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# Principal Engineer Systems (AHT)

- **Company:** NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION
- **Location:** Dulles, VA, United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Systems Engineering, Network Interface Controllers, Software Tools, Requirements Management, Subsystems, Systems Architecture, Systems Integration, Scripting
- **Published:** October 16, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.juju.com/job/1_ngrum5-R10244186

## About the Role

This position is contingent upon the candidate obtaining final clearances and program access(es) within a reasonable period of time as determined by the company. **Basic Qualifications:** + Bachelor's degree with 8 years of professional experience or Master's degree with 6 years of professional experience or PhD with 4 years of professional experience + **Requires an active Top-Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) clearance at time of application** + Experience in systems engineering to include architectural studies, technical baseline definition, requirements & interface management, hardware/software integration, and mission planning & execution + Experience leading a cross-discipline engineering team + Experience with developing and presenting briefing slides to senior leaders and executive level personnel **Preferred Qualifications:** + Exposure to space vehicle design and production, launch and mission operations + Experience working
on Class B, C, or D Space Systems. + Experience in system architecture, CONOPs development, or model-based system engineering + Experience in scripting languages and modeling tools (e.g.

## Description

The typical work schedule is a 9/80, with every other Friday off. **In this job, you will be responsible for:** + Supporting major program milestones and readiness reviews by developing technical content and summarizing them into presentations for key stakeholders. + Authoring and providing input to program data products and other vital deliverables. + Working with mission partners to accurately model mission-level elements. + Assessment of a vehicle's day-in-the-life and creation of design reference missions (DRMs). + Producing miscellaneous analyses, such as propellant budget analyses, on-orbit fuel requirements, RF link budgets, and mission lifetime estimates. + Development of analysis tools as required. + Requirements Management, including the decomposition of requirements from the Mission down to Subsystems. + Interface Management, including the development of Interface Control Documentation.