Sr Principal Chief Engineer

Northrop Grumman•Baltimore, MD

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 Mission Systems has an opportunity available for a Sr. Principal Chief Engineer/Integrated Product Team (IPT) Lead to join our team of qualified and diverse individuals. This position will be located in Baltimore, MD, and placement will be commensurate with qualifications. What You'll Get To Do: This individual will lead a cross-discipline engineering team typically greater than 5 people for a low to medium risk project and interface with Engineering & Program Management, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, and Mission Assurance. The selected candidates will perform in a fast-paced work environment with high expectations, significantly diverse assignments, and collaborative/team settings. The selected candidates are expected to be self-motivated, highly-organized, and detail oriented and possess effective verbal and written communication skills.

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree in a STEM field and a minimum of 8 years related experience or Master's Degree in STEM and a minimum of 6 years related experience. An additional 4 years of experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.
Must have an active/current Secret clearance. Secret clearance is required to start. Must be able to maintain this level of clearance for continued employment.
2 years experience as Integrated Product Team (IPT) Lead, Technical lead, or other leadership role in a program office or business function with demonstrated team building, organizational, and interpersonal skills
2 years leadership experience in a team environment
2 years experience in Design, Manufacturing or Test process

Nice To Haves

Experience as a Control Account Manager (CAM) managing Earned Value Management System (EVMS) projects
Fluency with developing and executing project schedules
PMP certification
Active and current Top Secret government clearance

Responsibilities

Lead and direct cross-functional engineering teams during proposal, design, manufacturing, and delivery phases of products in development and production phases
Support proposal development and new program acquisition efforts
Interpret statements of work assigned by program leadership
Develop and execute to project budgets and schedules, including Earned Value Management System (EVMS), critical path management, Estimates-at-Completion (EACs), and workload forecasts
Interface with functional departments to secure team staffing
Work with suppliers and be able to articulate project requirements
Brief internal and customer leadership on progress of work assigned