Consulting Chief Engineers
About The Position
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 has two openings for Consulting Chief Engineers to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals within our RQ4 FMS & RQ4-USAF Business Area Programs. The FMS Business Area is comprised of two Programs: Republic of Korea (RoK) and Japan (JPN). These roles are located in San Diego, CA. The selected candidate will be required to work full-time, on-site at our facility. There is no remote / hybrid / telework available for this position. The Chief Engineer is responsible for the technical baseline of all platforms, has technical authority for any changes to the system, and provides technical leadership and direction to the Business Area engineering team in executing the statements of work across the entire lifecycle of the Program.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering or Math (STEM) discipline AND 16 years of experience on manned or unmanned aircraft systems, OR a Master’s degree in STEM AND 14 years of experience on manned or unmanned aircraft systems, OR a Ph.D. in STEM AND 11 years of experience on manned or unmanned aircraft systems.
- Subject Matter Expert in two or more Core Technical Competency areas: Technical judgement and risk management, Demonstrated technical leadership, Systems engineering and systems thinking skills, Leading system architecture and design trades, Deep expertise in one relevant technical discipline, Experience leading cross functional technical integration.
- Demonstrated knowledge and experience of aircraft systems including air vehicle, mission computing, communications, and sensors.
- Familiarity with leading large technical proposals and the ability to lead the customer through reviews of technical performance.
- Active DoD Top Secret (or higher) clearance.
- Ability to obtain and maintain Special Access Program (SAP) clearance.
- Demonstrate experience and understanding of software development, avionics integration, systems engineering (including requirements analysis, modeling and simulation, and verification at subsystem and system level), integration and test in both laboratory and flight test environments.
Nice To Haves
- Active TS/SCI.
- Advanced degree in a relevant field (MS/PhD).
- Experience with Unmanned Air Vehicle (UAV) Systems.
- Experience with radar systems and satellite communication.
- Experience with airworthiness certification / MIL-HDBK 516.
- Experience with product lifecycle through sustainment and operations.
Responsibilities
- Leading over 100 engineers in the FMS portfolio or over 200 engineers in the USAF portfolio through sustainment, improvement, and development of new capabilities for the ROK and Japan platforms.
- Responsible for the overall execution and technical performance of the portfolio comprised of members from each technical IPT (Systems Engineering, Air Vehicle, Mission Systems, Software, and Test).
- Oversee all major technical reviews (SRR, SFR, PDR, CDR, TRR, FRR, etc.), thus ensuring execution efforts are delivering quality products on time and within budget.
- Serves as the principal technical interface with the customer.
- Ensures Key Performance Parameters, Technical Performance Measures (First Time Quality included) are being tracked, adhered to, and are satisfying customer and program requirements.
- Provides technical leadership and ensures that programs are identifying, reviewing, and managing risks, issues, opportunities.
- Ensures Systems Safety and Airworthiness compliance efforts are being addressed satisfactorily throughout the execution efforts of the development programs.
- Performs critical decisions to halt and correct planned test events if system safety is compromised.
- Elevates issues of significant technical consequence to the Enterprise CE and to the VP of Engineering, as appropriate.
- Ensures robust systems engineering practices are employed in establishing bids for proposals and ECPs.
- Reviews proposals and ECPs and approves them for technical adequacy and executability.
- Provides inputs to IPTs and functional home room leadership regarding the performance of Engineering personnel supporting the CE and/or IPTs in executing program statement of work.
- Provides constructive feedback and improvement recommendations to the IPTs and to the functional homeroom as the Voice of the Customer regarding people, processes and tools.
- Develops, implements and maintains the technical product roadmaps for a program.
Benefits
- Relocation assistance may be available
- health insurance coverage
- life and disability insurance
- savings plan
- Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business
- overtime
- shift differential
- discretionary bonus
- Annual bonuses
- Long Term Incentives (for VP or Director positions)
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Principal
Education Level
Ph.D. or professional degree
