Staff Systems Integration & Test Engineer Lead

Northrop Grumman•Baltimore, MD

3d•$169,000 - $253,600•Onsite

About The Position

Northrop Grumman Mission Systems' Baltimore and Partnered Sites (BaPs) division is seeking a Staff Systems Integration & Test (SI&T) Engineer Lead in Baltimore, MD to support the Airborne Multifunction Sensors Business Unit. Candidates should have a very strong knowledge of production and system hardware follow, understanding of requirements, have a strong mechanical background, understand mode and systems integration, and strong earned value management (EVM) experience. The position is responsible for coordinating with Engineering leadership and cross-functional teams to meet program and delivery schedules. This position will work within a team environment consisting of Engineering, program management, technical, production and supporting staff. The ideal candidate will have strong teamworking skills and exhibit comprehensive verbal and written communication/presentation skills. This individual will be responsible for communication of accomplishments, status, and challenges to internal and external stakeholders. This position would be based in Baltimore, MD, which requires being onsite, and does not support remote or hybrid work. 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 technically savvy, self-motivated, highly organized, and detail oriented and possess effective verbal and written communication skills.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in a STEM discipline with 12 years of experience, a master’s degree in a STEM discipline with 10 years of experience, or a PhD with 8 years of experience in a STEM discipline. An additional 4 years of experience can be considered in lieu of degree.
Experience working in a multi-disciplinary team environment
Experience with Engineering, Manufacturing, and Development (EMD) programs, to include, but not limited to mode integration, system acceptance testing
Strong collaboration skills with experience working with personnel from different technical disciplines as well as strong communication skills.
Demonstrated experience tracking milestones and executing tasks in accordance with approved program schedules.
Must have experience generating technical documents and working with various software/data processing tools such as MS Word, MS Excel, PowerPoint, and/or other various programming languages
Must understand common Test Engineering test methodologies and practices
US Citizenship required.
Active U.S. Government Secret clearance and the ability to obtain/maintain Special Program Access (SAP) within a reasonable amount of time as determined by the company
Knowledge of RADAR Systems
Understanding of Systems Engineering concepts, including requirements analysis and verification planning and execution
Solid verbal and written communication skills to effectively communicate internally
Ability to work onsite in Baltimore, MD

Nice To Haves

Candidates should have a very strong knowledge of Engineering, Manufacturing, and Development (EMD) and production system hardware follow and integration, understanding of requirements, have a strong mechanical background and strong earned value management (EVM) experience
Must have relevant flight and laboratory test experience
Demonstrated experience (2 years +) serving as a Program Manager, Deputy Program Manager technical, project or program lead, IPT lead, or CAM responsible for delivering program tasks, milestones, or contract deliverables.
2 years’ experience supporting the development, integration, testing, or production of sensor systems radar or related mission systems.
Demonstrated experience leading or coordinating activities across dispersed teams. Including collaboration with personnel located at multiple sites, customer locations, or remote work environments.
Experience with EP/EMI and Environmental qualification testing

Responsibilities

Perform production follow of systems through their life cycle to ensure sell-off and delivery of systems by being responsible for System Acceptance Testing
Be responsible for all lab asset configurations by working across teams
Support all mode integration shifts and troubleshooting
Be accountable to the Program Manager/Director to ensure Systems I&T cost, schedule, and technical execution using application of program management, system engineering, integration & test principles and methodologies
Be responsible for horizontal integration across engineering disciplines and IPTs to ensure successful execution of the technical statement of work.
Be responsible for Configuration and Data Management processes and Systems I&T Products verification plans and reports.
Provide strong written, verbal, and stakeholder interface skills along with the ability to lead through influence to motivate peer IPT behavior to execute cross IPT team goals
Perform CAM responsibilities as needed reporting to Program leadership
Participate in the sell-off and delivery of systems, coordinating with Mission and Quality Assurance to ensure sell-off criteria have been met.
Development and peer review of test documentation
Development and proposal test documentation and technical volumes
Decomposition of program and system requirements into test requirements
Development of Specialty, Lab, Ground, and Flight Test Programs
Definition of test facility requirements.
Participate in test planning
Serve as liaison between union technicians and supported program.
Frequent interaction with Suppliers including traveling to supplier sites
Support management of program risk database

Benefits

Relocation assistance may be available
health insurance coverage
life and disability insurance
savings plan
Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business
overtime
shift differential
a discretionary bonus
Annual bonuses
Long Term Incentives (for VP or Director positions)