2027 Associate Systems Engineer
Northrop Grumman
Sykesville, MDFresher2h agovia LinkedIn
This job at a glance
- Who can apply
- New grads and up to 1 year · Bachelor's degree
- Must know
- OperationsStakeholder management
- Work
- On-site in Sykesville
- Pay
- Not stated by the employer.
- Skill demand
- Operations45%Stakeholder management34%of 99 similar entry-level jobs posted in the US this week
- Listed
- Nov 6, 2026 · still open
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About the Role
Northrop Grumman Mission Systems is seeking Entry-Level Systems Engineers for opportunities in Sykesville, MD.
Key Responsibilities
Work within multi-disciplined teams to perform one or more of the following functions:
- Establishing mission vignettes and sensor/platform performance models to assess probability of detection and probability of engagement in mission engineering studies.
- Interpret top-level requirements to create system requirements and decompose into subsystem requirements in support of product design and verification planning.
- Support system architecture development to address known customer needs through efficient and novel solutioning and generation of associated design artifacts including Concept of Operations (CONOPs), trade studies/analysis of alternatives, and definition and management of interfaces.
- Establish and integrate components of a digital design thread.
- Plan and execute integration, test, verification and validation.
- Support the preparation of technical and programmatic data packages for presentation to program, company, and customer stakeholders for internal and external informal and milestone reviews.
- Develop content and present during milestone reviews including Systems Requirement Review (SRR), Preliminary Design Review (PDR), Critical Design Review (CDR), Test Readiness Review (TRR), Consent to Ship Review (CSR).
Requirements & Tech Stack
- Clearance Required for Start: No
- Travel: Yes, 10% of the Time
- Relocation assistance may be available.
Qualifications
For an Associate Systems Engineer
- Completing or has completed a Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution.
- Majoring in Systems Engineering, Math, Physics or a closely related STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Math) field.
- Able to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government security clearance. U.S. citizenship is a pre-requisite.
For a Systems Engineer
- Completing or has completed a Master’s degree from an accredited institution.
- Majoring in Systems Engineering, Math, Physics or a closely related STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Math) field.
- Able to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government security clearance. U.S. citizenship is a pre-requisite.
Preferred Qualifications
- Overall cumulative GPA of 3.00/4.0 or higher.
- A current/active U.S. Government Secret clearance.