Sentinel - Staff Engineer Systems - 17993
About The Position
Northrop Grumman Defense Systems is seeking a level 5 Staff Systems Engineer in Roy, Utah, to support the Sentinel Program. The program supports the Air Force’s sustainment, development, production, and deployment of hardware and system modifications for ICBM Ground and Airborne Launch Control Systems, Launch Facilities, and associated infrastructure. The role is part of the Sentinel Systems Engineering and Integration (SE&I) business unit and contributes to the System Integration and Sustainment (SIS) Weapon System Integration (WSI) team. The team assesses design compatibility across program segments and serves as an objective integrator to ensure full-lifecycle capability effectiveness. The engineer supports engineering processes and analyses for product-team designs, demonstrating design integration and identifying potential gaps. The role requires leadership and systems engineering skills to resolve process and technical gaps involving interfaces and requirements, helping achieve program and contract objectives. The engineer engages and coordinates diverse teams, including through mentoring and coaching, and participates in technical planning, cost and risk considerations, and requirements analyses for integrated program systems. The position requires an active Secret clearance at application, the ability to obtain Top Secret clearance and SAP, and travel up to 10%. The standard schedule is 9/80, with every other Friday off. Relocation assistance may be available.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in a STEM field and 12 years of experience, a STEM master’s degree and 10 years of experience, or a STEM Ph.D. and 8 years of experience.
- Active U.S. Government DoD Secret security clearance at the time of application, current and within scope, with an investigation date within the last 6 years.
- Ability to obtain a U.S. Government DoD Top Secret security clearance and SAP.
- At least 7 years of engineering experience.
- At least 5 years of systems engineering experience.
- At least 4 years of ICBM experience (MMIII or Sentinel).
- At least 4 years of experience developing and executing systems engineering process governance documentation in a DoD Engineering and Manufacturing Development (EMD) phase and/or risk management.
- At least 4 years of experience on large-scale or complex aerospace/defense system development across multiple lifecycle phases, including preliminary design, detailed design, integration and test, verification and sell-off, and transition to production.
- At least 3 years of technical leadership experience in team environments, including leading a large group of engineers, providing technical support, briefing program leadership, and driving program execution.
- At least 3 years of experience creating, updating, and maintaining requirements specifications in Dynamic Object-Oriented Requirements System (DOORS).
- At least 2 years of direct experience developing interface products (IRS, IDD, or ICD) and requirement specifications.
- Ability to travel up to 10% of the time.
Nice To Haves
- Past or active employment with MMIII or Sentinel Weapon Systems.
- Experience with Agile.
- Active SAP.
- Continuous process improvement experience.
- Ability to work independently with minimum supervision.
- Experience executing and boarding Risks, Issues & Opportunities.
- Teamcenter/Common Product Lifecycle Management (CPLM) experience.
- Demonstrated leadership principles, including integrity, respect, and organizational communication.
- Experience creating, updating, and maintaining Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) products.
- Experience with external customers to meet program expectations in a timely and efficient manner.
- Proficiency developing key systems engineering artifacts such as requirement specifications and interface definition documents.
- Experience with systems engineering program milestone events such as Preliminary Design Review (PDR) and/or Critical Design Review (CDR).
- Experience reviewing engineering specifications, schematics, and/or drawings and translating customer-driven requirements into specifications.
- Strong oral and written communication skills, including experience delivering high-value customer presentations and managing multiple projects with competing priorities.
- Broad understanding and application of complex engineering systems, including engineering standards, configuration management, material review board, process control, tooling, facilities, and software, for complex systems-of-systems development.
Responsibilities
- Support engineering processes and analyses for product-team designs to demonstrate successful design integration and identify potential high-level gaps.
- Lead process and technical gap resolution for interface and requirement design solutions to achieve program and contract objectives.
- Engage, mentor, and coach diverse teams, and coordinate appropriately between SE&I and other integration teams.
- Participate in technical planning, cost and risk considerations, and requirements analyses for program integrated systems.
- Support assessments of design compatibility across program segments and full-lifecycle capability effectiveness.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage.
- 401(k).
- Educational assistance.
- Life insurance.
- Employee assistance programs and work/life solutions.
- Paid time off.
- Health and wellness resources.
- Employee discounts.
- Disability insurance.
- Company-paid holidays.
- Potential overtime, shift differential, and discretionary bonus, depending on position.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
