Sr Staff Systems Engineer

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes

CLEARANCE TYPE: SCI

TRAVEL: Yes, 25% of the TimeDescription

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 Program Chief Engineer Level 6 to join our team in Dulles, VA. This position is 100% onsite and cannot accommodate telecommute work.

The Chief Engineer position requires an exceptional degree of ingenuity, creativity, and resourcefulness to lead the system definition, technical planning and execution on an operational program with a well established history during a time of an evolving threat and acquisition landscape. This includes ensuring new mission capabilities (hardware and software based) get on-ramped into the existing system, maintaining a fleet of operational vehicles and working with customer partners to help shape the future of the business area.
This individual will be the prime spokesperson on company's technical capabilities in support of this mission and is viewed as expert within the field of Systems Engineering with communication to the highest levels (Director/VPs). Given the complexity of the program, the Chief Engineer needs to be adept at problem solving and providing solutions to problems within a cross-sector program team, ensuring that the typical practices among sectors are smartly integrated to deliver the desired system.

This position will work a 9/80 schedule, with every other Friday off.

In this job, you will:

• Developing and maintaining a strong PMO and customer relationship to ensure that all stakeholder needs, goals and objectives are taken into account.
• Leading a multi-disciplined engineering team and manages the technical performance of the program including cost and schedule requirements for both internal work and subcontracted elements.
• Coordinating system level requirements development, hardware/software design, verification and validation activities.
• Ensuring that the program is adhering to sound engineering processes in the development, production, test, and sustainment of products for our customers and is compliance with company policies, procedures, and quality standards.
• Maintains cognizance over technical activities within program IPTs and ensures horizontal integration of the best engineering practices across the company.
• Continually coordinates with the systems engineering and program management team to ensure the execution of program statement of work, consistent technical baselines and serves as the technical point of contact with the customer.

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 Top-Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) clearance at time of application
• Must be willing travel up to 25% (CONUS)
• Systems engineering experience, to include: architectural studies, technical baseline definition, requirements & interface management, hardware/software integration, test planning & execution and system sustainment.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills are required, for both up-and-out communication to executive leadership and the customer, and for down-and-in detailed technical guidance to the program team

Preferred Qualifications:

• Existing program access
• Prior experience leading a large, collaborative, multi-disciplinary, cross-site team
• Prior experience with the space domain awareness mission area
• Prior experience with space systems engineering, including space vehicle and payload design, development, and integration, including development of payload and ground interfaces
• Technical Leadership experience on space-based systems with space, ground, launch and segments
• Experience and/or training in Earned Value Management Systems

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Primary Level Salary Range: $192,800.00 - $289,200.00

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.