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. This Systems Engineering position is for a Human Spaceflight Principal Systems Engineer (T03) on a Civil and Space Systems (CSS) program at Northrop Grumman located in Gilbert, AZ and Sterling, VA. In this role, the Systems Engineer will perform duties contributing to space vehicle systems engineering test activities. The job responsibilities will be as an individual-contributor and deliverable/product lead within a multi-disciplinary engineering team. Successful candidate will perform traditional Systems Engineering functions, including support of verification/validation planning, support of subsystem test planning, development of system test plans, management and review of system test designs, development of system/subsystem test trades, support of system level testing in a production environment including environmental testing and supporting closure of test program verification notices. Responsibilities will also include interaction with program, functional and customer leadership. The candidate must be knowledgeable in space systems, spacecraft subsystems design, or mission operations. Position will also include responsibilities relating to integration, testing, and operational readiness of spacecraft and payloads. Candidate may be called on to assist in new business activities, such as conceptual design and analysis for proposals and funded studies and may include authoring sections for both. Duties: Perform test planning and support test execution for one or more moderately complex (or portions of complex) components, subsystems, and/or functional systems. Audit verification criteria for component, subsystem, and/or functional systems tests. Development of system level test plan to align required system level verification activities as defined in the Systems Requirements Document. Development of joint test plans with the customer (NASA) and their associated partner organizations (European Space Agency, Canadian Space Agency, etc.) for verification of interfaces with government furnished elements. Coordinate/oversee subsystem level test plan development (led by the subsystem area) to ensure subsystem level testing is properly accounted for/incorporated at the system level. Work with Integration & Test (I&T), engineering, and mission operations to design / develop test procedures/scripts for vehicle testing. Develop and manage the space vehicle Test Like You Fly (TLYF) exceptions and mitigations. Support review of component level test documentation. Support appropriate components/subsystem/system level Test Readiness Reviews (TRRs) and post-test reviews. Provide SE support to I&T for duration of vehicle test campaign including FRB/MRB support, data reviews and test report generation. Troubleshoot and develop solutions to challenging Engineering problems. Support Systems Test Cost Account Manager in maintaining baseline cost and schedule plans including EVMS.

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