Northrop Grumman Australia · 5 hours ago
Space Principal/Sr. Principal Engineer Systems - Computer Based Control Systems
United States-Virginia-McLean
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$114K/yr - $171K/yr
5+ years expNorthrop Grumman is a leader in aerospace and defense technology, seeking a Principal/Sr. Principal Engineer Systems specializing in Computer Based Control Systems for the Habitat and Logistics Outpost program. The role involves systems engineering duties related to avionics design, systems analysis, and collaboration with various engineering teams to ensure successful project execution.
Defense & Space
No H1B
Security Clearance RequiredU.S. Citizen Only
Responsibilities
Evaluate design documentation and verification plans for compliance with customer and internally derived requirements at module and software subsystem levels
Design software architecture and ConOps for one or more of the following software functions: Electrical Power Systems and General SW functions
Write technical documentation, verification plans and test reports for spacecraft avionics software
Support software build creation and suite management including generating roadmaps for SW ConOps and implementation
Develop and execute integrated avionics software validation testing based on defined verification criteria
Provide systems engineering support for technical performance reviews, analyses, and reports
Provide support for development of MOPS scripts
Qualification
Required
Principal Systems Engineer - Bachelors of Science degree in technical field and 5+ years of experience, or Masters of Science degree in technical field with 3+ years of experience; or a PhD
Sr. Principal Systems Engineer - Bachelors of Science degree in technical field and 8+ years of experience, Master's Degree and 6+ years of experience; or a PhD and + years of experience
Experience defining and maintaining requirements & interfaces
Experience developing documentation for ConOps, compliance matrixes and verification documentation
Experience with review of vendor documentation including SW ICDs, SDDs, IDDs and UID
Familiarity with fault detection, isolation, and recovery logic
Familiarity with safety analysis and reliability
Familiarity with the spacecraft lifecycle including MOPS support
Familiarity with command and telemetry databases
Must have the ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government DoD security clearance
Familiarity with spacecraft or aircraft Electrical Power Systems
Familiarity with development of scripts for spacecraft test
Preferred
Systems Engineering Integration and Test (SEIT) leadership experience
Experience with spacecraft software design and implementation
Experience with design and implementation of computer-based control systems (CBCS), their avionics, and software/hardware integration of aerospace and/or military vehicles
Experience with timing analyses
Master's degree in a technical discipline
Benefits
Health insurance coverage
Life and disability insurance
Savings plan
Company paid holidays
Paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business
Company
Northrop Grumman Australia
Northrop Grumman Australia is the Australia-based arm of Northrop Grumman Corporation and committed to generating long-term prosperity, investing in advanced Research & Development, sovereign and exportable Intellectual Property, high-quality jobs and long-term technology leadership across the Commonwealth.
501-1000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageCompany data provided by crunchbase