Senior Staff SEIT Lead

Northrop Grumman • Baltimore, MD

10d • $184,100 - $276,100 • Onsite

About The Position

Northrop Grumman’s Foundational Systems Engineering team anticipates a need for a Senior Staff SEIT Lead to perform 100% on-site work in Linthicum, Maryland. The role supports concept and product development, spanning mission engineering, requirements, architecture, modeling and simulation, integration and test, verification, and validation.

The Senior Staff SEIT Lead directs the program’s systems engineering, integration, and test (SEIT) effort, including horizontal and vertical integration across engineering elements. The role ensures engineering process integrity and timely delivery of core engineering work products, manages SEIT cost and schedule as a Control Account Manager (CAM), and interfaces with program and engineering leadership, other team leads, and the customer. The position is contingent on contract award and successful transfer of an active U.S. Government Secret Clearance and Special Program Access (SAP).

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree and 14 years of experience, master’s degree and 12 years of experience, or Ph.D. and 10 years of experience in science, technology, engineering, mathematics, or related technical fields; an additional four years of experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.
• U.S. citizenship.
• Active U.S. Government Secret Clearance.
• Ability to obtain Special Program Access (SAP).
• Experience serving as a SEIT Lead, Chief Engineer, or Engineering Program Manager on developmental programs, overseeing initiatives from proposal inception through Critical Design Review (CDR).
• Cost Account Management (CAM) experience and working knowledge of Earned Value Management System (EVMS).
• Ability to communicate effectively with technical and non-technical audiences, deliver presentations to internal and external stakeholders, and demonstrate decisive technical leadership and sound judgment when information is limited.

Nice To Haves

• Advanced degree in science, technology, engineering, mathematics, or another related technical field.
• Active U.S. Government Top Secret Clearance or higher.
• Experience with airborne active and passive RF sensor systems.
• Experience leading geographically distributed teams.
• Ability to define, integrate, apply, manage, and merge MBSE models locally and with customer-specified models.
• Previous success in program startup and program baselining activities.
• Risk and Opportunity Management experience.
• Understanding of Department of Defense systems engineering requirements.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical management and execution of the SE team.
• Plan, execute, and close out program reviews and milestones, such as SRR, PDR, CDR, and TRR.
• Own Systems Engineering content in the Integrated Master Schedule (IMS) and ensure it is correct, complete, achievable, and aligned with program needs.
• Define the system in a Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) framework and ensure the evolving model meets Northrop Grumman and customer expectations.
• Ensure technical compliance with the program Statement of Work and system requirements, and manage technical team scope control.
• Manage vertical and horizontal technical integration throughout product teams and the program life cycle.
• Ensure the project team has qualified staff for core program functions, including analytic modeling, specialty engineering, and skill/mode development.
• Collect, manage, and report program metrics and Technical Performance Measures (TPMs).
• Collect and provide data for Northrop Grumman program reporting on engineering performance.
• Oversee configuration management of the overall Program Baseline.
• Serve as Control Account Manager for the systems engineering team.
• Coordinate with the Chief Engineer, System Architect, Engineering Program Manager, and Integrated Product Team Leads to preserve the integrity and executability of the technical baseline, identify technical debt, and coordinate integration across product teams.
• Manage risk and opportunity, produce core engineering work products, and track work products and program dependencies in the program schedule.
• Serve as a primary customer technical interface for SEIT-related content.
• Oversee establishment and execution of the program lifecycle and its work products.
• Lead or support proposal responses, including architecture definition, Basis of Estimate generation, and written volume creation; as needed, develop and execute solicitations to potential subcontractors.
• Lead technical working groups and interface with external parties, manage contractor giver-receivers, track actions, and manage technical team interactions.
• Drive process development, continuous improvement, and affordability initiatives within associated programs.

Benefits

• Health Plan and health insurance coverage.
• Savings Plan.
• Paid Time Off (PTO), including vacation and/or personal business time.
• Education Assistance.
• Training and Development.
• 9/80 work schedule where available.
• Company-paid holidays.
• Life and disability insurance.
• Potential eligibility for overtime, shift differential, and discretionary annual bonus, depending on position.

What This Job Offers

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