Sentinel - Sr. Staff Systems Engineer - 19220

Northrop Grumman•Huntsville, AL

3d•$184,100 - $276,100•Onsite

About The Position

Northrop Grumman Defense Systems is seeking a Sr. Staff Systems Engineer (level 6) to work with our Sentinel Systems Engineering, Integration, & Test (SEIT) Business Unit and be a contributing member of the System Integration and Sustainment (SIS) Enterprise Systems Integration (ESI) team. This multi-tiered and multi-disciplined team assesses external systems interfaces and mission scenario operational threads across the Weapon System (WS). The team serves as system integrators to facilitate systems of systems interoperability and joint systems integration in partnership with customer counterparts and other key stakeholders across the enterprise. This position will be located in Huntsville, AL and will support the Sentinel (GBSD) program. The selected candidate will work in a dynamic people-focused environment. Candidates for this position must be able to understand the intent of WS integration at the highest levels and drive engineering processes & analyses to prove successful design integration and analyze for potential gaps. The successful candidate will clearly demonstrate strong leadership and foundational systems engineering skills to drive process and technical gap resolution of external interfaces to achieve program and contract objectives.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in STEM with 14 years of experience; 12 years of experience with a Masters’ degree in STEM; or 10 years of experience with a PhD.
Must be a U.S Citizen with an active DoD Secret (or higher) clearance (with a background investigation within the past 6 years or enrolled into Continuous Evaluation
Ability to obtain and maintain Special Program Access (SAP/PAR).
8-10 years of experience with Product Owner and Product Manager core responsibilities
8-10 years of experience in ICBM (MMIII or Sentinel) OR complex aerospace/defense systems
4 years of experience on large scale / complex system development experience across multiple phases of a development program: preliminary design, detailed design, integration and test, verification and sell off, transition to production.
1 year of experience with Systems Engineering program milestone events (e.g., PDR, CDR)
1 year of experience working with external customers to meet program expectations in a timely and efficient manner.
1 year of experience supporting DoD contracts and/or large supplier management portfolio experience in other industries

Nice To Haves

Strong understanding and broad application of complex engineering systems (engineering standards, configuration management, material review board, process control, tooling, facilities, software, etc.) for the development of complex systems-of-systems.
Strong oral and written communication skills, including demonstrated experience with high value customer presentations, with ability to focus on multiple projects with competing priorities.
Experience executing and boarding Risks, Issues & Opportunities
DOORS, CAMEO, CPLM/TeamCenter experience
Experience collaborating with multiple functional groups, subcontracts, and government customer representatives
Experience managing multiple projects concurrently
Customer-focused mindset with proven leadership skills and excellent communication skills

Responsibilities

Prime Technical Lead/Responsible Engineer (RE) for one of the external systems Mission Integration Threads which may include facilities, data, networks/comms, SW, HW and/or flight test readiness.
Perform technical oversight, review, approval, and accountability of ESI technical content to ensure technical rigor and quality
Provide technical leadership, direction and mentoring to other ESI team members
Customer Technical Interface/Liaison with the Customer – Participate in technical review boards and regular interface and relationship cultivation with Customer Chief Engineers as required
Lead Integration activities in support of systems-of-systems integration which may include integration test planning, problem identification and reporting, integration event execution, coordination with multiple stakeholders to facilitate effective and efficient communication
Assist in the analysis of controls with other ESI team members, and input information into various tracking tools (DOORS, CAMEO, CPLM/TeamCenter)
Extensive experience in the performance of integration tests is required. This position requires skills in coordination of many tests and testing facilities external and internal to NGC.
Participate in technical planning, verification and validation development, cost and risk considerations, and requirements analyses for integrated systems
Be proficient in the development of key system engineering artifacts such as requirement specifications, interface definition documents, integration event planning, test procedures and reports