RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available CLEARANCE TYPE: Top Secret TRAVEL: No **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. **Northrop Grumman Space Systems Payload and Ground Systems Division** in Linthicum, Maryland is seeking a Staff-level Systems Engineer to be the Flatsat Technical Lead for a Space RADAR Payload program. The Flatsat is a Space RADAR Payload simulator used for Flight Software Integration and Test (FSW I&T). The Flatsat Tech lead will assemble, integrate, and test the Flatsat hardware, consisting of 3 - 4 electrical test racks containing COTS (commercial-of-the-shelf) RF (Radio Frequency) measurement equipment, e.g., oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzers, power meters, etc., 5 flight-like ESA (Electronical Scanned Array) panel emulators, bus (space vehicle) emulator, processor emulator or flight processor, and flight-like cables; and then own/host/operate the Flatsat to support FSW I&T. The main responsibilities are the tracking and coordinating with the EGSE (Electrical Ground Support Equipment)/hardware CAMs (Cost Account Managers) to plan around the receiving of hardware items for activities for I&T, e.g., planning/storyboarding/etc., leading the work to put it together and get the basic FSW and FW (Firmware) up and running and all interfaces checked out to ensure the HW (Hardware) is operational, and then support to FSW team regularly while they are debugging and building out their additional capabilities. Primary activity for the Flatsat is for it to serve as a Flight software test bed and prove out the ESA panel group to panel group interfaces. **Basic Qualifications:** + BS in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, or Math) with 12 years of relevant experience; or 10 years with MS + RF engineering and RF I&T experience + Test planning and test procedure development + United States Citizenship + **Must have an active U.S. Government DoD Top Secret security** clearance at time of application, current and within scope, with the ability to obtain and maintain SCI approval/access. **Preferred Qualifications:** + BS or MS in Electrical Engineering + ESA I&T + RADAR I&T + Space Payload I&T + Active SCI clearance Primary Level Salary Range: $163,200.00 - $244,800.00 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.