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Requisition ID: R10180409 Category: Engineering Location: Dulles, Virginia, United States of America | Gilbert, Arizona, United States of America | Redondo Beach, California, United States of America | Unknown City, Pennsylvania, United States of America Clearance Type: None Telecommute: Yes- May Consider Full Time Teleworking for this position Shift: 1st Shift (United States of America) Travel Required: Yes, 10% 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. Successful candidates for this position will be a Sr. Staff Systems Engineer within the Tactical Space Systems Division at Northrop Grumman Space Systems located in Dulles, VA, Gilbert, AZ, Redondo Beach, CA and Remotely in PA. This position offers the opportunity to work on exciting space mission concepts and/or flight programs designed to further Science and Robotic Exploration (S&RE) missions related to Earth science, astrophysics, or heliophysics. Successful candidates for this position will be responsible for providing technical leadership to key pursuits within the S&RE operating unit. Successful candidates will work within a multi-disciplined team and participate in the engineering development of space system architectures and elements. Successful candidates are expected to own key program/pursuit deliverables as well as support and incorporate new company and industry driven technologies. The Sr. Staff Systems Engineer position is expected to work under consultative direction toward predetermined long-range goals and objectives. Assignments are often self-initiated. Successful candidates would be expected to determine and pursue courses of action necessary to obtain desired results. Work would be checked through consultation and agreement with others rather than by formal review of a superior. Duties/Responsibilities: Conceive and develop one-of-a-kind, custom solutions to complex analytical, design, and test problems from often-underspecified mission requirements Create complex space mission concepts from commercially available, high-TRL, components and structures with flight heritage Collaborate with stakeholders (Program Managers, subsystem and specialty personnel, external customers, and external teammates) toward maturing spacecraft/constellation concepts in pursuit of contract awards Author Request For Information (RFI) responses and technical content for proposals Prepare and present technical briefings for internal and external stakeholders Manage a technical team, small or large, sometimes spanning external organizations Support contractual technical reviews Provide periodic status and technical performance reviews and reports to Program Management and/or executive management Basic Qualifications: Must have a Bachelor’s Degree or higher in a Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) field with 14 years of experience or 12 years of experience with Master's or 10 years with PhD Must be familiar with orbital dynamics and space physics Experience with early spacecraft/satellite concept development Experience with selecting various commercially available spacecraft components toward creating a spacecraft concept that meets custom mission requirements Experience developing sets of preliminary system budgets (mass, power, pointing, link, propellant, etc) from customer-unique mission requirements Ability to calculate mass properties (center of mass, center of pressure, moments of inertia) from component selections and placements Ability to lead a technical team to the successful completion of Requests for Proposal (RFPs), and/or Statements of Work (SOWs) Proficiency using computer application software, Microsoft Office or equivalent document generation software, Microsoft SharePoint or equivalent collaboration tools, Matlab or equivalent computational tools Preferred Qualifications: Familiarity with various NASA acquisition processes Space mission architecture design experience Experience and/or in-depth knowledge of LEOStar-2 or LEOStar-3 avionics Experience with high-level and low-level interface definition and maturation Experience with troubleshooting within a satellite/observatory level Integration and Test (I&T) campaign Experience with on-orbit anomaly investigation and resolution Familiarity with any or all of the following spacecraft subsystems:Command and Data Handling (including electrical design at a card, component or system level, FPGA/Processor design and development, software design and development), Flight Software and/or Ground Software, Electrical Power Subsystem (including power distribution architectures, and both high and low voltage bus design, batteries, solar arrays, and other more creative space-borne power sources), Structures and Mechanisms Subsystem (including mechanical design and development, Computer-Aided Design (CAD), Finite Element Model (FEM), understanding of both launch loads as well as space docking loads, etc), Thermal Control Subsystem design and development (including passive and/or active thermal control techniques in both vacuum and ambient conditions), Guidance, Navigation, and Control subsystem (including techniques for attitude determination, attitude control, three-axis stabilization techniques, Radio communication design and development (including space-ground and space-space RF links, wideband, and narrowband communication architectures and components, familiarity with SGLS, NEN, DSN, TDRSS, and CCSDS), Propulsion subsystem (including hydrazine and electric propulsion architectures and components) Ability to develop requirements and preliminary designs through a model based approach Proficient in the use of the requirement development and management tool, DOORS Knowledge in any of the following areas: Launch Vehicles, System Safety, System Reliability, Contamination Control, EMI, Space Environments (Radiation, Surface Charging, etc.), or Human Factors Salary Range: $188,200 - $282,200 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.
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