Senior Principal Systems Engineer - NATO ISS SEIT IPT Lead
About The Position
Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems has an opening for a Senior Principal Systems Engineer to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals within our Systems Engineering organization. This role is located in Rancho Bernardo, CA. In this role, you will fill the role of System Engineer for the NATO Business Area. You will be responsible for leading a diverse engineering team to provide imaginative, technical solutions to a wide range of difficult problems. You will be working across the entire spectrum of the Systems Engineering V-Model, and will support SE disciplines including requirements development, use case development, capability (hardware and software) development, integration planning, lab integration, test planning, formal test, and verification.
Requirements
- Must have a Bachelors of Science degree in a STEM field and at least 8 years of relevant military / professional experience, OR a Master's Degree in a STEM field and at least 6 years of relevant military / professional experience, OR a PhD and at least 4 years of relevant military / professional experience
- Must have SEIT experience
- Must have an active US Government Secret or higher clearance (with a background investigation completed within the last 6 years or currently enrolled into Continuous Evaluation).
- Must have the ability to obtain and maintain Special Access Program (SAP) clearance within a reasonable amount of time as determined by business needs.
Nice To Haves
- Experience with RQ-4 air vehicle, ground segment, sensor payloads, COMMS and support equipment
- Experience with International customer
- Experience managing Technical Baselines (Functional and Allocated Baselines)
- Experience conducting end to end system integration, verification and validation
- Experience in EVMS (CAM certification)
Responsibilities
- Lead a team of ~10 engineers and analysts in managing a program technical baseline including technical configuration, hardware/software compatibility analysis and change management
- Demonstrate understanding of Technical Configuration principles
- Lead team through Change Control Board (CCB), Technical Review Board (TRB) and Engineering Change Process (ECP) processes
- Coordinate with Customer to understand configuration changes and their associated impacts to overall program
- Communicate efficiently and effectively with System Engineering lead, Program Managers / Chief Engineers, and customers on the Technical Baseline, change process, assessment of the impacts to the proposed changes.
- Provide coaching, leadership and guidance to effectively motivate assigned team in task execution
- Manage and track all engineering changes, their impact across all program areas, and understand how they affect the configuration
- Lead development of Service Bulletin Implementation
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 are designed to reward individual contributions as well as allow them to share in company results.
- Long Term Incentives (for VP or Director positions)
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
