RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be availableCLEARANCE TYPE: SAPTRAVEL: Yes, 25% 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.

Northrop Grumman's Space Sector is seeking a Mission Architect to join our team in Dulles, VA. This position is 100% on site and does not support telecommuting.
This Architect will lead technical efforts supporting capture and strategy for a family of programs. This candidate will closely work with business development, business directors, external customers, and external subject matter experts to shape the feasibility of new missions and architect existing missions.
This position will work a 9/80 schedule, with every other Friday off.
In this job, you will:
_Manage the capture technical team.
_Direct developmental and analytical efforts to reduce risk, mature the system, ensure mission success, and grow the business area.
_Support the family of programs with system architecture establishment/evolution and CONOPs development.
_Ability to capture core concepts and instructional needs from a large amount of technical data (ground and space hardware) and communicate technical concepts to an audience of non-subject matter experts with varying levels of domain experience
_Educate leads, customers, and engineers on mission capability, analysis, and CONOPS
_Performs system-of-system trades, modeling, simulation and analysis to assess space mission architecture alternatives for delivering a customer mission effect, data or capability as it fits within a broader campaign
_Support capture activities, including RFI/RFP preparation, customer presentations and demonstrations, and competitor analysis
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 14 years of professional experience

• OR - Master's degree with 12 years of professional experience
• OR - PhD with 10 years of professional experience.
  _Requires an active U.S. Government DoD Top-Secret/SCI security clearance at time of application, current and within scope, with an ability to maintain Special Access Program (SAP) approval within a reasonable period of time
  _Understanding of Systems Engineering principles and practices
  _Experience with developing and presenting briefing slides to senior leaders and executive level personnel
  _Strong written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to work within diverse teams
  Preferred Qualifications:
  _Experience in mission design, satellite ground software, distributed modeling & simulation
  _Understanding of system of system architecture designs the interplay between various national security customers and products
  _Prior aerospace-related work experience for a U.S Government Agency or Contractor
  _Previous experience with flight hardware on operational systems
  _Previous experience with Class C / demonstration programs
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  Primary Level Salary Range: $192,800.00 - $289,200.00The 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.