CLEARANCE TYPE: Top Secret

TRAVEL: Yes, 10 of the Time

Description

At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact peoples lives around the world today, and for generations to come. Our pioneering and inventive spirit has enabled us to be at the forefront of many technological advancements in our nations history - from the first flight across the Atlantic Ocean, to stealth bombers, to landing on the moon. We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage and a pioneering spirit to join forces to invent the future, and have fun along the way. Our culture thrives on intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity and bringing your whole self to work — and we have an insatiable drive to do what others think is impossible. Our employees are not only part of history, theyre making history.

The Payload and Ground Systems organization within the Northrop Grumman Space Systems pushes the boundaries of innovation, redefines engineering capabilities, and drives advances in various sciences. Our team is chartered with providing the skills, innovative technologies to develop, design, produce and sustain optimized product lines across the sector while providing a decisive advantage to the warfighter. Come be a part of our mission.

Northrop Grumman Space Systems is seeking a highly motivated Systems Engineer/Deputy Project Engineer to support our OPIR Exploitation Systems (OES) Operating Unit at our Boulder, Colorado facilities.   This role will be a 50/50 time split between project engineering and systems engineering related work.

Job Duties:

• Project Engineering
  • Supports Lead Project Engineer with day-to-day efforts of one or more technical projects under Program Management direction to complete projects within budget and schedule constraints.
  • Prepares and manages documents and data for assigned projects; relevant areas include: budget, schedule, and status reporting; documents/data creation includes, but is not limited to: PowerPoint slides, meeting agendas, meeting minutes, reports, etc.
  • Works with team to proactively assess/identify project issues and develop solutions / resolution actions to meet schedule, productivity, quality, and customer-aligned goals and objectives.
  • Monitors status of projects and budgets; manages schedules and prepares timely and accurate status reports.
  • Performs CAM duties; understands variance analysis on cost and schedule reports.
  • Provides clear and concise communications to stakeholders.
  • Develops and nurtures customer relationships and customer intimacy.
• Systems Engineering
  • Supports team with technical planning, system integration, verification and validation, cost and risk, and supportability and effectiveness analyses for total systems.
  • Performs functional analysis, timeline analysis, detail trade studies, requirements allocation and studies to translate customer requirements into hardware and software specifications.
  • Maintains existing procedures keeping up-to-date to also include lessons learned from real-time performance.
  • Develops new procedures as required. Interfaces with program and customer personnel.

The selected candidate should thrive in a fast-paced work environment with high expectations, significantly diverse assignments, and collaborative/team settings across all levels.

Basic Qualifications:

• 2 Years experience with Bachelors in STEM (Science, Math, Engineering, Technology); 0 Years with Masters.
• Space Based Infrared Systems (SBIRS) experience
• Experience and knowledge of current Relay Ground Systems (RGS) design
• Experience with Control Account Management/Earned Value Management (CAM/EVM)
• Experience with Integrated Master Schedule (IMS) management and scheduling
• MBSE experience utilizing Cameo Experience with some aspect of requirements development and approval
• DOORS experience
• Experience with Atlassian tools
• Strong verbal and written skills
• Microsoft Office skills (PowerPoint, Word, Excel, Project, etc)
• Must have a Current/Active DoD Top Secret clearance to be considered with the ability to obtain and maintain a TS/SCI

Preferred Qualifications:

• Active DoD TS/SCI Security Clearance
• Experience working within an Integrated Product Team (IPT)
• Experience providing technical contributions to cross-domain development projects (SW, HW, Cyber, Integration and Test, Training, etc.)
• Experience using the following Web applications/Software programs: SharePoint, JIRA, and Confluence
• Experience managing risk to include, but not limited to, development/identification of risks, development/management of mitigation actions, Return to Green (RTG) plans, etc.

Primary Level Salary Range: $89,400.00 - $134,200.00

The above salary range represents a general guideline; however, Northrop Grumman considers a number of factors when determining base salary offers such as the scope and responsibilities of the position and the candidates experience, education, skills and current spanet conditions.

Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay. Annual bonuses are designed to reward individual contributions as well as allow employees to share in company results. Employees in Vice President or Director positions may be eligible for Long Term Incentives. In addition, Northrop Grumman provides a variety of benefits including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, savings plan, Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business.

The application period for the job is estimated to be 20 days from the job posting date. However, this timeline may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates.

Northrop Grumman is an Equal Opportunity Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class. For our complete EEO and pay transparency statement, please visit http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO. U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.