Systems Engineer - Fault Management & System Autonomy - TS/SCI - Military Veterans

Requisition ID: R10172235

* Category: Engineering

* Location: Gilbert, Arizona, United States of America

* Clearance Type: Top Secret

* Telecommute: No- Teleworking not available for this position

* Shift: 1st Shift (United States of America)

* Travel Required: Yes, 25% of the Time

* Positions Available: 1

At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact people's lives around the world today, and for generations to come. Our pioneering and inventive spirit has enabled us to be at the forefront of many technological advancements in our nation's history - from the first flight across the Atlantic Ocean, to stealth bombers, to landing on the moon. We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage and a pioneering spirit to join forces to invent the future, and have fun along the way. Our culture thrives on intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity and bringing your whole self to work — and we have an insatiable drive to do what others think is impossible. Our employees are not only part of history, they're making history. This Systems Engineering position is an engineering support role on a National Security Space (NSS) Program in the Tactical Space Systems Division at Northrop Grumman Space Systems located in Gilbert, AZ. The job responsibilities will be as an individual-contributor and deliverable/product lead within a multi-disciplinary engineering team. Successful candidates will perform traditional Systems Engineering functions, including requirements synthesis and flow-down, verification/validation planning, system trades study support, systems analysis, coordination of design efforts, and management of technical budgets & interface definitions. The application of these systems engineering functions will be in the context of fault management, system autonomy, and mission operations. The candidate must be able to assist in the formulation of system design, definition of concept of operations, and systems analysis for failure modes and effects, including their identification and mitigation through autonomous or operational controls.

Duties/Responsibilities:

* Designing, implementing, and validating Fault Management and System Autonomy Flight Software.

* Accordingly, the candidate must be knowledgeable in spacecraft subsystem design, spacecraft testing, flight software best practices, and mission operations.

* Candidate may be called on to assist in new business activities, such as conceptual design and analysis for proposals and funded studies and may include authoring sections for both.

* Presentation skills and the ability to communicate complex technical concepts to either technical or nontechnical audiences is required.

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Basic Qualifications:

* Bachelors of Science degree in technical field + 2 years of experience, or Masters of Science degree in technical field

* Experience in Systems Engineering for mission critical applications

* Mission and/or vehicle systems engineering experience

* Software coding or scripting experience

* Must have an active U.S. Government DoD Top Secret/SCI security clearance at time of application, current and within scope

Preferred Qualifications:

* Failure analysis or fault management technical experience

* Familiarity with Northrop Grumman processes and tools, particularly as they relate to script development and simulator testing

* Experience with Systems Engineering process

* Experience defining requirements & interfaces

* Understanding of spacecraft integration & test, launch, and mission operations

* Experience developing verification documentation

* Experience with architecture development

* Familiarity with electrical & computer systems

* Familiarity with command and telemetry database

* Strong Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) & Matlab scripting skills

*Salary Range: *$75,300 - $112,900

The above salary range represents a general guideline; however, Northrop Grumman considers a number of factors when determining base salary offers such as the scope and responsibilities of the position and the candidate's experience, education, skills and current market conditions.

Employees may be eligible for a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay. Annual bonuses are designed to reward individual contributions as well as allow employees to share in company results. Employees in Vice President or Director positions may be eligible for Long Term Incentives. In addition, Northrop Grumman provides a variety of benefits including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, savings plan, Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business.

The application period for the job is estimated to be 20 days from the job posting date. However, this timeline may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates.Northrop Grumman is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class. For our complete EEO/AA and Pay Transparency statement, please visit. U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.