Consulting Engineer Systems Architect

Northrop Grumman•Huntsville, AL

11d•$202,500 - $303,700•Onsite

About The Position

Northrop Grumman Defense Systems (NGDS) is seeking a highly accomplished Consulting Engineer Systems Architect to lead the technical vision, architecture, and integration strategy for next-generation command and control, battle management, and mission applications. The selected candidate will be aligned to the Global Command and Control Solutions (GC2S) Engineering Organization. In this role, the Consulting Engineer Systems Architect will be the primary technical owner for architectures within the GC2S portfolio and will directly shape how solutions scale across customers and mission threads, to drive commonality, interoperability, and long‑term technical competitiveness for the GC2S BU. The ideal candidate for this role is a hands-on technical leader with deep experience in distributed systems, cloud-native architectures, mission-critical software, and model-based or digital engineering practices in the defense domain. Additionally, this role will work with Business Development and Strategy, to translate mission needs into technical requirements, scenarios, and use cases for engineering teams, within the Counter Unmanned Aircraft System (CUAS), Short-Range Air Defense (SHORAD), and Upper/Lower Tier Air and Missile Defense domains. Additional responsibilities of this role include, but are not limited to, mapping end‑to‑end mission threads across platforms, networks, and systems and identifying where capabilities, data, timing, or interoperability may break down along those threads.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in STEM with 16+ years of related experience; Master’s degree in STEM with 14+ Years of related experience; PhD degree in STEM with 12+ years of related experience.
10+ years’ experience integrating Systems of Systems.
10+ years’ experience with operational US military systems deployed into tactical environments.
10+ years’ experience conducting (i.e. verbal and written) presentations to external customer or internal executive leadership.
5+ years’ experience designing detailed, platform solutions in the defense domain.
5+ years’ experience designing cloud-native architectures.
Must possess and be able to maintain a Secret Security Clearance.

Nice To Haves

5+ years’ experience with Enterprise Application development and deployment processes.
5+ years’ experience with tactical military systems in production use (e.g., exercises).
5+ years’ experience performing in the role of Chief Architect.
10+ years’ experience conducting (i.e. verbal and written) presentation to external customer or internal executive leadership.
10+ years’ experience designing detailed, platform solutions including trade studies.

Responsibilities

Lead the technical vision, architecture, and integration strategy for next-generation command and control, battle management, and mission applications.
Serve as the primary technical owner for architectures within the GC2S portfolio.
Shape how solutions scale across customers and mission threads to drive commonality, interoperability, and long-term technical competitiveness.
Translate mission needs into technical requirements, scenarios, and use cases for engineering teams within CUAS, SHORAD, and Upper/Lower Tier Air and Missile Defense domains.
Map end-to-end mission threads across platforms, networks, and systems.
Identify where capabilities, data, timing, or interoperability may break down along mission threads.