Chief Engineer – Battle Management & Autonomy Lead

Northrop Grumman; Redondo Beach (CA); On-site; USD 183,000 - 318,000; Full time

Job summary

Northrop Grumman is seeking a Consulting Chief Engineer for the Battle Management OU in Redondo Beach, CA (also El Segundo, CA or Melbourne, FL). You will lead a multi-disciplinary team delivering advanced autonomy, JADC2 and battle management capabilities from concept to demonstrations.

The role requires strong systems engineering, customer interaction, and leadership along with active security clearances; travel up to 15% is expected.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science degree in a related STEM field with 16 years of experience; or Master of Science with 14 years; or PhD with 12 years.
• Demonstrated experience in air vehicle flight autonomy, mission autonomy, battle management C2 architectures, or related comms tech.
• Experience interfacing with customers and company leadership.
• Active US Government Secret or higher clearance (or eligibility) and ability to obtain SAP/TS/SCI.
• Ability to travel up to 15%.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the technical authority for the Operating Unit, providing direction to funded and contracted activities.
• Define and control technical requirements, ensuring coordination across projects.
• Act as the principal technical interface with the customer and company leadership.
• Ensure programs follow engineering principles and company policies.
• Oversee technical performance measures within cost and schedule resources.
• Chair the Technical Review Board (TRB).
• Support risk and opportunity management by identifying technical risks.
• Provide technical leadership and mentoring on systems engineering tools and methods.

Skills

Technical leadership

Systems engineering

Customer liaison

Risk management

Education

BS in STEM

MS in STEM

PhD in STEM

Job description

Northrop Grumman is seeking a Consulting Chief Engineer for the Battle Management OU in Redondo Beach, CA (also El Segundo, CA or Melbourne, FL). You will lead a multi-disciplinary team delivering advanced autonomy, JADC2 and battle management capabilities from concept to demonstrations.

The role requires strong systems engineering, customer interaction, and leadership along with active security clearances; travel up to 15% is expected.