Principal / Sr Principal Engineer Systems Lead Hellcat Program

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE TYPE: 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 Space Systems is looking for a Lead Systems Engineer to support the Hellcat Program within the Launch Vehicles business unit in Chandler, Arizona.

The Lead Systems Engineer will

• Serve as a Lead Systems Engineer for a small team of engineers (3-4) and will actively participate in a dynamic multi-disciplinary program team. 

• Lead or run special projects assigned by the program team and deliver results with minimal oversight or direction. 

• Use technical problem solving skills to identify system level requirements from product use cases balancing system level performance with sub-system capability.

• Regularly Interface with other IPT Leads to communicate system level needs and track product development.

• Regular interface with program management, engineering staff and external customers is expected.

• Creates and modifies management tracking reports for a variety of systems engineering performance parameters, resource metrics and design margins.

• Support proposal-writing efforts for Systems Engineering on a project.

• Manages aspects of system design, analyses, interface verification, testing, minor failure/anomaly resolution or mission operations.

• Coordinates and Leads preparation and presentation of materials for Technical Reviews

• Supports Flight Test activities in the office and in the field.

• Performs cost estimates and project planning as a Cost Account Manager (CAM).

This position maybe offered at the Principal Engineer Systems Level 3 or the Sr. Principal Engineer Systems Level 4.

Basic Qualifications:

If offered at the Principal Engineer Systems Level 3 requires:

• Bachelor’s Degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) discipline from an accredited university and 5 years of related experience or a Master’s degree in a STEM discipline and 3 years of experience, or a PhD and 1 year of experience.

• U.S. Citizenship is required

• Must have an active U.S. Government DoD Top Secret security clearance at time of application, current and within scope

• Full Secret clearance is required for this position, candidate will be required to work daily in SCIF, remote or hybrid work is not available.

• Demonstrated Systems Engineering experience

• Experience working in a highly dynamic product development environment

• Strong oral and written communication skill 

• Ability to travel is required (10%) 

 If offered at the Sr. Principal Engineer Systems Level 4 requires:

• Bachelor’s Degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) discipline from an accredited university and 8 years of related experience or a Master’s degree in a STEM discipline and 6 years of experience, or a PhD and 4 years of experience.

• U.S. Citizenship is required

• Must have an active U.S. Government DoD Top Secret security clearance at time of application, current and within scope

• Full Secret clearance is required for this position, candidate will be required to work daily in SCIF, remote or hybrid work is not available.

• Demonstrated Systems Engineering experience

• Experience working in a highly dynamic product development environment

• Strong oral and written communication skill 

• Ability to travel is required (10%) 

Preferred Qualifications:

• A strong experienced-based and academic foundation in Systems Engineering fundamentals

• Experience with Northrop Grumman Space Systems LVBU Systems Engineering standards/guidelines and expectations

• Experience with external customer interfacing (meetings, presentation, negotiation)

• System testing and launch operations experience

• Experience with Agile and Scrum

• DOORS experience

Salary Range: $95,300.00 - $142,900.00Salary Range 2: $118,600.00 - $178,000.00

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.

The application period for the job is estimated to be 20 days from the job posting date. However, this timeline may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates.

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 all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.