RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: No relocation assistance available

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.

Organizations within the Northrop Grumman Space Systems sector 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 level 2 or level 3 Operations & Training Engineer to support a program in Fairfax, VA.

***Please note that the location of this position is expected to change to McLean, VA in 2027***

The selected candidate will perform the following activities:

• Platform/Ground system monitoring

• Platform/Ground system planning & scheduling

• Develop operations procedures as required

• Modify/update existing operations procedures as necessary

• Develop training curriculum and orientation materials to be employed during procedures-based maintenance training

• Support activities such as system problem/anomaly resolution support, data trending, operational product updates, and performance analysis

• Support operations readiness activities

• Support system test activities

• Identify areas of deficiency within the program as it relates to operations and tasking

• Work with customer and mission partners to ensure collection needs are met and executed

 

Basic Qualifications:

• Systems Engineer: 2 years of relevant experience with a Bachelor's in STEM; 0 years of relevant experience with a Master's in STEM

• Principal Systems Engineer: 5 years of relevant experience with a Bachelor's in STEM; 3 years of relevant experience with a Master's' in STEM; 0 years of relevant experience with a PhD

• TS/SCI clearance required at the time of application.

• Candidate must be willing to take a Full Scope Polygraph (polygraph may or may not be required depending on circumstances, but candidate must be willing to take it if needed)

• Candidate must be willing to travel up to 10%

• Willingness to work off-shift hours if needed, to include stints of 24/7 shifts in support of mission needs

• Demonstrated experience in training content development, curation, and deployment

• Prior experience executing mission operations, performing basic system engineering tasks and/or resolving platform/ground system anomalies

• Knowledge and experience in operations engineering disciplines to include platform and ground software, and anomaly determination and resolution

Preferred Qualifications:

• Prefer candidate to have current Counterintelligence or Full Scope Polygraph

• Experience with Windows, LINUX, Perl, Python, AGILE SW development tools (e.g. Confluence, JIRA, bitbucket etc.)

• Experience writing test plans and procedures

• Experience with Mission Planning

• Experience writing technical documents

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

Secondary Level Salary Range: $110,300.00 - $165,500.00

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 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 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.