Principal/Sr Principal Systems Engineer: C2 SEIT (*Active TS/SCI required)

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. The Payload and Ground Systems, a division within Northrop Grumman’s Space Systems Sector is known for pushing the boundaries of innovation, redefining engineering capabilities, and driving advances in various sciences through cutting-edge technology. Our team is chartered with providing the skills, and innovative technologies to develop, design, produce, and sustain optimized product lines across the sector while providing a decisive advantage to the warfighter. Come be a part of our mission! Northrop Grumman Space Systems (NGSP) is seeking an experienced Systems Engineer (Integration & Test) in the Payload and Ground Systems Division Engineering organization supporting our Integrated National Systems (INS) Business Unit (BU). This role for a Ground systems engineer to support Command and Control (C2) Software Development and SEIT functions. What you’ll get to do: As a Systems Engineer on this team, you will support the C2 team in creating integration tests, verifying drivers, and working with the C2 team to ensure that requirements are met. You will also support the team at the Enterprise and program level testing. You will write, support, and debug automated test scripts and create test procedures. Ultimately, you will support the program through maturity and milestones to achieve the mission, ensuring everything is synchronized. We have multiple Systems Engineering positions across the Ground program, on contract to deliver the ground segment for a restricted space program. This role is for SEIT on the program where the focus is to support the Ground integration & test efforts. The successful candidate will have experience supporting Integration and Test efforts. This position may be located at either our Morrisville North Carolina, or Fairfax Virginia locations. (Compensation varies per location) This position requires being onsite and does not support remote or hybrid work. This requisition may be filled at either a Principal level (level 3) or a Senior Principal level (level 4), depending on the candidate’s experience as laid out in the basic qualifications detailed below as well as the interview assessment.