Staff Systems Engineer - TRMC Systems Engineering Lead

Northrop Grumman•San Diego, CA

9d•$177,000 - $265,600•Onsite

About The Position

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems has an opening for a Staff Engineer Systems – TRMC Systems Engineering Lead to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals in our Systems Engineering discipline. This position will be located in San Diego, CA. In this role, you will lead the Systems Engineering and Integration (SE&I) effort for the TRMC RQ-4 portfolio, holding overall responsibility for SE&I execution across multiple programs and reporting directly to the RQ-4 Enterprise SE&I IPT Lead.

Requirements

Must have a Bachelors of Science degree in a STEM field and at least 12 years of relevant military / professional experience, OR a Master's Degree in a STEM field and at least 10 years of relevant military / professional experience, OR a PhD and at least 8 years of relevant military / professional experience
Must have experience executing Systems Engineering processes, including full Systems Engineering life cycle and Systems Engineering Technical Reviews (SETR)
Must have experience briefing or leading technical discussions with outside stakeholders including other IPTs, customer representatives or supplier personnel
Must have experience leading a team of 10+ individuals in a technical environment
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

MS degree in a STEM Field
DOORS experience with an emphasis on requirements management and metrics generation.
Previous Control Account Manager experience on Earned Value programs
Previous Experience in managing Technical Baselines (Functional and Allocated Baselines)
Experience with interfaces ICDs
Experience in developing proposals
Experience managing suppliers
Experience in Agile Development
Experience in implementation of Quick Reaction Capabilities (QRCs) or other similar short development capability implementation
Experience in Autonomous Systems Programs
Experience working on US Air Force Programs
Experience working on FMS or Export controlled Programs
Active TS/SCI.

Responsibilities

Manage and lead a team of SE&I engineers and managers across R&V, Integration, Specialty, and Integrated Functional Capability disciplines.
Manage and oversee Systems Engineering execution of the overall cost, schedule, and technical baseline
Extensive interface and coordination with program management, customer counterparts, and sub-contractors
Drive first-time quality across TRMC capability design and promote culture of technical rigor within TRMC Systems Engineering team
Lead and oversee successful milestone reviews (e.g. SRR, SFR, PDR, CDR, FCA).
Lead successful requirements definition, decomposition, allocation, and final verification across a complex system.
Lead a multidisciplinary team to decompose and define customer CONOPs, Performance Specifications, and Use Cases/OpsCon scenarios into robust, verifiable requirements at the System and Segment Level.
Perform Risk and Opportunity management
Lead and prepare proposals and baseline planning for new activities
Provide technical guidance, leadership and mentorship to multi-disciplinary team across Systems Engineering to ensure success of team members across all levels