NG Fellow 1 - TSSD

US CITIZENSHIP REQUIRED FOR THIS POSITION: Yes

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE TYPE: Top Secret

TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the Time

Description

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 Fellows are recognized experts in their fields who solve the hardest technical problems while ensuring we learn and retain the insights needed to perform all our complex tasks successfully.  These leaders work in our most important technical capability areas while identifying and cultivating essential people, processes, and tools.  They are deployed against critical programs and captures, aligned with our sector’s top business priorities, and advance our products and solutions to meet customers’ missions every day.

The ideal candidate will help set and drive strategy for a broad set of technical initiatives and be empowered to make decisions that significantly impact the Annual Operating Plans (AOP), Long-Range Strategic Plans (LRSP), and the Technology Roadmaps.  The NG Fellow is expected to provide scientific, technical, and intellectual leadership, as well as analytical support contributing to the advancement of business growth goals.   The candidate must also have a strong grasp of program execution and networking strategy; and possess the skills, drive, and judgement to successfully interface with senior leaders/technologists across the company and customer community.

Northrop Grumman Tactical Space Systems Division in the Space Sector is seeking an NG Fellow 1 to serve as the Mission Architect and Threads Lead for Space Security Systems (SPS) Business Unit.  This NG Fellow will play an instrumental role in developing, evolving, and leading technological strategy for the SPS Business Unit, working directly with the SPS Director of Strategy.  As the recognized leader in this technical domain, you will join Engineering, Programs, and Business Development leaders in architecting, developing, maturing, and integrating breakthrough technology solutions for SPS new development/production opportunities.

General NG Fellow responsibilities may include but are not limited to:

• Serve as a primary domain expert, identifying and quantifying capability gaps, focusing attention on technological solutions to meet future needs, inform requirements, and support capability portfolio management.

• Conduct very complex analyses that require deliberate planning, analyzing, organizing, and integration of current and emerging operational and system capabilities to achieve desired mission effects.

• Provides personnel technical development through leadership, team building, mentorship, and shared knowledge.

• Provide key insights and inputs in the development of proposals for technology and product development.

• Conduct complex scientific or technical analyses on behalf of significant business/technical areas that require the synthesis of diverse disciplines and alternatives; solutions may be developed under conditions of uncertainty or where little precedent exists.

• Coordinate systems and tools portfolio required to ensure optimized Sector/Division (i.e. IR&D approach, program/project tracking, cost, scalability, documentation, reporting, etc).

• Develop relationships with customers, interface with key stakeholders, and support development of new business or expand our technology credibility with the customer.

• Involved in attracting and capturing new business by participating in proposals, Independent Reviews, and analyses of alternatives/trade studies requiring the area of technical expertise.

• Advocate for technical differentiation through innovation or synthesis.

• Participate in customer, industry, and/or academic, advisory boards or consortiums.

• Apply and/or develop highly advanced technologies, scientific principles, theories, and concepts.

• Champions company values, including safety, best practices, and continuous improvement.

• Serve as key member of Enterprise CTO Working Groups and coordinate enterprise-wide information requirements that align the Operating sectors’ Technology analysis requirements.

Responsibilities may include but are not limited to:

• Directly support the Space Security (SpS) Business Strategy Team (BST) as a direct or adjunct member of the SpS BST.  In this role, the candidate will lead or support analyses on sector-level space security strategy topics of interest and work closely with the National Space Security (NSS) Campaign, which has prioritized mission integration in the space security domain.

• Evolve Technology Roadmaps to inform Northrop Grumman’s strategy, shape future program pursuits, and assist in developing discriminating Mission Thread capabilities.

• Conduct Technology full-spectrum analysis in support of key business functions, to include needs assessment, capability gap analysis, analysis of alternatives.

• Work closely with the Sector/Division Leaders to define technical solutions aligned to customers’ strategies and requirements.

• Serve as key member of Enterprise CTO Working Groups and coordinate enterprise-wide information requirements that align the Operating sectors’ Technology analysis requirements.

• Lead initiatives in the national enterprise, family-of-systems strategic development and analysis, including:

  Lead development of one or more mission threads for space security systems

  Coordinate mission thread development with the NSS Campaign.

  Work with the NSS Campaign and the BU and Division BD leadership to develop a messaging campaign to socialize mission thread analysis results.

  Support presentation of mission thread analysis results to senior NG and military leadership.

  Identify and direct modeling, simulation, and analysis in support of space security force structure.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) discipline and 20+ years of engineering experience OR Master’s Degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) discipline and 18+ years of engineering experience OR PhD in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) discipline and 15+ years of engineering experience.

• Ten or more years of experience developing technical solutions in the space security mission area, with an understanding that spans mission/technology types, payload technologies, tactical C2, operational C2, supporting enterprise functions, key organizations involved in acquisition, operations, and planning and budgeting.

• Ten or more years of demonstrated success leading interdisciplinary and cross-functional teams to create technical solutions.

• Active Top-Secret clearance with the ability to obtain SCI and SAP clearances.

• Strong communication skills.

• Strong collaboration skills with experience working across BUs, divisions, and sectors within NG.

• Ability to motivate and guide teams and activities without having formal “ownership” of the staff supporting those activities.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Active TS and SCI/SAP clearances in the space security mission domain

• Current/previous SPS program accesses

• Five or more years of experience in the space security mission area

• General knowledge of TSSD space vehicles, capabilities, avionics, mission operations and ground systems

• Existing relationships of Space Security customer(s) and their stakeholder needs.

Salary Range: $201,600.00 - $302,400.00

The above salary range represents a general guideline; however, Northrop Grumman considers a number of factors when determining base salary offers such as the scope and responsibilities of the position and the candidate's experience, education, skills and current market conditions.

Employees may be eligible for a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay. Annual bonuses are designed to reward individual contributions as well as allow employees to share in company results. Employees in Vice President or Director positions may be eligible for Long Term Incentives. In addition, Northrop Grumman provides a variety of benefits including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, savings plan, Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business.

Northrop Grumman is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class. For our complete EEO/AA and Pay Transparency statement, please visit http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO. U.S. Citizenship is required for most positions.