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Principal/ Sr. Principal Spacecraft Autonomy & Fault Management Engineer
| Company | Northrop Grumman |
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| Location | Dulles, VA, USA |
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| Salary | $89400 – $165500 |
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| Type | Full-Time |
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| Degrees | Bachelor’s, Master’s |
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| Experience Level | Senior, Expert or higher |
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Requirements
- Bachelors of Science degree in technical field + 5 years of experience, or Masters of Science degree in technical field + 3 years of experience for Principal Systems Engineer
- Bachelors of Science degree in technical field + 8 years of experience, or Masters of Science degree in technical field + 6 years of experience for Sr. Principal Systems Engineer
- Top Secret clearance required at time of application
- Ability to work within a group of diversified individuals with varying backgrounds to achieve mission success
- Mission and/or vehicle systems engineering experience
- Scripting experience
Responsibilities
- 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.
- 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.
- Designing, implementing, and validating Fault Management and System Autonomy Flight Software using flight-like simulations and flight hardware.
- Must be knowledgeable in spacecraft subsystem design, spacecraft testing, flight software best practices, and mission operations.
- 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.
Preferred Qualifications
- Leadership experience within a diverse team of engineers/operators
- Ability to task and manage a group of diversified individuals with varying backgrounds to achieve mission success
- Experience working on government systems and/or government process environment
- Experience with at least one Spacecraft Subsystem (ACS, GNC, CDH, COMM, EPS, Thermal, FSW)
- Experience with spacecraft architecture development
- Prior experience conducting on-orbit mission operations and resolving satellite and ground system anomalies
- Understanding of spacecraft integration & test, launch, and mission operations
- Experience writing technical documents for external customers
- Outstanding verbal and written communications skills, including ability to make persuasive presentations to external customers at milestone review
