Principal Mission Architect Engineer - TS/SCI

In this role you will assist the Ground System Engineer (GSE) in leading a multi-disciplined and geographically dispersed team of systems engineers supporting the program's Ground software design/development as well as requirement verification and integration.
What you'll get to do:

Work alongside software development leadership (Product Owners, Product Manager, Development Lead) to ensure priorities are properly understood, adhered to, and implemented by software developers.

Assist the GSE Lead in leading the system engineering team in the design of new mission capabilities and features.

Assist in requirement verification and traceability practices.

Assist in synchronization of design for ground functionality in integration and test verification.

Support the program's quarterly design milestone events in collaboration with the program Ground Architect. These milestone meetings drive design efforts for the following quarterly development cycle.

Basic Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree in STEM with 5 years of relevant experience; Master's degree in STEM with 3 years of relevant experience; PhD in STEM with no experience.

Top Secret / SCI clearance required at the time of application, and the ability to program clearance

Proven experience in Systems Engineering leadership for ground systems

Mission planning and/or ground operations experience

Space domain (i.e. orbit regimes), orbital/flight dynamics, and/or mission data processing experience

Ability to communicate and drive solutions in ambiguous agile environment

Ability to travel 10% of the time

Must have U.S. Citizenship with active or current TS/SCI Clearance at time of application

Preferred Qualifications:

Organizational abilities proven by experience providing customer deliverables and managing contractual deadlines

Comfortable and confident presenting information from Microsoft PowerPoint to medium to large audiences (30+ people)

Experience leading teams composing requirements and providing verification and validation traceability

Competency of Agile process and tools such as Jira, Confluence and Bitbucket (Atlassian tools)

Experience leading milestone Systems Engineering reviews such as Preliminary or Critical Design Reviews

* Experience engaging with and leading geographically dispersed team

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Primary Level Salary Range: $114,000.00 - $171,000.00The 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.

Client-provided location(s): Chantilly, VA

Job ID: NorthropGrumman-R10215077

Employment Type: OTHER

Posted: 2025-11-20T20:24:52