Staff Systems Engineer - Advanced Programs Secret Clearance Required

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret

TRAVEL: Yes, 25% 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 currently seeking an experienced Staff Systems Engineer to support the Advanced Development Programs within our Launch Vehicles business unit in our Chandler, AZ office.

This position is eligible for relocation provisions.

A Staff Systems Engineer will be cognizant of the overall vehicle subsystems, components, the interfaces, and requirements that drive the architecture design.  The Engineer will be a senior contributing engineer in the IPT developing requirements and architecture products. To succeed in this role the ideal candidate must be comfortable with ambiguity and willing to work collaboratively with the IPT, the customer, suppliers, system partners, and with the Chief Engineer to resolve requirements and architecture issues as they arise.  The candidate will understand the need to trade requirements between subsystems and resolve issues tactfully within the IPT.  Candidate should have a demonstrated history of strong technical skills and demonstrated performance in developing solutions that consider cost, schedule, and technical risk as elements of the problem solution.

 
Responsibilities:

• The candidate must have demonstrated experience informally leading a small team of engineers (3 - 5) that will be dynamically allocated based on program tasking.  The candidate will actively participate in a dynamic multi-disciplinary program team. The candidate is expected to provide leadership to the systems requirements, architecture, and verification development efforts including direct and in-direct management of engineers with limited oversight from engineering senior leadership personnel in a collaborative environment.

• The candidate must have prior demonstrated experience full program lifecycle through the Systems Engineering “V”. 

• The candidate should be willing to lead or run special projects assigned by the program team and deliver results with minimal oversight. 

• The candidate should possess strong technical problem solving, written and verbal communication skills to generate and document system level launch vehicle requirements, perform vehicle performance assessments, and participate in system level verification/data review activities. 

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

• The candidate should possess a strong resolve to drive tasks to completion autonomously and possess demonstrated mentoring/training skills. 

• Willing to occasionally work during odd hours (nights/weekends) and occasionally longer than normal (>40 hrs/wk) to meet deadlines.

• The candidate will be required to travel domestically and possibly internationally (occasionally). (<25% per year).

• Works closely with owners of specification/interface definition documents and resolves complex requirements issues as the specifications are developed or revised.

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

• Supports verification testing and evaluation/validation events for the SEIT team.

• Presents and prepares materials for presentation during System Requirement Review, System Functional Review, Preliminary Design Review, Critical Design Review and System Verification Review.

• Supports trade studies, system sensitivity studies, design optimization studies, system performance assessments, system design assessments, Operations Analysis work such as mission analysis and timelines and CONOPS development.

Basic Qualifications 

• Requires BS in Engineering with a minimum of 12 years related experience, Master’s Degree with 10 years of related experience. 

• U.S. Citizenship is required

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

• This job requires daily on-site closed area work in Chandler AZ. 

• Ability to travel up to 25% required 

• Strong oral and written communication skills 

Preferred Qualifications: 

• A strong understanding of Systems Engineering fundamentals

• MDA lifecycle development experience

• Experience with Northrop Grumman Systems Engineering standards and guidelines

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

• Experience assisting IPTs with their internal and external suppliers

• Fluent in Japanese and their customs is preferred

• System testing and launch operations experience is preferred.

• Experience with Agile and Scrum is desired

• DOORS or CAMEO experience is desired

Salary Range: $147,700.00 - $221,500.00

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.

Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and 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 an Equal Opportunity 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 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.