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Staff Systems Engineer Technical LeadNorthrop Grumman • San Diego, California, United States
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Staff Systems Engineer Technical Lead

Staff Systems Engineer Technical Lead

Northrop Grumman • San Diego, California, United States
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RELOCATION ASSISTANCE : Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE TYPE : Secret

TRAVEL : 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 Aeronautics Systems is looking for well qualified Staff Systems Engineer to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals within our Systems Engineering organization. This position is located in San Diego, CA.

The selected candidate will be responsible for coordination and collaboration with diverse engineering design teams to provide imaginative, technical solutions to a wide range of difficult problems in establishing and managing the technical baseline in support of programmatic milestones. The candidate will be executing system integration tasking across the entire lifecycle of a system and integrating new capabilities on the RQ4 platform. This role support leadership across all SE disciplines including requirements development, use case development, capability (hardware and software) development, integration planning, lab integration, test planning, formal test, verification and fielded test and mission support.

The position requires system thinking and extensive knowledge of development life-cycle processes. Candidate must exhibit strong communication skills (written and oral) and support coordination cross-IPT toward the goal of an operationally validated integrated system.

Essential Functions :

  • Leading a multi-disciplinary team of engineers to execute to program objectives and meet technical criteria
  • Work closely with customers and end users to ensure system requirements, design, risks, and limitations are understood, communicated, and accepted
  • Lead and execute systems engineering functions to maintain the technical baseline, and to ensure the baseline reflects a cohesive system solution
  • Support leadership to define and develop a roadmap for future technology integration
  • Responsible for capturing and translating the intent of stakeholders’ mission needs
  • Ensures the system architecture, operations concepts, and design are affordable, effective and responsive to customer needs and objectives
  • Utilizes operational experience, architecture, and system knowledge to create innovative system solutions to address stakeholder mission needs
  • Support the development and validation of system level models used for concept development, design, verification, and validation
  • Ability to lead team and coordinate with engineering IPTs to minimize technical risk

Basic Qualifications :

  • Bachelor of Science degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Math) discipline from an accredited university with a minimum of 12 years’ engineering experience; 10 years with Masters in STEM discipline; 8 years with PhD in STEM discipline.
  • An active DoD Secret Clearance
  • Must have ability to obtain and maintain Program Access (PAR) within a reasonable period of time, as determined by the company to meet its business needs
  • Experience supporting Fielded Aircraft Systems
  • Experience with UAV systems
  • Experience in full lifecycle of Systems Engineering, including design reviews, requirements decomposition, test planning, and requirements verification
  • Experience in ICD development and integration
  • Experience with ground segment architecture and design
  • Experience to take concepts and decompose that into executable requirement, architecture and design parameters
  • Ability to plan, execute a schedule and lead a team towards those goals
  • Preferred Qualifications :

  • An active DoD Top Secret Clearance
  • Exposure to IFC management and planning
  • Experience with hands on troubleshooting in SIL and operational environments
  • Experience with RQ-4 air vehicle, ground segment, sensor payloads, and support equipment
  • Posses a detailed understanding of external dependencies on the system and provide context of how the system contributes to the broader system-of-systems of mission architecture, including limitations, constraints, interfaces, and data flows.
  • Posses a detailed technical understanding of the entire system design, functionality, and performance, including mission payloads, communications & networking, air vehicle, and ground segment
  • Experience in performing operational utility assessments to assess operations, data flow, mission performance and technical risk to inform requirements and design concept development
  • Experience in collecting and analyzing operational mission data to evaluate mission effectiveness and recommend improvements to system design, architecture and system operations concept
  • Working knowledge of Atlassian tools (Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket)
  • #ASSystEng

    We offer flexible work arrangements, 9 / 80 work schedule with every other Friday off, phenomenal learning opportunities, exposure to a wide variety of projects and customers, and a very friendly team environment. We are looking for self-motivated, proactive, and goal-oriented people to help us grow our services and become even better at what we do.

    Educational assistance is available to employees who want to continue to learn and develop skills / knowledge.

    Our educational assistance program supports employee development by providing resources such as :

  • Free Education Advice : Call 855-222-2398 to speak with an experienced advisor to tailor an educational program to your career goals and needs.
  • Tuition Savings at Accredited Schools : Access a network of accredited schools in a variety of locations (and online) to take advantage of reduced tuition costs and waived fees.
  • Our Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) provide benefits for the member, our leaders and the company. Our ERGs offer opportunities to be a friend, be active, be a volunteer, be a leader, to be recognized and to be yourself. Every ERG is inclusive of all employees
  • Salary Range : $171,000.00 - $256,400.00

    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.

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