Why This Role Stands Out
This role offers a chance to contribute to groundbreaking space technology with a leading company, fostering significant career growth and skill development in systems engineering. You'll thrive here if you possess a pioneering spirit and a desire to work on impactful, revolutionary projects, making this an excellent opportunity to apply and advance your expertise.
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RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: No relocation assistance available CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes CLEARANCE TYPE: Top Secret TRAVEL: NoDescription 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. Northrop Grumman Space Systems in Linthicum, Maryland is seeking an early-career engineer to support on-orbit operations and maintenance (O&M) for a constellation of Space RADAR satellites.
Responsibilities include monitoring, trending, and analyzing satellite and payload telemetry during ops shifts. When not on-shift, responsibilities include system test with on-orbit payloads and/or lab assets (e.g., engineering development units and/or simulators), coding/script development to analyze and interpret payload data for debug/troubleshooting and system performance evaluation, develop/improve/operate custom SW tools during trending, testing, analysis, and operational workflow, and help with discrepancy report adjudication and anomaly resolution.
Basic Qualifications
- BS in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, or Math) with 2 years of work experience in Aerospace or Defense industry development or test; or any relevant experience with MS degree
- Must have an active U.S. Government Top Secret security clearance at time of application, current and within scope, with the ability to obtain and maintain SCI approval/access.
- Coding skills, preferably MATLAB and/or Python
- Willingness to support shift work
Preferred Qualifications
- BS in Electrical Engineering or Aerospace Engineering
- Proficiency coding in MATLAB and/or Python
- Familiarity with RF test environments
- Familiarity with RADAR operation
- Experience with RADAR integration and test
- Experience conducting on-orbit mission operations and resolving satellite and ground system anomalies
- Active SCI clearance #SpaceEngJobs
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.
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