Director Engineering 2

Northrop Grumman • Chandler, AZ

4d • $209,000 - $313,600 • Onsite

About The Position

Northrop Grumman’s Space Sector is hiring an Engineering Director 2 to serve as Chief Engineer for the Glide Phase Interceptor (GPI) program in Chandler, Arizona. This is a senior technical leadership role supporting a large, complex, multidisciplinary program and critical national security capabilities. The position is 100% onsite and cannot accommodate telecommuting. The schedule is 9/80, with every other Friday off, and travel is 25% of the time.

The Chief Engineer is accountable for the program’s overall technical execution and integrity, providing day-to-day technical leadership across the full product life cycle. This includes concept exploration, system architecture, requirements definition, integration, testing, risk management, and operational support. The role emphasizes systems engineering, performance assessment through high-fidelity system modeling and simulation, and collaboration across a broad stakeholder community. The position reports to the Vice President, Central Region Engineering.

The role is contingent on obtaining final clearances and program access within a reasonable period as determined by the company. Relocation assistance may be available. Northrop Grumman offers a comprehensive benefits package, and eligible employees may also receive overtime, shift differential, discretionary bonuses, and long-term incentives depending on position and eligibility.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering and 20 or more years of professional experience, including people management experience; or a Master’s degree and 18 or more years of professional experience, including people management experience.
• Demonstrated experience leading multidisciplinary engineering organizations, integrated product teams, or complex technical programs involving multiple engineering disciplines.
• Demonstrated experience establishing technical strategy, technical baselines, engineering plans, and execution approaches for complex hardware, software, and/or integrated systems.
• Experience managing engineering performance across cost, schedule, technical performance, risk, quality, and delivery commitments.
• Experience leading and developing engineering leaders, technical personnel, and cross-functional teams.

Nice To Haves

• Active U.S. Government Secret security clearance and ability to obtain and maintain required program access.
• Advanced degree in engineering, science, systems engineering, engineering management, or a related STEM discipline.
• Experience serving as a Chief Engineer, Engineering Director, Chief Architect, Technical Director, or comparable senior technical leader on complex aerospace, defense, or space systems.
• Experience with end-to-end systems engineering, including requirements development, architecture, design reviews, verification and validation, technical risk management, and configuration management.
• Experience leading engineering organizations supporting space, aerospace, defense, mission-critical, or safety-critical products and programs.
• Demonstrated ability to influence senior leaders, customers, and external stakeholders on high-consequence technical and business decisions.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the GPI Chief Engineer, providing technical and process leadership and oversight across the program.
• Own overall technical execution, system integrity, and architecture decisions, ensuring alignment with business, mission, and customer objectives.
• Establish and maintain the integrated technical baseline and keep requirements, design, verification, validation, risk, configuration, and mission-assurance activities aligned throughout the product lifecycle.
• Partner with program management, functional leadership, and customer stakeholders to define technical baselines, manage technical risk, and support delivery of mission-capable solutions on cost and schedule.
• Provide technical direction and make decisions for major reviews, trades, and design milestones; chair or co-chair key technical boards as appropriate.
• Build and maintain relationships with external customers and internal stakeholders; represent GPI engineering in executive-level and customer forums.
• Lead and develop engineering leaders, technical personnel, and cross-functional teams.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Health insurance coverage
• Life insurance
• Disability insurance
• Savings plan
• Company-paid holidays
• Paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business
• Potential overtime, shift differential, and discretionary bonus, depending on position and eligibility
• Potential long-term incentives for employees in Vice President or Director positions

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director