Northrop Grumman · 9 hours ago
Principal/Sr. Principal Engineer Systems - Computer Based Control Systems (CBCS)
McLean, VA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$114K/yr - $171K/yr
5+ years expNorthrop Grumman is a company that offers incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems impacting lives worldwide. They are seeking a highly skilled Aerospace Systems Engineer to assist in avionics hardware and software system design, coordinating between engineering subsystems, and contributing to the design and testing of advanced network communication systems for space applications.
AerospaceBig DataManufacturingData IntegrationRemote SensingSecurity
No H1B
Security Clearance RequiredU.S. Citizen Only
Responsibilities
Evaluate design documentation and verification for compliance with customer and internally derived requirements
Support integrated software build creation and suite management
Support software configuration management and control
Develop software architecture and ConOps/detailed design
Responsibility for integrated computer and network performance and functionality
Provide support to selected elements of the program Systems Engineering Team
Contribute to the technical tasks supporting the program
Provide systems engineering support for technical reviews
Write status and technical performance reviews, analyses and reports
Qualification
Required
Bachelors of Science degree in technical field and 5+ years of experience, Master's Degree and 3+ years of experience; or a PhD and 0 years of experience
Bachelors of Science degree in technical field and 8+ years of experience, Master's Degree and 6+ years of experience; or a PhD and 4+ years of experience
Experience with design and implementation of computer-based control systems (CBCS), their avionics, and software and hardware integration of aerospace and/or military vehicles
Experience with architecture development
Familiarity with electrical & computer systems
Experience with spacecraft software design and implementation
Experience with Systems Engineering process
Understanding of spacecraft integration & test, launch, and mission operations
Must have the ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government DoD security clearance
Must have experience with at least one of ARINC 664, SAE AS6802, Time-Triggered Ethernet, or deterministic networking
Preferred
Experience designing and implementing networks
Familiarity with VxWorks, Network Time Protocol (NTP), IPv4, protocol stack, Time-Triggered Ethernet (TTE) in an aerospace and/or military vehicle context
Experience defining requirements & interfaces
Experience developing verification documentation
Familiarity with command and telemetry database development
Experience with agile management as a scrum lead/ scrum master
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
Northrop Grumman is an aerospace, defense and security company that provides training and satellite ground network communications software.
10001+ employees
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$3.7BKey Investors
U.S. Department of DefenseNASA
2025-05-27Post Ipo Debt· $1B
2024-01-29Post Ipo Debt· $2.5B
2023-12-20Grant· $72M
Leadership Team
Tom Wilson
Corporate Vice President, Enterprise Business Development
Jeffrey Worsham
Chief Product Owner - Advanced Technology Development
Recent News
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