Sr. Staff Engineer Systems

Northrop Grumman

80d • $179,600 - $269,400

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 – Launch and Missile Defense Systems has an exciting career opportunity for a Sr. Staff Systems Engineer to support the Systems Engineering & Integration Team (SE&IT) program. We are excited for you to join our team of qualified and diverse individuals. Our domain provides rewarding work that contributes to the latest advancements being made in the missile defense industry. The position is in Huntsville, AL.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in a STEM discipline from an accredited university and 14 years of related experience, or a Master's Degree and 12 years of related experience, or 10 years of related experience with a PhD.
• Technical background in missile defense radar design, operations, and signal processing, specifically in target discrimination.
• Understanding of Missile Defense System sensors, command and control, and effector systems.
• Skills in modeling and simulation of discrimination phenomenology, techniques, processing, and decision logic.
• Ability to generate data, analyze results, and provide insights to system or concept performance.
• Experience in conducting system concept trade studies, requirements analysis, feasibility analysis, and system performance measures of effective analysis.
• Good communication skills and experience leading a team of engineers.

Nice To Haves

• Electro-optical/infrared (EO/IR) discrimination background.
• Element-level experience with Analysis, Assessment, or Verification.
• Familiarity with MDS Performance Tier 1 Metrics.
• Experience with modeling and simulation of exoatmospheric and endoatmospheric target phenomenology.
• Experience with discrimination analysis and fusion.

Responsibilities

• Support the SE&IT program as a technical lead on the Integrated Discrimination Team (IDT).
• Serve as the SE&I Deputy Chief Engineer specializing in Countermeasure Mitigation and Discrimination (CM&D).
• Provide technical oversight and integration of SE&I Team electromagnetic warfare (EW) and discrimination related products.
• Participate in MDA design reviews, test reviews, and technical interchange meetings.
• Engage with SE&I Team Industry partners to align MDA capability pipeline development with Industry strategic investments.
• Support the planning and execution of CM&D-related SE&I Team tasks.
• Ensure System Design products are compatible with future inclusion of CM&D concepts in the MDS baseline.

Benefits

• Health insurance coverage
• Life and disability insurance
• Savings plan
• Company paid holidays
• Paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree