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Space Payload Systems Engineer / Principal Space Payload Systems Engineer

Space Payload Systems Engineer / Principal Space Payload Systems Engineer

CompanyNorthrop Grumman
LocationHalethorpe, MD, USA
Salary$85400 – $158000
TypeFull-Time
DegreesBachelor’s, Master’s, PhD
Experience LevelMid Level, Senior

Requirements

  • Bachelor Degree in STEM curriculum with 2 years relevant experience; 0 years with MS Degree; or PhD with 0 years of experience (for Level 2)
  • Bachelor Degree in STEM curriculum with 5 years relevant experience; 3 years with MS Degree; or PhD with 0 years of experience (for Level 3)
  • Must have an active U.S. Government DoD Secret security clearance at time of application, current and within scope, with the ability to obtain and maintain a Top-Secret clearance and SCI approval/access
  • The ability to obtain and maintain a Polygraph is required
  • Systems engineering experience (i.e. requirements, mission engineering, architecture, modeling and simulation, integration and test, verification and validation)
  • Digital Signal Processing experience
  • GNURadio experience
  • Proficient in MATLAB
  • Experience with VHDL
  • Experience with Verilog

Responsibilities

  • Requirements analysis, derivation, and management
  • Mission Engineering, modeling, and analysis
  • Architecture and CONOPs development
  • Systems modeling and simulation
  • Functional analysis
  • Timeline analysis
  • Trade studies
  • Technical planning
  • Cost and risk analysis
  • Interface definition
  • System design
  • System integration and test
  • Verification and Validation planning and execution
  • Supportability and effectiveness analysis for total systems

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience with Machine Learning (embedded AI specifically)
  • Space experience
  • Sensor/payload experience: Antennas, Radar, EO/IR, Communications, Processing, specifically On-Board Processing
  • Space vehicle experience
  • Space ground systems architecture and design experience
  • Mission engineering, modeling and simulation
  • Space Mission CONOPS
  • Assembly, Integration and Test (AI&T)