bachelor of Science degree in a STEM discipline, 3 years with a master's degree, or 1 year with a PhD.
- T04: 8 years of relevant experience with a Bachelor of Science degree in a STEM discipline, 6 years with a master's degree, or 4 years with a PhD.
- Experience with software ground systems for space missions.
- Experience with requirements flow-down, management, and traceability.
- Experience defining and managing interfaces and contributing to ICDs.
- Familiarity with MBSE concepts and tools.
- Experience with DOORS and CAMEO, or equivalent tools.
- Strong communication and collaboration skills.
- Working knowledge of systems engineering principles and processes.
- Demonstrated ability to quickly learn new concepts and approaches.
- Active DoD Top Secret clearance; the posting also states that final clearances and program access must be obtained within a reasonable period and maintained.
Nice To Haves
- Program start-up and new product development experience.
- Ground C2 of space vehicles and/or integration of third-party C2 products.
- Experience with software frameworks and their onboarding and deployment.
- Mission management, mission planning, or resource mission management experience.
- Ability to obtain SCI/SAP.
Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain ground element specifications and MBSE-based requirements and traceability.
- Flow down requirements from host- or segment-level specifications, such as Host Segment and Mission Ground Segment (MGS), to assigned ground elements.
- Define and manage interfaces and provide input to interface control documents (ICDs).
- Participate in architecture and implementation trades involving ground frameworks, Command and Control (C2), and mission management.
- Support software qualification planning and verification and validation.
- Define, develop, decompose, analyze, allocate, verify, and validate requirements for the spacecraft system Ground Segment.
- Conduct system performance and functional analyses, risk identification and mitigation, system integration, and compatibility analyses.
- Define and maintain the technical baseline and documentation, and support program maturity and milestones.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage
- 401(k)
- Educational assistance
- Life insurance
- Employee Assistance Programs and Work/Life Solutions
- Paid time off
- Health and wellness resources
- Employee discounts
- Flexible schedules, including an available 9/80 work schedule
- Disability insurance
- Company-paid holidays
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
