Associate System Engineering / System Engineering

Northrop Grumman is seeking an Associate System Engineer and/or System Engineer. This position will be located at our Space Systems Sector in Dulles, VA. The qualified candidate will become part of Northrop Grumman’s Tactical Space System. In this role, you perform duties contributing to general mission and/or space vehicle systems engineering activities. You could support and/or be responsible for developing requirements, design, integration, development or testing of air & space payloads, spacecraft buses, satellites, and manned or unmanned space systems. Responsibilities may also include developing requirements, design, integration, development or testing of space payloads, spacecraft buses, satellites, human-rated spacecraft, and satellite servicing vehicles. This includes generating and flowing down customer requirements to hardware and software designers, developing innovative system architectures, implementing advanced algorithms involving sophisticated signal processing and data processing techniques, and integrating and testing finished hardware and software products. Tasks may also include harness interface design, mechanical systems support, Command& Telemetry database development, and space vehicle configuration modeling. You must be knowledgeable in aerospace systems, spacecraft subsystems design, or mission operations. Advanced modeling & analyses relating to mission and technical problems may be required in support of development or mission operations teams. 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. Basic Qualifications for Associate System Engineer: A candidate, regardless of age and hiring source, must meet ALL of the below criteria. The candidate must: Be completing or has completed their Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited institution. Be majoring in or having majored in a science, technology, engineering, or related degree Be able to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government security clearance (U.S. citizenship is a pre-requisite) Preferred Qualifications: Have an overall cumulative GPA of 3.7 out of 4.0 or higher Basic Qualifications for System Engineer: A candidate, regardless of age and hiring source, must meet ALL of the below criteria. The candidate must: Be completing or has completed their Master's Degree from an accredited institution. Be majoring in or having majored in a science, technology, engineering, or related degree Be able to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government security clearance (U.S. citizenship is a pre-requisite) Preferred Qualifications: Have an overall cumulative GPA of 3.7 out of 4.0 or higher.