Project / Systems Engineer - Level 3

Northrop Grumman•Huntsville, AL

5d•$108,800 - $163,200•Onsite

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 Space Systems, Multi-Domain Operations, and Missile Defense Integration Business Unit (BU) has an exciting career opportunity for a Project Engineer / Systems Engineer – Level 3 to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals. This position will be in Huntsville, AL. Position Overview: The selected Project/Systems Engineer – Level 3 responsibilities will include the support of the Ground Weapons System (GWS) program as an individual contributor on the Technical Leadership team across A&D GWS. This role is responsible for developing programmatic and engineering management products for hardware and software items that directly support the development of GWS capability on behalf of the Missile Defense Agency (MDA).

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) discipline from an accredited university and 5 years of related work experience, or a Master's Degree in STEM and 3 years of related work experience, or a PhD. and 1 year of related work experience.
Applicants must be current U.S. Citizens and able to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government issued Secret security clearance for this position. A clearance is not required to apply; however, an interim clearance is required to start. Start dates may be adjusted to account for the completion of the interim clearance processing.
Experience with the proposal process
Knowledge and experience in System Engineering tools and disciplines
Well experienced in Jira
Experienced in Agile planning and execution
Coordinates across IPTs with fellow PEs on design, process, and quality of the product

Nice To Haves

Strong understanding and broad application of PS engineering systems (engineering standards, configuration management, material review board, process control, tooling, facilities, software, etc.) or equivalent
Demonstrated experience in generating technical solutions in the absence of complete customer requirements
Management of engineering scope as it pertains to budgeting and participation in EVM evaluations
Knowledge of lean manufacturing and design for manufacturability
Experience with systems engineering tools such as DOORS
GMD experience

Responsibilities

Develop program execution plans and work closely with the Program Office
Ability to work with a wide range of positions both within and outside of NGC
Development, coordination, and allocation of project and planning requirements
Support execution plans to improve efficiencies across functional teams
Identify design or programmatic solutions that meet the customer needs
Develop master schedules, integrated logic flows, work breakdown, and assist in program cost estimates.
Coordination and implementation of design and analysis activities
Identification of risks/mitigations and tracking to closure in Risk Tracker
Lead the coordination of internal milestones objectives to Senior Leadership and Customers
Write technical reports