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Space Payload Systems Engineer​/Principal Space Payload Systems Engineer

Job in Baltimore, Anne Arundel County, Maryland, 21203, USA
Listing for: Northrop Grumman
Full Time position
Listed on 2026-07-11
Job specializations:
  • Engineering
    Systems Engineer, Aerospace / Aviation / Avionics, Test Engineer, Engineering Design & Technologists
Salary/Wage Range or Industry Benchmark: 87600 USD Yearly USD 87600.00 YEAR
Job Description & How to Apply Below
Position: Space Payload Systems Engineer / Principal Space Payload Systems Engineer (Requirements)
RELOCATION ASSISTANCE:
No relocation assistance available

CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START:
Yes

CLEARANCE TYPE: SCI

TRAVEL:
Yes, 10% of the Time

## Description

At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact people's 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 nation's 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, they're making history.

At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact people's 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 nation's 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, they're making history.

Northrop Grumman Space Systems is a strategic partner specializing in delivering intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance solutions for classified and unclassified missions in space. As part of Eastern Region Systems Engineering, Integration and Test (ER-SEIT), you will have the opportunity to experience the entire space design lifecycle. We do it all here, on-site, from sensors to payloads to full up spacecraft, supporting Class A to Class D missions.

All the way from early mission and concept design to on-orbit operational support.

As a member of this team, you will have the opportunity to support efforts on both concept and product development to deliver key solutions to our customers. We cover a wide variety expertise within the systems engineering domain. This includes mission engineering, requirements, architecture, modeling and simulation, integration and test, verification and validation, and many more!

The position will be responsible for supporting and leading systems engineering tasks for space subsystems, payloads and/or vehicles. These may include, but are not limited to:

* 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 analyses for total systems.

* Some tools you could expect to use are: DOORS, STK, Cameo, Rhapsody, MATLAB, python

This position can be staffed at a Systems Engineer or Principal Systems Engineer level, based on the basic qualifications below:

Basic Qualifications:

* Systems Engineer:
Bachelor Degree in STEM curriculum with 2 years relevant experience; 0 years with MS Degree.

* Principal Engineer:
Bachelor Degree in STEM curriculum with 5 years relevant experience; 3 years with MS Degree; or PhD with 1 year of experience.

* Must have an active U.S. Government DoD Top Secret security clearance a time of application, current and within scope, with the ability to obtain and maintain SCI approval/access.

* Systems engineering experience (i.e. requirements, mission engineering, architecture, modeling and simulation, integration and test, verification and validation)

Preferred Qualifications:

* 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)

Primary Level Salary Range: $87,600.00 - $

Secondary Level Salary Range: $ - $

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 candidate's experience, education, skills and current market 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…
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